Petit Prince. Enfant de Gaza (Small Prince. Child of Gaza, 2010)*
Description
Size: 120 x 52 x 34 cm; 47.2 x 20.4 x13.4 in
Medium: Original Bronze (edition 3/6 + 2 A.P.)
Signed and numbered 3/6
Provenance
Private Collection, France (acquired directly from the artist).
This artwork is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity.
Location
Paris, France
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Born in Choukine, South Lebanon, in 1947, Lebanese sculptor Chaouki Choukini lives and works in France. This has not prevented him from being affected by the atrocities that have been shaking the Arab World for decades.
Executed in 2010, Petit Prince. Enfant de Gaza (Small Prince. Child of Gaza) was inspired by a tragic event that took place ten years before, during the Second Intifada in the Occupied Territories: On September 30th, 2000, Palestinian cameraman Talal Abu Rahma shot the video of a father, Jamal al-Durrah, trying to shield his 12-year-old son Muhammad from bullets that were falling on them. The young boy was already wounded during the filming and died soon after.
The title of this powerful piece is derived from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry’s The Little Prince. Visually highlighted as it is surrounded by a void, the core of the sculpture is a heart, as a symbol of life and love. Chaouki Choukini was subsequently awarded the Prize of the Taylor Foundation for this achievement.
Exhibitions
Lumières du Liban, Institut du monde arabe, Paris, 2021.
Literature
AB Magazine, 2018.
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