Hassan Sharif - early works
Constructivist drawings and Fluxus influenced performances in Dubai and the desert, early 1980s.
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The sketch and writing (top left corner) refer to the general plan of the performance as well as to the way it was documented. The drawing of the grid with filled-in squares (top right corner) refers to the outcome of the calculations based on "chance and order theory". The result of these calculations identified particular squares that the artist’s body would be touching on the grid during the performance (series of photographs below). The size of the outlined 25 squares is 165 cm by 165 cm, the artist’s height. The performance aimed to find the way to cover as much area with the artists’ body in multiple combinations by utilizing the calculation of the "chance and order" theory.
© Photos: The Flying House Dubai
Constructivist drawings and Fluxus influenced performances in Dubai and the desert, early 1980s.