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Srouji, Dima, 2024, Show, Exhibition or Event, She still wears kohl & smells like roses

Abstract or Description:

But She Still Wears Kohl and Smells like Roses retells the story of a collection of glass vessels from the V&A collection that were excavated in Palestine and Syria.

The replicas were produced in Palestine with local artisans, the Twam family, and an anonymous family that works in the black market to make and sell forgeries. The original vessels in the glass gallery are replaced with tomb cards that narrate the violence of exhuming bodies to retrieve the "grave goods" and illustrate the power of the female body in the history of archaeology. The installation was accompanied by an experimental film that stitches personal histories with the history of glass.

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Lagos Biennial
Lagos, Nigeria
03 Feb 2024
Museum/exhibition
Subjects: Architecture > K100 Architecture
Creative Arts and Design > W100 Fine Art
School or Centre: School of Architecture
Funders: Victoria & Albert Museum
Date Deposited: 17 Feb 2025 13:57
Last Modified: 17 Feb 2025 13:57
URI: https://researchonline.rca.ac.uk/id/eprint/6316
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