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In The Eid's Night. Ur serien Thousand and One Nights
© Muhammad Ali/Bildupphovsrätt 2026
In The Eid's Night. Ur serien Thousand and One Nights
In The Eid's Night. Ur serien Thousand and One Nights
Photo: Tobias Fischer/Moderna Museet

In The Eid's Night. Ur serien Thousand and One Nights

by Muhammad Ali
Artist (Syrien, född 1982)
Alternate Title
  • In the Eid’s Night. From the series Arabian Nights
Date2014
MediumInk on paper
DimensionsRam: 76,5 × 106,5 × 3,5 cm Pappersmått: 69,5 × 99,5 cm
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Countries
Credit LinePurchase 2021 (Swedish Acquisitions 2021)
Object NumberMOM/2021/453
CollectionsSvenska förvärv 2021
The artwork is not on display
About the artworkMuhammad Ali draws innumerable ink figures that together form a dense shape. They are barely distinguishable from each other but have mutated into something else. The characters are hybrids, part human, beast, and insect. They offer pictures of everyday life in Ali’s native Damascus. With impressions from his walks through the war-torn capital, Ali portrays the social disintegration of Syria. Gone are the legends and stories of heroism, and the people only have warped memories of their former lives. Instead, Ali shows us narratives about survival, sometimes through a life of fraud, lies, and hate. The figures swarm and form groups, without getting to know or protecting each other. Signatures, inscriptions and marks Signerad 'Muhammad Ali 2014' i blyerts på nedre vänster kant