1992 - Cartago Est

mosaic of Phoenician characters and symbols in black on a white background

Cartago Est
1992

mosaic
glass paste in bronze frame
Egyptian/Bizantine technique

98 x 52 x 3 cm; 28.3 kg
38¹/₂ x 20¹/₂ x 1¹/₅ inch; 62 lb 6¹/₄ oz

provenance:
acquired from the artist in January 2017

one-man exhibitions and reproductions on catalogue:

1994 - Abdell - INSTITUTO EGIPCIO DE ESTUDIOS ISLÁMICOS - Madrid, Spain

1995 - La unió dels Estats Fenicis - ACHILLE BONITO OLIVA / PATI LIMONA - Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain

in video library contents:

1993 - Douglas Abdell studio calle Redondilla, Madrid (from min. 15:30 of the video/documentary)

1994 - Douglas Abdell studio calle Mediodia Chica, Madrid (from min. 2:13 of the video/documentary)

on view: Madrid space, Room 4

related works:

mosaic of golden Phoenician characters and symbols on a coral-colored background

1992 - Reshef

productions

produced by the FG collection, the digital video library of Douglas Abdell's archives includes videos of art exhibitions, interviews, sculptural installations, documentaries, artistic performances and conference audio that have been recovered by editing of Super-8, VHS cassettes and 16MM reels. The unpublished images of works and characters were digitized starting from the artist's preserved photos, slides and Polaroids. In addition to the audiovisual productions, the FG collection has produced a permanent installation of the collected artworks in its space open to the public in Madrid

digitized video library

Aekyad installation in Madrid space