• Aniconism as Figurative Urgency (the Hand)
  • TitleAniconism as Figurative Urgency (the Hand)
  • Author Monia Ben Hamouda  
  • Year 2022
  • Classification Installation
  • Dimensions Height: 250 cm Width: 155 cm
  • Medium Laser cut steel, spice powders
Description
In these works, aniconism, the objection to the use of icons as religious creatures and features, is obfuscated as the steel sculpture is transformed into representative forms of the human body. Embodying calligraphic brushstrokes that mimic Arabic text but mean nothing, the ends of the sculptures extend into the clear contours of hands. These hands signify the ritual of the evil eye in Tunisia.