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5/4/2002

Ghada Amer

Two Venues, Amsterdam and Sittard

Ghada Amer, born in Cairo in 1963, grew up in Paris and now lives and works in New York. The most prominent subjectmatter of Amerís embroidered canvases consists of women depicted in erotic postures. The figures are formed repetitively with coloured threads, producing a rich pattern. Amer is attracted to embroidery because it is traditionally regarded as a form of expression appropriate to women, but at the same time she is experimenting with ingrained role stereotypes. Her work carries allusions to minimalism and abstract expressionism, both of which are male-dominated art movements. De in herhaling met kleurrijke draden aangebrachte figuren, vormen een prachtig patroon. Amer voelt zich aangetrokken tot borduren omdat het traditiegetrouw wordt opgevat als de uitdrukkingsvorm van vrouwen en speelt tegelijk met vastgeroeste rolpatronen. Haar werk biedt verwijzingen naar het minimalisme en het abstract expressionisme, kunststromingen, door mannen gedomineerd.

While her paintings are imbued with sexuality, Amers sculptures are more concerned with the woman's voice, and with the role that women are widely assigned by cultural or biological necessity, i.e. the household. Text plays a prominent part in these works. Her narratives relate to experiences shared by women all over the world and to their cultural and sexual identity. Amer relates myths of romantic love and longing. For example, the text in her Encyclopedia of Pleasure, a random stack of 57 boxes of different sizes covered by a cloth, is an erotic manual from 11th century Islam.

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