http://www.hamraabbas.com Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:28:05 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://www.hamraabbas.com/eine-seite/love-yourself/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Love Yourself « hamra abbas Sun, 13 Dec 2009 19:28:05 +0000 http://181570.webtest.goneo.de/wordpress/?page_id=816#comment-5 [...] Love Yourself (2009) is a continuation of the my Love Series, it is an installation of vibrating, toylike fighter jets, missiles, bombs, and bullets that, when switched on together with the neon works on the wall, create a vibrant installation of sound, movement, and light.  The background neon reminds us that it’s “as good as the real thing.”  The installation seeks to draw the attention of the viewer by a titillating display of colorful vibrating objects and blatant sexual innuendo—voyeurism giving way to a disturbing realization that these symbols of violence have been turned into pleasure objects. Video [...] [...] Love Yourself (2009) is a continuation of the my Love Series, it is an installation of vibrating, toylike fighter jets, missiles, bombs, and bullets that, when switched on together with the neon works on the wall, create a vibrant installation of sound, movement, and light.  The background neon reminds us that it’s “as good as the real thing.”  The installation seeks to draw the attention of the viewer by a titillating display of colorful vibrating objects and blatant sexual innuendo—voyeurism giving way to a disturbing realization that these symbols of violence have been turned into pleasure objects. Video [...]

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