Katherine Toukhy
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Fire-laced

Fire-laced
8 x 13 ft painting, acrylic on canvas
2018-2019

Fire-laced combines figures that turn into land masses with overlaid red lines, transferred from maps of oil pipelines in North Africa and the Middle East. The crouching figure on the left becomes tree-like. Under her feet is the word “shame” in Arabic repeated and layered, like roots of the tree. She transforms the shame of being a victim of wars and occupations through her mythical body.

Fire-laced, 2019, 8 x 13 ft, acrylic on canvas

Fire-laced, 2019, 8 x 13 ft, acrylic on canvas

Fire-laced, 2019, detail

Fire-laced, 2019, detail

Fire-laced, 2019, detail The roots beneath her feet are the word for “shame” in Arabic.

Fire-laced, 2019, detail
The roots beneath her feet are the word for “shame” in Arabic.

Fire-laced, 2019, detail

Fire-laced, 2019, detail

Fire-laced, 2019, detail

Fire-laced, 2019, detail

Fire-laced, public installation in downtown Brooklyn, 2020

Fire-laced, public installation in downtown Brooklyn, 2020

Fire-laced, public installation in downtown Brooklyn, 2020

Fire-laced, public installation in downtown Brooklyn, 2020

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Fire-laced, 2019, detail
Fire-laced, 2019, detail The roots beneath her feet are the word for “shame” in Arabic.
Fire-laced, 2019, detail
Fire-laced, 2019, detail
Fire-laced, public installation in downtown Brooklyn, 2020
Fire-laced, public installation in downtown Brooklyn, 2020