Warrior, 2006
Simone Fattal
Warrior, 2006
Clay
71 x 36 x 17 cm
Image courtesy of the Artist
Sharjah Art Foundation Collection
Overview
The ancient material of clay that is both fragile and strong, breakable even as it may last forever, allows Fattal to trace the past into the present. She doesn't differentiate between the figure of a contemporary warrior and an Enkidu who lived and fought in 3000 B.C.
She situates herself along this continuum linking images, histories and their consequences that she feels are all present in her psyche and by extension, in her work.
A newly commissioned bronze sculpture called The Traitor or the Evil One is presented alongside a number of existing clay works.
April 2011
This project was part of Sharjah Biennial 10
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Artwork Images
Stele
Simone Fattal
2008
Clay
70 x 38 x 25 cm
Installation view
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
The Traitor, or the Evil One
Simone Fattal
2011
Bronze
32 x 9 x 10 cm
Installation view
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
Woman
Simone Fattal
2008
Clay
59 x 40 x 19 cm
Installation view
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
Woman
Simone Fattal
2008
Clay
59 x 40 x 19 cm
Installation view
Photo by Alfredo Rubio
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