Hamra Abbas
Hamra Abbas was born 1976 BirthKuwait.
Lives and works in HomeBerlin and Lahore.
Categories: Installation art Sculpture Objects Istanbul Biennial Sharjah Biennale
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There are many lessons, which can be learnt from ?Lessons of Love? by Hamra Abbas. First and foremost that in each amorous relationship, no matter how smooth, content and pleasurable it is, there lays a dormant element of danger: of breakup, destruction and violence. Hamra probes that possibility in her large scale works, created from the Indian miniature paintings on the theme of love. Abbas accentuates lances, swords and other weapons in the traditional imagery that consists of two figures in the act of love making…
I am the enemy you killed my friend’
In her artistic work Hamra Abbas always discusses issues of cultural property and stereotypes. With scepticism and humour the artist analyses leftovers of colonial authority. Works just as "Please do not Step" (2004), "Lessons on Love" (2004) und "MoMA is the Star" (2004) testify by confronting past and presence, international and local to her reckless aplomb…
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Documents of Contemporary Art. Utopias: Throughout its diverse manifestations, the utopian entails two related but contradictory elements: the aspiration to a better world, and the acknowledgment that its form may only ever live in our imaginations. Furthermore, we are as haunted by the failures of utopian enterprise as we are inspired by the desire to repair the failed and build the new... |
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South African Art Now. South African Art Now documents, through in-depth essays and stunning full-color photographs, the remarkable work of nearly one hundred South African artists working in every medium from painting, sculpture, and video to cutting-edge performance art. This lush volume includes the impressive work of art world stars such as William Kentridge and Marlene Dumas; newly prominent artists such as Berni Searle, Robin Rhode, and Mustafa Maluka; and exciting newcomers still unknown outside their own country, but clearly marked for success... |
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James Rosenquist. Painting Below Zero: Notes on a Life in Art. “Frank, funny, truthful, ironic and in every way an entertaining account of one major American artist’s involvement in an art movement that interests everyone–and, more than that, of his own character. Jim Rosenquist is a true American original and his book ought to be read by anyone who wants to understand the last half-century of his country’s visual culture, high, low, and in between.” –Robert Hughes, amazon |
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