Maha Mustafa
Landscape Minus 37° Celsius. 2004
Freezing units
About the work
In the art of Maha Mustafa a tension appears physically between what you might call a "meteorological" and a "geological" perspective. They often confront each other within the same work – as in Landscape Minus 37°C, where the ice appearing on the ribs of a gigantic freezing unit arouses the illusion of a frosty mountain scene. The cold – a meteorological and therefore changing phenomenon – thus creates strata of a geological, that is, remaining nature, which is of course a pretty accurate description of how it actually happens.
© From the catalogue of Sharjah Biennial 8, 2007.
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
Teil 4 der Fototour durch die Sharjah Biennale 8, 4. April - 4. Juni 2007. Direktorin der Biennale: Hoor Al Qasimi. Künstlerischer Leiter: Jack Persekian. Kuratoren: Mohammed Kazem, Eva Scharrer, Jonathan Watkins. 79 Beteiligte.