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Hanging

2008 (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

1001 Pages by Afruz Amighi was the winning work from the 2009 Jameel Prize competition. Created from a sheet of woven polyethylene it bears a complex pattern created with a stencil burner. The sheet is suspended from a strip of plexiglass a metre in front of a blank wall, and light is shone through it, creating a very beautiful effect: the complexity of the pattern is increased by the negative version that appears on the wall behind. The design reflects the rich traditions of the Islamic world, but also the violence to which it has been subjected both by its own inhabitants and outsiders.


Object details

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Object type
Materials and techniques
Polythene with hand-cut design made using a stencil burner
Brief description
Hanging, woven polythene and plexiglass, 1001 Pages, Afruz Amighi, New York, 2008.
Physical description
Woven polythene decorated with a complex cut out pattern of geometric and floral shapes.
Dimensions
  • Length: 317.5cm
  • Width: 208.2cm
Production typeUnique
Subjects depicted
Summary
1001 Pages by Afruz Amighi was the winning work from the 2009 Jameel Prize competition. Created from a sheet of woven polyethylene it bears a complex pattern created with a stencil burner. The sheet is suspended from a strip of plexiglass a metre in front of a blank wall, and light is shone through it, creating a very beautiful effect: the complexity of the pattern is increased by the negative version that appears on the wall behind. The design reflects the rich traditions of the Islamic world, but also the violence to which it has been subjected both by its own inhabitants and outsiders.
Collection
Accession number
ME.1-2010

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Record createdFebruary 1, 2011
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