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The Artist Project: Ghada Amer

Sep 16, 2015 3 MINUTES
"This is, for me, a very Matissean-like painting before Matisse."

Ghada Amer reflects on an Iranian tile panel, "Garden Gathering" in this episode of The Artist Project—an online series in which artists respond to works of art in The Met collection.

About the Artist
Ghada Amer, born in 1963 in Egypt, is an artist who works in a variety of mediums, including sculpture, painting, drawing, and installation.

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Ghada Amer (American, born Egypt, 1963)

Heather’s Dégradé, 2006

Embroidery and gel medium on canvas; 78 × 62 × 1 1/2 in. (198.1 × 157.5 × 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank L. Babbott Fund, Mary Smith Dorward Fund, William K. Jacobs, Jr. Fund, and Florence B. and Carl L. Selden Fund, 2013 (2013.50.1) © Ghada Amer

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Garden Gathering
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