Jins Al Latif / The Gentle Sex, 2018
Steel and wood; 49 × 49 cm | 19 1/4 x 19 1/4 in
(Variation of 3) © Photo: Lawrie Shabibi 2018
Jins Al Latif / The Gentle Sex, 2018. Detail. © Photo: Lawrie Shabibi 2018
Jins Al Latif / The Gentle Sex, 2018. Detail. © Photo: Lawrie Shabibi 2018
“Jins Al Latif [The Gentle Sex]”, a sculpture mounted into the wall, is made from hundreds of sets of manicure and pedicure instruments, arranged as an inscription in square Kufic. Spelling out in Arabic “the gentle sex” or “kind sex”, it comments on the implausibility of such hazardous steel instruments being used for beauty care.