Women reclaim the harem from the Sultan. Much is forbidden (harām) the zanāna/harem. No longer, in the recouped City of Joy. Delicacies simmer on ovens and frame the women-identified couples. Alchemy rules in the midst of pots abundant with all things food and medicine. The duos dedicate themselves to the elegant principles of undisciplined pleasures. They reaffirm what it means to care, converse, listen, and flirt without fear and with infinite love. The couples Uzza and Marjane, Nuha and Manat, Fatima and Gudot transform and are transformed, so love rules.
Additional Artworks
From Sarah Khan
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10. Unbound Bilqis (Blue_Silver)
Limited Edition: 10. Unbound Bilqis (Blue_Silver)
1 Edition
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10. To Arms: #Borderless (Rose, Black pepper, Cinnamon, Clove, Frankincense, Myrrh, Orange blossom), 2020
Printed on handmade Wasli paper, on an etching press, infused the etching ink and essential oils and extracts.
33 x 24 in (83.82 x 60.96 cm)
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1. In the Wake of the Indian Ocean World before European Colonization, 2020
Printed on handmade Wasli paper, on an etching press, infused the etching ink and essential oils and extracts
33 x 24 in (83.82 x 60.96 cm)
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3. Undisciplined Pleasures: Queen Bilqis of Ethiopia and Yemen (Frankincense), 2020
Printed on handmade Wasli paper, on an etching press, infused the etching ink and essential oils and extracts
33 x 24 in (83.82 x 60.96 cm)
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4. Undisciplined Pleasures: Razia Sultan of the Delhi Sultanate (Black Pepper, Cinnamon, Clove), 2020
Printed on handmade Wasli paper, on an etching press, infused the etching ink and essential oils and extracts
33 x 24 in (83.82 x 60.96 cm)
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6. Undisciplined Pleasures: Vigilant Caring, Conversing, Listening, Flirting, Loving II (Orange Blossom), 2020
Printed on handmade Wasli paper, on an etching press, infused the etching ink and essential oils and extracts
33 x 24 in (83.82 x 60.96 cm)
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5. Undisciplined Pleasures: Ethiopian Freedom Fighter Abebach (Myrrh), 2020
Printed on handmade Wasli paper, on an etching press, infused the etching ink and essential oils and extracts
33 x 24 in (83.82 x 60.96 cm)
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7. Vigilant Defiance: To Arms Queen Bilqis (Frankincense), 2020
Printed on handmade Wasli paper, on an etching press, infused the etching ink and essential oils and extracts
33 x 24 in (83.82 x 60.96 cm)