Mohammed Sami
The Praying Room
Auction Closed
November 16, 12:02 AM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Mohammed Sami
b. 1984
The Praying Room
signed and dated 21 (on the overlap)
acrylic on linen
90 ½ by 112 ⅜ in. 230 by 285.5 cm.
Executed in 2021.
Modern Art, London
Private Collection
Acquired from the above by the present owner
London, Camden Art Centre; and Bexhill-on-Sea, De La Warr Pavilion, Mohammed Sami: The Point 0, January - August 2023, n.p., illustrated in color (only London)
Naomi Rea, "17 Art Exhibitions Worth Traveling for in Europe This Year, From a Blowout Survey of Yayoi Kusama’s Inflatables to the Largest Showcase of Vermeer’s Work Yet," Artnet News, 2 January 2023, illustrated in color (online)
Adrian Searle, "Saddam Hussein mural painter creates a world of turmoil – Mohammed Sami review," The Guardian, 26 January 2023 (online)
Hettie Judah, "Mohammed Sami, Camden Art Centre, review: Saddam Hussein’s propaganda painter portrays a world unravelling," iNews, 27 January 2023 (online)
Tom Jefferys, "Mohammed Sami Paints the Traces of Trauma," Frieze Magazine, 9 February 2023 (online)
David Trigg, "Mohammed Sami: The Point 0," Studio International, 14 February 2023, illustrated in color (in installation London, Camden Arts Centre, 2023) (online)
Jeremy O'Grady, ed., "Mohammed Sami: The Point 0 review – an astonishing, haunting show," The Week, 10 February 2023 (online)
Hettie Judah, "Mohammed Sami: 'We can‘t move forward without the power of the past'," Artfund, 14 February 2023 (online)
Michael Kurtz, "Mohammed Sami: The Point 0," The Burlington Magazine, 5 April 2023, illustrated in color (in installation London, Camden Arts Centre, 2023) (online)
