saatchi's latest sensation
Art guru unveils controversial Middle eastern art
We live in sensitive times, and after the shocking but most striking works is
outrage provoked by the Danish cartoons Ghost (pictured). By French Algerian
of Mohammed, Charles Saatchi is pushing artist Kader Attia, it depicts a roomful
the boundaries with his latest exhibition, of Muslim women bowing in shimmering
Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East. meditation. Made of vacant shells of foil,
Some of the more controversial pieces with a gaping hole where the face should
include paintings of homosexual Muslim be, their bodies are rendered as empty
orgies and sculptures of transsexual hoods, devoid of personhood or spirit.
Tehran prostitutes. One of the less Until May 9th. saatchi-gallery.co.uk
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