I’ve been looking at Man Ray’s photograms, photographs and sculptures. I noticed that he had sometimes subjectified objects and other times objectified subjects.
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- MY MOST RECENT WORK - MAN RAY'S METRONOME WITH AN EYE REMIND ME OF THE FRAGMENTED ANCIENT EGYPTIAN EYES I CAME ACROSS AT THE
Louvre a while back. Medieval thick leather parchments with musical notes engraved into them, which I had encountered in Bologna, triggered an image of Dada’s Merz magazines.
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I TRIED TO MAKE MY ASSOCIATIONS VISIBLE. I ATTEMPTED TO TRANSLATE SOME MERZ
fake advertisements and nonsensical sound poems into Arabic onto parchments, I burnt (embossed) velvet with an iron so it would resemble a photogram; I made a nude figure with a large piece of leather; and I’m still trying.
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DINA DANISH, A 30 X 30 CM PAINTING OF A POST-IT THAT READS ‘BACK IN … ED. 25. € 250,- + 9% VAT
Each multiple has a surprise sentence regarding to when the subject will be back. Sometimes it’s written in Arabic transliteration. The multiple includes a painting, a photograph of the content of the multiple, and a certificate of authenticity.
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- I'M CURRENTLY EATING - A DISH THAT IS EXTREMELY TIME-CONSUMING AND GREAT FOR YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Molokheyya with lots of garlic and coriander, served with tomato sauce, rice, coated chicken and Egyptian baladi salad. If you want the whole recipe let me know, it’s at least 3 pages long!
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- I'M CURRENTLY WATCHING -
the good wife, the good fight, the good place, anything starting with THE
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- MY FAVOURITE ART WORK AT THE MOMENT -
Man Ray, Indestructible Object (or Object to Be Destroyed), 1964 (replica of 1923 original), metronome with cutout photograph of eye on pendulum, 22.5 x 11 x 11.6 cm (The Museum of Modern Art)
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- I'M CURRENTLY PLAYING -
Let’s go Fishing, but that’s my daughter's choice!