The Profitless Gift

Jala Wahid

The Profitless Gift, 2021Price on Request
Details
Material
polyester paper, perspex, mdf
Description
Human-crafted. AI-refined.

The artwork features a three-dimensional sculpture composed of plain black boxes stacked in a grid-like arrangement. The surfaces of the boxes are covered with various printed text and numerical data, creating a visually striking pattern of shapes and lines. The overall composition appears minimalist and geometric, highlighting the interplay between the dark structural elements and the vibrant textual content. The artist's intention seems to explore the juxtaposition of ordered form and densely layered information, inviting the viewer to consider the relationship between the physical and the conceptual. ...

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Jala Wahid
Artist
Jala Wahid
B.1988, Kurdish/British

Working in sculpture, sound, video, text and installation, Jala Wahid explores notions of migration, diaspora and nationhood. The Kurdish-British artist is concerned with the ways Kurdish identity has been shaped through global, local and interregional politics. Deeply symbolic in its materiality and archival structure, her multidisciplinary practice intertwines political and cultural discourses with fiction and personal memory. For example, in her piece Born from and Buried in Baba Gurgur (2018), the artist uses her own body to mould perishable sculptures presented alongside the symbolism of the Kurdish flag, with loud drum music accompanying the installation. Alluding to the power dynamics of the selective recording and remembering of history, and the being of a stateless nation, Wahid’s practice is a nuanced, socio-political ode to her heritage, reclamation and defiance, archival in its own right. ...

Jala Wahid: Artworks
The Profitless Gift
Jala WahidThe Profitless Gift, 2021Price on Request
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