A somber monochrome watercolor of mayhem and dissent at sea. The depiction of a sinking raft, with one furled and one billowing sail, stretches from one side of the drawing to the other. Great, curved ...
Dressed in a billowing white satin dress and small matching pumps, a woman at center looks back behind her, running along a path, past flowers and tall grasses on a hilltop under bright blue skies..
Hatoum, a Palestinian born in Beirut, uses everyday objects and personal artifacts to examine the effects of exile and alienation. For this work she collected strands of her own hair and painstakingly ...
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A red bowl decorated with two large white eyes, with black used to indicate the eyebrows, nose and the iris of the eye. There is also a teardrop shape on the forehead between the eyebrows. On either ...
In a lavish room with ornate tapestries, a young woman with fair skin and long light brown hair lies against cushions on the floor, with only a silk sheet wrapped around her legs. A hookah and a fan ...
The pale green jade disk has a circle cut out in the middle and lays flat on a dark grey background. There is a pattern of small relief circles throughout the piece. There are some dark brown ...
On the side of the coin on the left is the head of a man facing right, wearing the skin from an elephant's head, trunk turned up and tusks protruding out, small dots surround the border. The other ...
The vessel is black with a tall neck, wide spout and two handles on the body of the vessel. In red, figures sit and stand around on different levels in space. Some are nude with tails, and others wear ...
In profile facing left, a robed man with a dark beard and curly hair, sits in a chair on a dais, head bowed and staring straight ahead. A crested helmet, sword and shield lie next to him. His arm is ...
A color print portrays a group of figures watching a battle scene projected onto a wall. Two white women sit looking towards each other, and a standing Black woman looks at the projection. A man ...
In 1948, Appel was among the group of emerging European artists who formed the avant-garde movement CoBrA, a reference to the capital cities of its founding members: Copenhagen, Brussels, Amsterdam.