You Can’t Find The Sun
2023 Installation at Hamiltonian Gallery.New.Now Exhibition.
Supported by The Foundation of Contemprary Arts Emergency Grant
The text in the work references the iconic quote by the Palestinian writer Ghassan Kanafani “ you can't find the sun in a locked room”. The original quote is spoken to the female protagonist of his short story The Little Lamp, first published in 1975, Which describes the tale of an orphan locked in a dungeon as a metaphor for the state of the Arab world. Kanafani’s work ties feminist liberation to political-revolutionary activism - a stand typical for his generation of Arab modernist thinkers that saw the patriarchal religious tradition as a barrier to decolonization. By eliminating half of Kanafani’s iconic quote, I suggest that the metaphoric finding of the sun has never happened and we, as arabs, are still in that locked room despite the illusion of advancement and oil-wealth.
You Can’t Find The Sun
Custom Made Diamond Grade Reflective Aluminum Sign.steel.28 x 24 x 2 in.
Driver & Passenger
glazed ceramic, fuel hose, two gas pumps, epoxy, concrete, acrylic
Diamond Flex-Lok industrial mat with holes
2022Glazed ceramic1 x 96 x 24 in.
Untitled Sign
Custom Made Reflective Aluminum Sign. steel.36 x 77 x 2 in.
