Grey Iman
Grey Iman is a striking work by Egyptian-American artist Ghada Amer that weaves together painting and textile through her signature technique of embroidering thread directly onto canvas. Loose, trailing threads intersect with painted layers of acrylic and gel, creating a textured surface that blurs the boundary between traditionally feminine craft and fine art. The work reflects Amer's ongoing exploration of gender, desire, and identity, embedding intimate figurative forms within a process that challenges hierarchies of artistic medium and cultural expectation.
- Medium
- acrylic, embroidery and gel on canvas
- Location
- Phillips, Salt Lake City, UT
- Spotted At
- Auction House · PhillipsView on map
🔨 Auction Lot
New Now Evening Sale
February 29, 2016
Spotted works by Ghada Amer
Artists in conversation
Tracey Emin
British · b. 1963
Emin similarly incorporates embroidery and textile techniques into confessional feminist art, stitching intimate personal text and figurative forms onto fabric surfaces that challenge boundaries between craft and fine art.
Kiki Smith
American · b. 1954
Smith works across mixed media including fiber and printmaking to explore female identity, the body, and desire with a similarly introspective mood, blending traditionally feminine materials into formally ambitious figurative works.
Rosemarie Trockel
German · b. 1952
Trockel is renowned for her knitted and textile based works that deliberately elevate feminine craft into the fine art context, interrogating gender roles and identity through process driven surfaces that closely parallel Amer's embroidered canvases.
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