Jameel Prize 2009
Exhibition of works by winner Afruz Amighi and short-listed artists, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.
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Please Do Not Step: Loss of a Magnificent Story. 2009
Her installation takes the form of a floor covering composed of an intricate and delicate pattern drawn from Islamic sources. The visitors are compelled to walk over it, despite their natural reluctance to step on a work of art. This contradiction provides the work with its power and captures the centrality, urgency and vulnerability of the role of Islam in today’s world.
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Exhibition of works by winner Afruz Amighi and short-listed artists, Victoria & Albert Museum, London.