Work: Rosettes, 2021
Rosettes, 2021
Through these conceptual exercises, Tabet creates structures in which ornamental motifs reclaim some of their original purpose isolated from subjective interpretations, like in Rosettes, an installation made out of plaster and plastic ceiling medallion that are assembled on the floor into a reclining light fixture.
Rayyane Tabet, Rosettes, 2021, 24 rosettes: 13 in plaster, 11 in polyurethane, electrical cable, light bulb, Single rosettes: between ⌀ 29 and ⌀ 100 cm diameter, Installation size variable, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Work: Orientalism, 2021
Orientalism, 2021
For his work Orientalism, Rayyane Tabet presents score sheets on music stands of Deux Arabesque by Claude Debussy (1862-1918), a composition that interpreted the arabesque motif into musical form. On each of the sheets, the artist has drawn one letter from the word Orientalism. The ink covers notes, creating voids and deconstructing the melody. The distorted composition is played back by a digital processor, revealing the blind spots of the initial European interpretation of the form.
Rayyane Tabet, Orientalism, 2021, Marker on 11 music sheets for Claude Debussy's Deux Arabesques, 11 metal music stands and sound file (9:14min, loop), Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021