Faisal Samra Mixed Media Doll Poupee Adulte No. 02 Unique

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Faisal Samra
Saudi Arabian
1955 -
Mixed media doll sculpture, with fabric, paint, plastic animal figures, doll, fishing line, wire,
… Read more Faisal Samra
Saudi Arabian
1955 -
Mixed media doll sculpture, with fabric, paint, plastic animal figures, doll, fishing line, wire,
Poupee Adulte No. 02.
60 x 24 in.
Signed and dated 2001 on verso.
With paperwork from the artist to Egizio Panetti for the Child Exhibition at Egizio's Project, New York, July 2001. 60"L.
In a metal storage box. Sound component does not work.
From the estate of Egizio Panetti, art collector and owner of Egizio's Project, a New York City gallery space.
Long considered one of the Arab Gulf’s foremost artists and a pioneer of conceptual art in the Middle East, Bahraini-born, Saudi national Faisal Samra incorporates digital photography, painting, sculpture, video, and performance in a creative repertoire that explores existentialist themes with the figure at its center.
Samra’s works are housed in the collections of The British Museum, London; BuchDruckKunst e.V Art Book Museum, Hamburg; the National Museum, Mexico City; the Modern Art Museum, Cairo; Almansouria Foundation, Jeddah; Jameel Art Foundation, Jeddah; Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Amman; Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Doha; and Bahrain National Museum, Manama, among others. He has participated in biennials in Singapore and Cairo (2008) and is a jury member for the Alexandria Biennale, Egypt. See less