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M.O.N.U.M.E.N.T X - PRESS RELE...

M.O.N.U.M.E.N.T X - Press Release

Tarek Zaki describes his work as dealing with the monument as a symbol, an iconic emblem of political and historical information. A monument is usually a statue or building that commemorates heroes and immortalizes important events and turning points in our lives. We gradually forget about those heroes and events, but in spite of this, the monuments remain as a symbolic status and physical presence.

‘Monument X’ is dismantled into uniform pieces. Sections of columns, plinths, arches and sculpted body parts are deliberately cut and grouped, and thus the traditional vertical apprehension of a monument is being replaced by a new horizontal perspective, which provokes different questions. Is the monument being built or is it being dismantled? How should the pieces be put together? What would it represent when assembled?...

‘Monument X’ is a puzzle that only the viewer’s imagination could solve and complete.

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www.tarekzaki.net/monumentx.html