This catalogue is published on the occasion of the solo exhibition 'Set Me Free From My Chains' of Algerian artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah at Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde from 10 June to 23 July 2010. Several bodies of her works are featured in the exhibition, including HobbSet me Free from my Chains, and Genie Lady.

'A product of a rigorous process of conceptual and formal reasoning, Hobb defies the border between representation and abstraction. The work is inspired by the extensive heritage of Arabic love poetry, a treasury of sexual innuendo with a conspicuous absence of the human body. Thus tackling the subject of representing love and its physical expression, she uses calligraphy to achieve a scantily veiled abstraction of the human form.

Set me Free from my Chains, the body of works which also lend its name to the title of the exhibition, comprises hanging sculptures where the letters forming the sentence “Set Me Free from My Chains" are carved in wood and hang from a giant paper nail.

A third body of work comprises monochrome drawings on paper, in which the artist reproduces sequences from a scene of the Egyptian movie "Afrita Hanem" (Genie Lady, 1949).' - from gallery's website.


Includes artist biography.
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Onsite

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MON.BOZ
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English

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2010

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24

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Nil

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1

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artist monograph, 

catalogue

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Set Me Free from My Chains - Isabelle VAN DEN EYNDE

Zoulikha Bouabdellah: Set Me Free From My Chains
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Zoulikha Bouabdellah: Set Me Free From My Chains