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Tablet from Set 7 from the series Les Septs Stations Célestes

2018
(Algerian, b. 1947)
Algerian, 20th century
Alabaster
Overall: 49.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm (19 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2020.221.a
© Rachid Koraïchi, Courtesy Aicon Gallery
Edition: Set 7 of 7
Location: not on view
This artwork is known to be under copyright.

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Each of these digitally carved alabaster tablets weighs about 35 pounds!

Description

Rachid Koraïchi's Les Septs Stations Célestes (The Seven Heavenly Stations) pairs two stone tablets. The right bears text, while the left combines text, drawings, and elements drawn from the artist’s personal lexicon. His unique visual language blends Chinese, Sumerian, Hebrew, and Arabic letterforms with numbers, codes, and drawings. Their calligraphy recalls manuscript pages, while their material evokes Middle Eastern and Swahili Coast tombstones. The right tablet is the beginning of the prose-poem “On Children” by Lebanese-American writer and painter Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931).
Tablet from Set 7 from the series Les Septs Stations Célestes

Tablet from Set 7 from the series Les Septs Stations Célestes

2018

Rachid Koraïchi

(Algerian, b. 1947)
Algerian, 20th century

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