“It is evident that for the artists who take part in the Western project there is no such thing as a profane object. That is to say, all artworks on display in public spaces are always ritualistic and forever linked to a certain ‘sacred’ text.
At this point, it is also worth observing that each and every work of art on display in the public space presents a simultaneous presence of what is readable and what is veiled.”
Joseph Sassoon Semah
Joseph Sassoon Semah
Introduction of the Principle of Relative Expression (1979) Two sheets from Tractate Nazir Black oil on folios of the Babylonian Talmud Copyright of the artist.
Joseph Sassoon Semah
Introduction of the Principle of Relative Expression (1979) Two sheets from Tractate Nazir Black oil on folios of the Babylonian Talmud Copyright of the artist.
Joseph Sassoon Semah
Joseph Semah was born in Baghdad, Iraq. He lives and works in Amsterdam.
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