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Arabian Delight by Huma Mulji, 2008 mixed media

IMG_2900 Taxidermied camel, Rexine suitcase,metal rods, wood, cotton wool, fabric.

 

"Pakistani born Huma Mulji's works explore ideas of displacement... "Arabian Delight", a taxidermied camel forced into a battered suitcase, addresses ideas of the relocation of cultures. The rather crazed manner in which the collapsed camel is impossibly forced into this suitcase, legs thrown into disarray, is a humorous comment on the perceived "Arabisation" of Pakistan as another Muslim state."

 

Text extracted from the exhibition guide.

 

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Uploaded on March 5, 2010
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