Iman Issa: Lexicon
About her multipart installation and ongoing project, that takes works of art history as its basis. Exhibited at the 8th Berlin Biennale 2014.
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Seduction
A 1982 oil on wood painting depicts a man and a woman against an off-white background. The figures are sparsely dressed and are facing opposite directions. The man reaches his arm forward to grab a bird flying towards the edge of the picture plane. The woman is seated below him with her eyes fixed straight ahead. She is playing with her hair with one hand. Aside from a perfectly round sun at the top, and the distant figure of a bird at the bottom, the background is free of illustration. Overall, figures are grotesquely disproportionate, features are abstract, and style is childlike. The width of the painting is 37 cm. Its height is 55 cm.
Seduction (Study for 2014), 2014
Bronze and aluminum sculptures, white plinth, text panel under glass
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
About her multipart installation and ongoing project, that takes works of art history as its basis. Exhibited at the 8th Berlin Biennale 2014.