Nadia Kaabi Linke
Under Standing Over Views. 2009
Installation composed of fallen paint fragments collected from the walls of Tunis, Bizerte, Kairouan, Paris, Berlin, Venice, Kiev, Cologne, and black silk threads and light projector
About the work
Tunis, Berlin, Bizerte, Paris, Cologne, Kiev, Venice, Marseilles and Naples were some of the cities where Kaabi-Linke collected paint chips during residencies and journeys undertaken between 2006 to 2009. Originally from Tunis, the Artist had lived in the UAE from 2000 – 2005. This work is a response to what she understands as a contrast between the facade of wealth in the Emirates and the reality of labour conditions and social inequality.
Each fragment of paint has undergone its own unique journey to contribute to the map of the UAE, with each piece containing its own history, but, according to Kaabi-Linke, “They are hardly to be considered as fragments of ruins, but rather they testify to the permanently 'evolving' state of a city, its typical kind of gestation and hustle that match together the decompositions and reconstructions of urban spaces at the same time.”
The quote is an excerpt from "My view on 'under standing over views'" by Nadia Kaabi-Linke
© From the website of Sharjah Art Foundation.
© Photos: Haupt & Binder, Universes in Universe
2ª parte del foto tour por la Bienal de Sharjah 9, 19 marzo - 16 mayo 2009. Exposición 'Provisions for the Future', curadora: Isabel Carlos, 58 participantes.