The Struggle is Ordained
Photograph
1995 (made)
1995 (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
Faisal Abdul Allah was born of Jamaican parents in London. His father was a lay Pentecostal minister and Faisal was brought up in the atmosphere of the Christian Church and its teachings. In common with many of his peers, he found that there was little recognition in that environment of the prejudices against black people. Mainly for this reason, he became a convert to Islam. Nevertheless, he has used the image of Christ in his work more than once to raise issues around discrimination, power, control and suffering.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | The Struggle is Ordained (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Black and white selenium split tone photograph on archival paper |
| Brief description | Black and white photograph, 'The Struggle is Ordained', (self) portrait, Great Britain, Faisal Abdu'Allah 1995. Signed and dated on the back in English and Arabic. |
| Physical description | Black and white photograph. Image is head and neck of young black man tilted back with raised hand showing bleeding palm, gesture of benediction in foreground. Head is crowned with thorns. |
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| Credit line | Given by the artist |
| Production | This photograph was the study/template for a larger photographic work of the same name producd in 2000. |
| Subjects depicted | |
| Summary | Faisal Abdul Allah was born of Jamaican parents in London. His father was a lay Pentecostal minister and Faisal was brought up in the atmosphere of the Christian Church and its teachings. In common with many of his peers, he found that there was little recognition in that environment of the prejudices against black people. Mainly for this reason, he became a convert to Islam. Nevertheless, he has used the image of Christ in his work more than once to raise issues around discrimination, power, control and suffering. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.1427-2001 |
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| Record created | November 25, 2002 |
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