Photo: Shafeek Nalakath
Artwork Details:
Artist(s)
Simone Fattal
Title
Abdel Wahab
Date
2006
Medium
Clay
Dimensions
154.5 x 80 x 60 cm
Photo Caption
Abdel Wahab
Artist and publisher Simone Fattal is inspired by the spirituality, history and mythology of North Africa, West Asia and the Caucasus. Her lyrical compositions encompass paintings, collages and sculptures produced from clay, bronze, stone and terracotta. Clay ‘talks a lot’, Fattal notes. ‘It’s a strong thing; it doesn’t let you do whatever you want.’ Such are also the demands of recounting history: an elasticity and endurance must be reckoned with and shaped. Abdel Wahab (2006) —fired in a kiln— is inspired by Sira, an epic story of two mythic heroes that exists primarily as an oral history.
