Rayyane Tabet - Arabeske
RAYYANE TABET
Arabeske
September 9 – October 30, 2021
hamburg
Assemblage, 1910-2020
Arabesques are usually used in repeating patterns and can be infinitely multiplied in order to cover a surface. In Assemblage -as in several works in the show- Tabet follows the repetition logic by stacking twenty original redwood corbels salvaged from Julia Morgan’s Saint John’s Presbyterian Church in Berkeley. Morgan (1872–1957), who was a student of Bourgoin, was the first female architecture student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris and went on to become a prolific representative of the Arts and Crafts movement taking the idea of the arabesque from Europe to North America.
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Rayyane Tabet, Assemblage, 1910-2020, 20 reclaimed redwood corbels from Julia Morgan's St. John's Presbyterian Church, Berkley, California, 18,5x18,5x39 cm each, Installation size 39x39 x 186 cm, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021
Rosettes, 2021
Through these conceptual exercises, Tabet creates structures in which ornamental motifs reclaim some of their original purpose isolated from subjective interpretations, like in Rosettes, an installation made out of plaster and plastic ceiling medallion that are assembled on the floor into a reclining light fixture.
Rayyane Tabet, Rosettes, 2021, 24 rosettes: 13 in plaster, 11 in polyurethane, electrical cable, light bulb, Single rosettes: between ⌀ 29 and ⌀ 100 cm diameter, Installation size variable, Exhibition view Sfeir-Semler Gallery Hamburg 2021