Painting is at the core of her creative process, but over the years she has expanded her language to sculpture through ceramics, bronze and garden installations. Between East and West, Ghada Amer questions representations, relationships of domination, processes of assimilation, opposition or translation from one culture to another. Today she is a major voice for post-colonial and feminist issues in contemporary creation.

The Ghada Amer exhibition was designed and organized by the Mucem, Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations in partnership with the Museums of Marseille-Centre de la Vieille Charité and the Frac Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

Read the interview with Hélia Paukner and Philippe Dagen, curators of the retrospective.

A Woman’s Voice Is Revolution 

This is the first sculpture garden in Arabic by Ghada Amer: the translated title of this work. Created for the Mucem, Fort Saint-Jean - Garden of Migration, a decade after the end of the Arab Spring to greet the women whose voices were heard then. 

The materials used underline the subversive and emancipatory value of the phrase thus created. Filled with coal, the letters of the inscription evoke the fire of revolt. They contrast with the bluish foliage of the Corsican helichrysum, a Mediterranean plant with healing properties, also known as Immortelle.

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