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Seba KurtisFemale Volunteers Learning To Use Gas Masks, Teheran – Seba Kurtis, Photography2022
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Seba KURTIS (*1974, Argentina)
Female Volunteers Learning To Use Gas Masks, Tehran, May 1988, from the series 'Chemical Reaction', 2022
Lambda C-Type print on 3mm aluminium
Sheet 61 x 91.4 cm (24 x 36 in.)
Edition of 7
Print only
Background:
On the morning of March 16, 1988, Iraqi war planes and artillery pounded the Kurdish town of Halabja in northern Iraq with mustard gas and the deadly nerve agent sarin. Some 5,000 people – mainly women and children – died on the day, and up to 12,000 have lost their lives since. The method was the same as the Ghouta gas attack in Damascus, on August 21, 2013, just over 25 years later. In both instances a conventional pre- bombardment – to break windows and doors and to get people underground – was followed by the deadly chemical weapons, sarin and mustard agent.
Heavier than air – and with no windows and doors to stop the “gas” – it found its victims helpless and unprotected in underground cellars and air-raid shelters. These crimes against humanity were then followed up with a conventional bombardment to destroy the evidence.
Female volunteers learning to use gas masks in a Tehran mosque in May 1988. In the waning days of the war, Iraq resorted more frequently to bombarding soldiers and civilians with sulfur mustard and nerve agents
About the artist:
Seba Kurtis was born in Argentina in 1974. He studied journalism in Buenos Aires before leaving the country for Europe in the wake of the political and economic crisis of 2001. Several years spent as an illegal immigrant have informed much of his work, which explores the personal, social and cultural impact of irregular migration. Kurtis' work has been exhibited internationally, with solo shows in Europe and the USA, and his first book, Drowned (Here Press, 2011), was selected for the International Photobook Award at the International Photobook Festival, Le Bal, Paris, 2012. Kif (Here Press, 2013) is his second publication and was exhibited with solo shows at Withward gallery in London and in Manchester Photographic Gallery. Today Kurtis lives and works in Manchester.
"His photography is the sensitive extension of his robust nomad’s body with its magnanimous aura. It serves him as a performative means to talk about the world and to establish connections between world history and the individual story of his life in a sophisticated manner. As an artist Seba Kurtis is constantly on the move and is unconcerned by physical or aesthetic limits. He is among those who know that photography does not represent reality but that it is able to reveal its ruggedness, complexity and – above all – its inexhaustible poetry."
– Stefano Stoll, Director of the Festival IMAGES in Vevey.
– Art, Contemporary, Colour, Photography, Fine Art, Chemical Reaction, Acid, Human, Attack, Teheran
- Creator:Seba Kurtis (1974, Argentinian)
- Creation Year:2022
- Dimensions:Height: 24.02 in (61 cm)Width: 35.99 in (91.4 cm)
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- Gallery Location:Zurich, CH
- Reference Number:1stDibs: LU1280110788272
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