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Tablet from Set 7 from the series Les Septs Stations Célestes

2018
maker

Rachid Koraïchi

(Algerian, b. 1947)
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Culture
Algeria
Medium
Alabaster
Measurements
Overall: 49.5 x 49.5 x 3.2 cm (19 1/2 x 19 1/2 x 1 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Dudley P. Allen Fund 2020.221.a
Edition
Set 7 of 7
Copyright
© Rachid Koraïchi, Courtesy Aicon Gallery
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Location
Not on view
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Each of these digitally carved alabaster tablets weighs about 35 pounds!

Description

Rachid Koraïchi's Les Septs Stations Célestes (The Seven Heavenly Stations) pairs two stone tablets. The right bears text, while the left combines text, drawings, and elements drawn from the artist’s personal lexicon. His unique visual language blends Chinese, Sumerian, Hebrew, and Arabic letterforms with numbers, codes, and drawings. Their calligraphy recalls manuscript pages, while their material evokes Middle Eastern and Swahili Coast tombstones. The right tablet is the beginning of the prose-poem “On Children” by Lebanese-American writer and painter Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931).

Tablet from Set 7 from the series Les Septs Stations Célestes

2018

Rachid Koraïchi

(Algerian, b. 1947)
Algeria

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