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A Strange World - Mona Hakimi-Schüler

On the Art and Imagery of Mona Hakimi-Schüler mit einem essay von Hannah Jacobi (in englischer Sprache) Anlässlich der Ausstellung "A Strange World", 2015, Kommunale Galerie - Rathaus Tempelhof, Berlin

On the Art and Imagery of Mona Hakimi-Schüler
mit einem essay von Hannah Jacobi (in englischer Sprache)
Anlässlich der Ausstellung "A Strange World", 2015, Kommunale Galerie - Rathaus Tempelhof, Berlin

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threat, and violence.

The rather unclear, somehow detached role of the horse is taken up by

the lion in Head in clouds. This “spatial image” consists of a big canvas

in threeparts onwhich sculpturalelements aremounted. Theygrow into

a sort of high relief, with the figure of the soldier who turns his back on

us and whois half immersedinto the surfaceof the canvas.Finally, with

the figure of the lion outside of the picture, the sculptural element turns

into full sculpture. However, other than in the previous installations,

the figure remains aesthetically and formally directly connected to the

image space of the work through the element of patterned fabric the

lion is standing on and which reappears in the canvas. When I speak

of the lion's “detached role” within the images-space, I speak of it with

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