
Intermission (Halloween Iraq III)
A ghostly figure emerges from the layered, textured surface of this woodcut print transferred onto soft muslin fabric, blurring the boundary between image and material. Allora & Calzadilla weave together themes of conflict, spectacle, and collective memory, using the raw, handcrafted quality of the woodcut medium to evoke both historical printmaking traditions and urgent contemporary politics. The work's title provocatively links the ritualized pageantry of Halloween with the ongoing realities of war in Iraq, suggesting a haunting interplay between performance, disguise, and the theater of geopolitical violence.
- Medium
- woodcut print on muslin
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
Contemporary Art Day Sale
June 28, 2013
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