Ghada Amer: QR CODES REVISITED—NEW YORK
26 October – 22 December 2023
Marianne Boesky Gallery
509 West 24 Street, New York
In a new series of works, Ghada Amer (b. 1963; Cairo, Egypt) rethinks a textile tradition long associated with male tentmakers in Egypt, in which richly colored appliqué panels were used to decorate the interiors of tents and pavilions and transforms them into abstract grids of monochromatic, geometric patterns, reminiscent of the ubiquitous form of QR codes. Within the surfaces, Amer embeds feminist texts in both English and Arabic.
The artist frequently incorporates language into her work, often borrowing from other feminist activists, artists, and writers. In these works, Amer quotes Australian historian Joyce Stevens, Egyptian writer Nawal El Saadawi, and Tunisian activist Amina Sboui.
Marianne Boesky Gallery's presentation of Amer's work coincides with exhibitions of the artists' work at Tina Kim Gallery in New York, Goodman Gallery in London, and Kewenig in partnership with Ana Serratosa Gallery in Valencia, Spain this fall.
Learn more in the above-linked press release, and browse a preview of works on view below. Image files are in the above-linked Dropbox; usage must be with the credit line “copyright of the artist and courtesy of Marianne Boesky Gallery”
