We are the world Sculpture

The New York Times Proposed Travel Ban? At Art Dubai, ‘It’s Plainly Wrong’ By FARAH NAYERIMARCH 18, 2017 DUBAI — Visitors to the Art Dubai fair this week may have noticed a startling piece inside the Al Marhoon gallery’s booth: a circular and fringed rug, hung backward and painted over with the Great Seal of the United States, an eagle in midflight beneath the words “E pluribus unum.” The work, “We Are the World” (2017), is by the Algerian artist Sadek Rahim. It was produced immediately after President Trump’s election win, as a protest against his views on immigration and his foreign policy. The rug was originally made in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The eagle was reproduced by Mr. Rahim based on images he’s seen of rugs inside the Oval Office. He used black shoe polish, he said, as a nod to the Iraqi man who hurled a shoe at President George W. Bush in protest over the 2003 United States-led invasion of Iraq. A piece by the Algerian artist Sadek Rahim, called “Of Rose and Concrete,” representing the White House on an Oriental rug. Credit Christophe Viseux for The New York Times The rug was hung in reverse “because the world has been turned on its head,” Mr. Rahim said as he sprayed it with rose water, in an allusion to the Rose Garden at the White House. “There was a time when we all counted on the United States. We told ourselves that if ever there was a flare-up somewhere in the world, the United States would be there, and we would all be saved. Now we have doubts.” a circular and fringed rug, hung backward and painted over with the Great Seal of the United States, an eagle in midflight beneath the words “E pluribus unum.” The work, “We Are the World” (2017), is by the Algerian artist Sadek Rahim. It was produced immediately after President Trump’s election win, as a protest against his views on immigration and his foreign policy. The rug was originally made in the Syrian city of Aleppo. The eagle was reproduced by Mr. Rahim based on images he’s seen of rugs inside the Oval Office. He used black shoe polish, he said, as a nod to the Iraqi man who hurled a shoe at President George W. Bush in protest over the 2003 United States-led invasion of Iraq. The rug was hung in reverse “because the world has been turned on its head,” Mr. Rahim said as he sprayed it with rose water, in an allusion to the Rose Garden at the White House. “There was a time when we all counted on the United States. We told ourselves that if ever there was a flare-up somewhere in the world, the United States would be there, and we would all be saved. Now we have doubts.” Art Dubai started this week just as Mr. Trump’s executive order restricting travel from the Middle East was supposed to take effect — and before it was blocked on Wednesday night by a federal judge in Hawaii. The order, signed March 6, would ban entry for 90 days from six mostly Muslim countries, and would suspend all refugee admissions for 120 days. By FARAH NAYERI

Sculpture:Fabric on Soft (Yarn, Cotton, Fabric)

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:39.4 W x 39.4 H x 0.4 D in

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