The Simple Affair that Moved the World

Overview

Anna Boghiguian’s project is about migration, whether of goods and ideas or the movement of people in global labour markets. In The Simple Affair that Moved the World, Boghiguian looks at links between Egypt, the United Arab Emirates, India and the United States. Through drawings about police and government corruption, poverty and mass culture, she connects what these places share economically, politically and intellectually as result of trade, imperialism and globalisation.

April 2011

This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10

Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation