Unpredictable Expression...
SB13 Act II, exhibition at the Beirut Art Center, 14 October 2017 - 19 January 2018. Curator: Hicham Khalidi, Associate Curator: Natasha Hoare
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Boundary Boys I. 2016
Polystyrene, plaster, silicon, plastic, cotton, tape, steel
Boundary Boys II (Border Sphinxes). 2016
Foam, cast silicon, spray paint, toilet paper
A formally reference the sphinx and the imperial lion guardians built to secure the mouths of tombs, as well as the contemporary figure of the border guard, or the protector of a shifting boundary. The mutability of the border necessitates a guardian to will it into being, like the old story of heaven, which states that wherever we are right now, the better place must be just beyond. This work responds to current conditions and fantasies of permeable borders, “soft power” and economies of exclusion.
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
SB13 Act II, exhibition at the Beirut Art Center, 14 October 2017 - 19 January 2018. Curator: Hicham Khalidi, Associate Curator: Natasha Hoare