Look Mama... Macho!

1983-1986

Rasheed Araeen

color photographs, balsawood

152,3 x 456,8 x 8,5 cm

Acquired in 2018

Inventory number 3442

Location VAM, B1, 04, 00

met steun van / with support of Stichting Promotors Van Abbemuseum

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Description

The geometric forms of the lattice reliefs intersect three photographs. The central panel references Araeen’s ‘Paki Bastard’ performance shown in the previous room. The quotes are excerpts from Margaret Thatcher’s infamous ‘Swamped Speech’ of 1978. Either side are images of a virile goat. Together, they addresses the way in which Araeen felt those from outside the West were perceived. Combining different elements of Araeen’s visual vocabulary and critical concerns Look Mama… Macho examines forms and systems of representation.

- exhibition text 2017 -

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