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Maquette of Al-Safina (The Ship)
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
- Title:
- Maquette of Al-Safina (The Ship)
- Artist:
- Adam Henein
- Date:
- 2009
- Title:
- Maquette of Al-Safina (The Ship)
- Artist:
- Adam Henein
- Date:
- 2009
- Material:
- Aerated concrete, Paint
- Technique:
- Sculpting
- Dimensions:
- 25 × 135 × 35 cm
This is a small-scale model of “Al-Safina” (The Ship), one of Mathaf’s permanent outdoor sculptures. The late Egyptian artist Adam Henein (1929-2020) designed the work as a metaphorical alternative to the museum space. It was produced between in Qatar and Aswan, Egypt between 2009 and 2010.
Henein used geometric abstraction, to sculpt simplified human and animal figures influenced by timeless aesthetic of ancient Egyptian antiquity
