Arab Attraction
Nancy Spero´s drawing of a naked, Celtic goddess is on the wall. Feminist art is still her favorite genre, says Barbara Wally, former head of the International Summer School of Fine Arts in Salzburg. During a trip to Yemen, she fell in love with her driver. They got married and she converted to Islam. Today, there is a post-it on the drawing – it serves as a learning aid but also as a blinder for her husband. These two levels are like an allegory for Wally´s life before and after the unconventional paradigm shift.
(Diagonale 2001)
Barbara Wally, the former director...
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Orig. Title
Arab Attraction
Arab Attraction
Year
2010
2010
Country
Austria
Austria
Duration
118 min
118 min