Géomorphologie d'un exo paysage : Relevé 32
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Saïd Afifi
Moroccan
b. 1983
Géomorphologie d'un exo paysage : Relevé 32
signed and dated 2021 (on the reverse)
lead pencil on paper
70 by 100cm., 27½ by 39⅜in.
framed: 76 by 106cm., 29⅞ by 41¾in.
This work has been kindly donated by the artist
Saïd Afifi is an artist living and working in Morocco. He takes an experimental approach to paper drawings, using lead or graphite to reframe, or resettle, digital data. The use of simple pencils containing lead is far from insignificant. Unlike charcoal, which originates from plants, lead comes from rock which itself traꦦces its origins to exploded stars. As such, Afifi’s work is concerned with notions of time, while oriented towards the issues of natural landscape, biomimicry and the impact of new technologies in the observation of the world.
Géomorphologie d'un exo paysage : Relevé 32 (2021) derives from a satellite view of earth, reconfigured by the artist’s gaze. Just as the user of Google Earth can choose to zoom in on an area of their choice, Afifi sometimes manipulates relationsh🍌ips of scale, privileging one form over another.
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