Ali Cherri

Grafting (G)

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Ali Cherri, Grafting (G), 2019, Objects, Marble, wood and dried bird feathers, 50 x 15 x 15 cm. Image courtesy of the artist and Galerie Imane Farès, Art Jameel Collection

Artwork Details

Artist

Ali Cherri

Title

Grafting (G)

Date

2019

Medium

Objects, Marble, wood and dried bird feathers

Dimensions

50 x 15 x 15 cm

Credit Line

Art Jameel Collection

Work Description

Cherri’s works investigate the circulation of archeological objects and their role in constructing national and historic narratives, often used to legitimate claims to power. In this series the artist stitches together disparate parts of artefacts to produce hauntingly incongruous hybrid forms. The work’s title evokes the medical and horticultural practice of using parts of a living entity to heal or restore another.

Artist Biography

Ali Cherri (B.1976) Lives and works between Paris, France and Beirut, Lebanon

Ali Cherri works across film and installation. His work deals with the psychological repercussions of war, trauma and the paradoxical realities produced through living in an urgent, unpredictable and ever-changing state. Cherri’s recent projects investigate the circulation of archeological objects and their role in constructing historical narratives. His work often blurs the boundary between fact and fiction by employing essayistic and autobiographical narratives.  Recent exhibitions include 5th Ural Industrial Biennial of Contemporary Art (2019), ‘Statues Also Die’, Fondazione Re Raubedengo (2018), ‘Tales from the Riverbed’, Clark House (2018), ‘Dénaturé’, Galerie Imane Fares (2017), and ‘A Taxonomy of Fallacies: The Life of Dead Objects’, Sursock Museum (2016).