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Decoupage, 1891/2020

The exhibition opens with Découpages, a frieze of 114 cut-out sheets from an original 19th century manuscript by Jules Bourgoin (1838-1908). The French scholar traveled through Egypt to study architectural ornaments and produced precise documentation drawings. His elaborate research was compiled in books such as Les Arts Arabes or Les Eléments de l'Art Arabe, two works that set the standards for what was considered « Arab Art » in Europe. Tabet cuts-out and recomposes individual pages from these publications, in an attempt to find different possible geometries hidden within the document.

Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2021, 35,5x25,9cm / 40,5x31,2cm framed, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021

Rayyane Tabet, Decoupage, 1891/2020, Cutouts of 114 original engravings from Jules Bourgoin "Precis de l'Art Arabe", Paris, 1891, each 40,5 x 31,2 cm, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021

 

 

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