PILLARS, 2014-ongoing

 

 

Pillars, 2014-2016

In general, pillars are equivalent to the foundation stone or the foundation of ideologies and religions - they are the basis to build on. The Middle East is in a period when those foundations are crumbling and cracking. The work Pillars is about decay and decomposition - materials from inside of these works, are being expelled and exposed to the outside - like a gutted animal.

Marwan Rechmaoui, Slanted Squares, 2019, Exhibition view Sharjah Art Foundation, Exhibition View. Photo SAF
Pillars: Eadwaerd Muybridge, 2014, Concrete, metal and various materials, 250 x 40 x 60 cm
Pillars, Duchamps' Bride, 2014, Concrete and metal, 220 x 50 x 35 cm
Pillars: Virilio's Quantity, 2014, Concrete, metal and various materials, 220 x 40 x 60 cm
Pillars: Tetris, 2014, Concrete, metal, ceramics and various materials, 200 x 60 x 40 cm
Pillars: 45/LP, 2014, Concrete and metal, 200 x 25 x 25 cm
Pillars; Eraserhead, 2014, Concrete and metal, 280 x 90 x 30 cm

Pillars, 2014-2016, Mixed media, Various dimensions