Zohra Opoku (Altdobern, former GDR, 1976 -)

'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.]

Date2023

MediumScreenprint on vintage mixed cotton, screenprint applications, embroidery, hand-stitched

DimensionsOther (Image): 104.4 x 79.5 cm, (41 1/16 x 31 5/16 in.,)

Credit LineMarieluise Hessel Collection, Hessel Museum of Art, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York

CopyrightPhotography Vincent Chéron. Courtesy of the artist and Mariane Ibrahim

Object numberR2024.39

ClassificationsDrawing

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