Artist's Statement

I received an invitation from Sharjah Biennial 9 on November 2008 to create a site-specific project and then I went for a three day trip to Sharjah.

The idea for my project emerged when I saw the portrait of Sheikh Sultan, hanging at the entrance to the Sharjah Museum.

The work takes a classical portrait of the Sheikh but positions it on hinges and at an angle that reveals a safe embedded in the wall behind it.

Halil Altindere

2009

Excerpted from Provisions, Book 1, catalogue for the 9th Sharjah Biennial