Nimrud
ed. with text and interview by Katherine D. Alcauskas ; intr. by Tracy L. Adler ; text by Rijin Sahakian
- Author(s)
- Katherine D. Alcauskas, Tracy L. Adler, Rijin Sahakian
- Editor(s)
- Katherine D. Alcauskas
- Publication
- New York : Delmonico Books ; Wellin Museum of Art ; Hamilton College,, 2021
- Scope
- 146 Pages, illustrated, 25,5 x 28,5 cm cm.
- ISBN
- 9781636810256
Using Arab-language newspapers and wrappers from food products imported from the Middle East, Iraqi American artist Michael Rakowitz (born 1973) has recreated to scale Room H from the Northwest Palace of the ancient Assyrian city of Nimrud (Kalhu). Part of a reception suite, Room H was originally lined with seven-foot-tall carved stone reliefs, including an inscription detailing Ashurnasirpal II's achievements and winged male figures, many of which have been removed by Western archaeologists over the last 150 years. Here, Rakowitz has “reappeared” only those panels that were in situ in Room H when the remains of the palace were destroyed by the jihadist group the Islamic State (ISIS) in 2015. Areas from which the reliefs had already been removed by 19th-century archaeologists are left blank, resulting in what Rakowitz calls “a palimpsest of different moments of removal.” Published accompanying the similar titled exhibition at Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College (Oct. 19, 2020- June 18, 2021)
- Person as subject
- Michael Rakowitz
- Keywords
- art in public space , critical aesthetics , iconoclasm , diaspora
- Stroom project
- Michael Rakowitz : Be longing ; Rotterdamsebaan
- Location
- Cabinet 7 - 1: Kunstenaars
- Remarks
- Incl. notes, and notes on individuals and entities quoted in accompanying didactics
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