Michael Rakowitz
The invisible enemy should not exist. Presentations in Sharjah 2007 and at Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, 2016. Text by Gauthier Lesturgie and photos.
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museum number: unknown
excavation number: Kh. VIII 269, Kh. VIII 115
provenance: Khafaje
dimension(s) (in cm): height: 29.5
material: limestone
date: Early Dynastic II (ca. 2600 BC)
description: Standing male; feet, legs and one arm missing. One shell eyeball set in bitumen; traces of bitumen on hair and beard
status: unknown
The loss of history does not strike us with the pathos of tragedy if we focus only on the particulars.
— Micah Garen and Marie-Hélène Carleton
© Photo: Courtesy of Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin
Photographer: Nick Ash
The invisible enemy should not exist. Presentations in Sharjah 2007 and at Galerie Barbara Wien, Berlin, 2016. Text by Gauthier Lesturgie and photos.