Thank you for joining us in an exploration of Ghada Amer’s work through this blog. Once a month, we will feature a brief entry examining one or several of Ghada Amer’s artworks by established and emerging art critics and art lovers. Each entry will encourage us to push further our habitual ways of reading and of looking as it invites us to consider new ways of reading Ghada Amer’s multifaceted production.
If you want to be kept abreast of all new blog publications, subscribe to our Newsletter.
Art or Craft? Performing Ghada Amer’s Sculptures
Walking the high streets, a woman glances at shopfronts left and right. Suddenly, a laced gown catches her eye in the window of a store
Ghada Amer’s Painting Goes into Hiding
In a garden, slithering in the grass, small snails quickly cowl back into their shells. They are hiding, perhaps from a predator or from curious
The Screen: Ghada Amer’s curtain call for domesticity
The shadowy outline of the two backlight figures gives them an air of mystery: these lovers’ stories are as opaque as their silhouettes. The functional
Pensées Sculptées
Commençons par un petit jeu! Devinez ce que je vois.Avec mes yeux d’espion, je vois … une pile de couleurAvec mes yeux d’espion, je vois
Sculpted Thought
Let’s play a little game, shall we? Guess what I am seeing. I spy with my little eye … a pile of colorsI spy with
La Voix de la femme est révolution (2022)
Si elle est connue principalement pour ses peintures brodées, sa céramique et ses sculptures en acier et en bronze, Ghada Amer a néanmoins créé des
A Woman’s Voice is Revolution (2022)
Though known primarily for her embroidered painting, ceramics, and stainless steel and bronze sculptures, Ghada Amer has been making garden sculptures since 1997, that is
Ghada Amer’s Paravent Girls
Larger than life, the women on Ghada Amer’s paravents emerge from bronze panels in raised lines that give a tactile element to each piece. On
My Body, my Choice: Ghada Amer’s May 2022 solo show at the Goodman Gallery, London
4 May 2022 – 28 May 2022 Ghada Amer’s show at Goodman Gallery in London opens on 4 May 2022 and runs till the end
Once Upon a Happily Ever After
Ghada Amer’s garden installation titled Happily Ever After is a circle of rose bushes and jasmine flowers spelling out the notorious final three words of
Love Park, a one-act play
Characters Participant A as Lover a Participant B as Lover b The scene takes place in Santa Fe’s Love Park, in 1999. There is a
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall
Barbie Trees (2007) is a disenchanting fairy tale. It tells the story of how princesses become Barbie dolls and how princes are abandoned. In so
Most Popular:
Subscribe To Our Newsletter
No spam, notifications only about new exhibitions and collections.