Black Series: Couleurs Noires
2000
Sexuality and its many forms of expression is a theme that Amer has used to unmask issues of politics, religion, and contrasting, if not conflicting, social mores between the cultures of East and West. The Egyptian-born artist mixes conventions borrowed from Abstract Expressionism with hand embroidery and explicit imagery generated in the media to challenge notions of propriety, pleasure, and ownership of the female form.
Acrylic, embroidery, and gel medium on canvas
68 x 70 in. (172.7 x 177.8cm)
Gift of the ContemporaryArtProject, Seattle
2002.5
Provenance: The artist, New York, New York; purchased from the artist by Linda Farris and the ContemporaryArtProject, Seattle, Washington; gift from the ContemporaryArtProject to Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, July 28, 2002