Venice Biennale 2011: Iraq
Wounded Water. Six Iraqi artists interpret the theme of water. Fondazione Gervasuti, Venice.
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Narciso. 2010
Video installation
A take on "Narcissus," the painting by Italian artist Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, "Narciso" came out of the artist's' first visit to Basra in 36 years. Assafs quest to reflect on himself through his own personal history, and the history of the city was, as he states, "impossible to do." Instead he asks, "how can one continue to be a narcissist amongst tons of garbage?" as he gazes into his own reflection.
Rijin Sahakian, exhibition catalogue
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Wounded Water. Six Iraqi artists interpret the theme of water. Fondazione Gervasuti, Venice.