Action 105: An Israeli soldier points his gun at the Palestinian youth asked to strip down as he stands at a military checkpoint along the separation barrier at the entrance of Bethlehem, March 2006.
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This young man stripped to his underclothes is disturbingly emasculated and alluring. Aramesh’s series of Actions are sculptural-cinematic reenactments of episodes of violence and humiliation perpetrated by men upon men across conflict zones from Korea and Vietnam to Algeria and Palestine. Referencing historic representations of Christian martyrs, such as Saint Sebastian, Aramesh’s youth has a fraught presence, while the plinth is a telling reminder of the real concrete barriers that divide a contested region.
Artwork Details
- Title: Action 105: An Israeli soldier points his gun at the Palestinian youth asked to strip down as he stands at a military checkpoint along the separation barrier at the entrance of Bethlehem, March 2006.
- Artist: Reza Aramesh (British-Iranian, born 1970)
- Date: 2017
- Medium: Hand-carved polychrome limewood, glass eyes and concrete plinth.
- Dimensions: 37 3/16 × 8 1/4 × 10 1/4 in. (94.5 × 21 × 26 cm)
Plinth: 39 3/8 × 21 5/8 in. (100 × 55 × 55 cm) - Classification: Sculpture
- Credit Line: Courtesy of the artist and Leila Heller Gallery
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art