Halos
Photograph
2008 (made)
2008 (made)
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This hybrid of drawing and photography, made by scratching away the outlines of figures into photographic film, explores censorship in Saudi Arabia and its effects on visual communication. Based on the artist's personal photographs, it renders the subjects legible yet anonymous by reducing the images to line drawings.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Chromogenic colour print; the outlines of the figures are scratched away into the photographic film |
| Brief description | Photograph, 'Halos' from the series 'Out of Line', c-type print, by Jowhara AlSaud, New York, 2008 |
| Physical description | Colour photograph of a stamped envelope with the black outline of two women embracing, one covering her face with her hand. This hybrid of drawing and photography is made by scratching away the outlines of figures into photographic film. It explores censorship in Saudi Arabia and its effects on visual communication. |
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| Copy number | 1 of 5 |
| Gallery label | AlSaud scratches the outlines of figures from her personal photographs into photographic negatives, which she then prints. By reducing the figures to line drawings she renders them anonymous. The embracing figures hint at farewells and longing. The envelopes suggest thwarted attempts at communication. AlSaud’s hybrid technique of drawing and photography critiques the censorship of visual communication in Saudia Arabia.
(Marta Weiss)(September 2012) |
| Credit line | Art Fund Collection of Middle Eastern Photography at the V&A and the British Museum |
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| Summary | This hybrid of drawing and photography, made by scratching away the outlines of figures into photographic film, explores censorship in Saudi Arabia and its effects on visual communication. Based on the artist's personal photographs, it renders the subjects legible yet anonymous by reducing the images to line drawings. |
| Associated object | E.948-2010 (Series) |
| Bibliographic reference | Light from the Middle East: New Photography |
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| Accession number | E.949-2010 |
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| Record created | February 1, 2011 |
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