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Building

2009
21.0 x 62.0 cm

The structure of the drawings that make up Susan Hefuna’s Building was inspired by the act of walking through the gridded streets of New York City. Each of the work’s nine parts was completed at a single sitting by applying Indian ink to two layers of tracing paper. These layers interact with one another to establish a dialogue between abstracted geometric shapes in which angular and circular lines are incorporated into network-like designs. These are reminiscent of the matrices of horizontal and vertical lines that characterize modernist metropolitan architecture, and the complex latticework—which is both decorative and functional—of classical Islamic Mashrabiya window screens.

susan hafouz (1962 –)

Susan Hefnou (Hafouz) is a German-Egyptian visual artist based in Cairo & Germany. Known for diverse media – drawing, sculpture, installation – exploring themes of patience & identity.

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Title: Building
Artist: susan hafouz
Year: 2009
Original dimensions: 21.0 x 62.0 cm
Format: Landscape
Copyright status: Under copyright
Color palette: Pastels
Main color: Gray

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