Sidewalk Stream Column 2

Meriem Bennani

Sidewalk Stream Column 2, 2021198.8 x 105.4 x 16.5cmSign in to view price
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steel, monitors, media players, epoxy resin coated foam, three channel 4k digital videoClearing
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Human-crafted. AI-refined.

Visual Elements: The artwork features a bold, geometric composition with vibrant contrasting colors. The prominent elements are the large green "CROC" lettering and the red neon cross. Subject Matter: The piece appears to be a commentary on the intersections of commerce, medicine, and globalization, with the "CROC" lettering and the pharmaceutical cross as central symbols. Artistic Style and Technique: The work employs a pop art aesthetic, combining found materials like cardboard and neon lighting to create a visually striking and provocative piece. Context: This contemporary artwork likely reflects the artist's critique of the powerful and sometimes unsettling influence of multinational corporations and pharmaceutical companies on modern life and society. ...

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Meriem Bennani
Artist
Meriem Bennani
B.1988, Moroccan

Meriem Bennani’s work occupies the abstracted, speculative dimension of science fiction. Bennani became interested in the concept and feasibility of teleportation, as well as its relationship with issues of migration, during 2016. She considers how teleportation looks within the lens of geopolitics and, if bodies were able to teleport for one day, where would they go? How would this process be policed, and if teleporters were intercepted by law enforcement, where would they be held captive? In her films, Bennani mythologises and digitally renders an island in the Atlantic that would act as a ‘temporary’ holding area for captives. She fictionalises and weaves together a picture of the island’s ecology, visually realising the birth of a new culture that has emerged from the melting pot of diasporas held on the island. Bennani critically engages with the trauma and dystopia of border-crossing by creating and developing an elaborate and prescient analogy. Written by Goldsmiths CCA ...

Meriem Bennani: Artworks
Winston w Raibi
Meriem BennaniWinston w Raibi, 2017
137.16 x 202.56cm
Neighborhood Goggles
Portrait of Amal on the CAPS
That Water Drop
La Âtika
Meriem BennaniLa Âtika, 2020
45.4 x 43.5 x 10.8cm
Egyptolingus on the beach
Zidni Fast Food & Pizza
Running for Zip
Meriem BennaniRunning for Zip, 2022
79.5 x 141.5cm
Sidi Kaouki
Meriem BennaniSidi Kaouki, 2022
79.5 x 141.5cm
Windy
Meriem BennaniWindy, 2022
243.8 x 152.4 x 152.4cm
Sidewalk Stream Column 2
Meriem BennaniSidewalk Stream Column 2, 2021
198.8 x 105.4 x 16.5cm
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Gallery
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New York City, Los Angeles, Brussels

C L E A R I N G is a contemporary art gallery based in New York, Los Angeles and Brussels. The gallery was founded in 2011, with the focus of showing emerging art. It now represents over 20 living artists, providing many of them - such as Harold Ancart, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Chase Hall, Calvin Marcus and Marina Pinsky - with their first gallery exhibition. The gallery also represents the estates of Eduardo Paolozzi, Bruno Gironcoli and René Heyvaert. C L E A R I N G supports its artists by producing works, exhibitions and books, as well as working closely with public and private institutions. ...

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