Zohra Opoku
(b. 1976, Altdobern, Former GDR)
Bob's Cloth
Date2017
MediumScreenprint on canvas; thread, acrylic, elements from an original print from the 70s and Kente cloth, photograph and photographic film
Dimensions91 x 50 in. (231.1 x 127 cm)
Credit LineMarieluise Hessel Collection, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Arts, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
CopyrightCourtesy of the Artist and Mariane Ibrahim (Chicago, Paris, Mexico City)
Object numberR2019.24
ClassificationsMultiple
Not on view
Description21st C. CollageExhibitions
Peace, Power, and Prestige: Metal Arts in Africa (2023-09-29 - 2023-12-31)
Hessel Collection 2027 ( - )
!['My head shall not be taken from me. You shall raise me up. You shall make me new. You shall rejuvenate me.' [Extract from Chapter 43: spell for not letting the head/An Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead/The Papyrus of Sobekmose.]](/internal/media/dispatcher/10100/thumbnail)
