Preface to the third edition, 2012
Preface to the third edition, 2012
In 2017, The Louvre Abu Dhabi opened. But the museum did not have enough objects to fill its display cases. This was expected all along, and the Paris Louvre had prepared 300 objects to travel to Abu Dhabi for the museum’s opening. Of the 300 objects, 22 were affected by the journey in very strange ways: the objects’ outline remained intact, but their façade (or skin) was that of another object. Needless to say, this puzzled all concerned, and the event remains unexplained. Here, I present photographs of the objects made soon after their arrival in Abu Dhabi.
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Preface to the third edition, 2012
Views from inner to outer compartments, 2011
Section 88: Views from inner to outer compartments, 2011
At the opening of the museum of modern and contemporary in an Arab city, a proud local resident rushes the entrance only to scand that she is unable to proceed.
Was it her casual wear at an event announced as a black-tie a air? No.
Was it the thugs who are shielding the ruling classes attending the event en masse to showcase their benevolence and re ned sensibilities who prevent her access? No.
She simply feels that were she to walk in, she will face walls that appear empty even when filled with hundreds of Arab “masterpieces.”
On the spot, she turns to face the crowd and screams: “Damn thieves. Nothing here to see.”
Within seconds, she is removed from the site, beaten and sent to a psychiatric facility.
The next day, a local newspaper’s headline announces: “Demented Woman Disturbs Opening: Claims Museum Walls Filled with Nothing.”
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Section 88: Views from inner to outer compartments, 2011, Video, color, mute, 14mins 36s, Excerpt