Bani Abidi
(1971)
Intercommunication Devices
The present lot comprises nine digital vector drawings representing various intercom machines fitted on the gates of houses along 13th Street of Karachi's Defence Housing Authority area. "The threshold between the security of private life and the increasingly violent and unpredictable public space in contemporary Pakistan is a recurring recent interest for Abidi. “Security Barriers A–L” (2008) and “Intercommunication Devices” (2008), sets of...
The present lot comprises nine digital vector drawings representing various intercom machines fitted on the gates of houses along 13th Street of Karachi's Defence Housing Authority area. "The threshold between the security of private life and the increasingly violent and unpredictable public space in contemporary Pakistan is a recurring recent interest for Abidi. “Security Barriers A–L” (2008) and “Intercommunication Devices” (2008), sets of digital vector drawings, survey objects that mark and monitor this tenuous border...The intercom devices, gray and dour, instruments of security installed in houses on Abidi’s street, indicate the paranoia pervading the city and the added layers of protection that class and privilege affords" (Murtaza Vali, "Scenes from a Nation in Twilight: Bani Abidi", Art Asia Pacific, Issue 67, 2010).
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32
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70
24 HOUR AUCTION: ART OF PAKISTAN
Estimate
Rs 4,50,000 - 5,50,000
Winning Bid
Rs 5,40,000
ARTWORK DETAILS
Bani Abidi Intercommunication Devices
2008
Fourth from a limited edition of ten
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Category: Photography