myedol: The British Museum is to stage a major exhibition dedicated to the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Ahmed Matter used magnets and iron filings to symbolise hundreds of thousands of pilgrims circumambulating the Ka’bah, the black granite cube in Mecca thought to be built by Abraham and his son Ishmael. By Ahmed Matter

myedol:

The British Museum is to stage a major exhibition dedicated to the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Ahmed Matter used magnets and iron filings to symbolise hundreds of thousands of pilgrims circumambulating the Ka’bah, the black granite cube in Mecca thought to be built by Abraham and his son Ishmael.

By Ahmed Matter

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myedol: The British Museum is to stage a major exhibition dedicated to the hajj, the Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca. Ahmed Matter used magnets and iron filings to symbolise hundreds of thousands of pilgrims circumambulating the Ka’bah, the black granite cube in Mecca thought to be built by Abraham and his son Ishmael. By Ahmed Matter
4 months ago
#art #london #mecca #ahmed matter