"There's reliance on and denial of the wall."
Diana Al-Hadid reflects on the cubiculum from the villa of P. Fannius Synistor at Boscoreale 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
Diana Al-Hadid, born in 1981, is a Syrian-American artist who creates sculptures, installations, and drawings.
Diana Al-Hadid (American, born Syria, 1981)
Gradiva’s Fourth Wall, 2011
Steel, polymer gypsum, wood, fiberglass and paint; 183 1/2 × 190 3/4 × 132 in. (466.1 × 484.5 × 335.3 cm). Sharjah Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE. © Diana Al-Hadid
