#whofearstheother

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Who Fears The Others, 2017 Mirrors (250 x 100 cm)

Sandrine Pelletier´s work is rooted in material: its language, possibilities and limits. Who Fears The Other is a sculpture made of mirrors of varying sizes that have been treated with acid. Here, mirrors serve as both base material and medium. The work’s title comes from a poem printed in Two Rows by the Sea, a tract published by the Bible Society of Egypt (a Coptic Christian group) following the circulation of an internet video showing the execution of 21 Egyptian Christians by ISIS in Libya on 12 February 2015. The idea of image is thus central. ISIS has created an internet iconography that consecrates its barbarous acts in order to recruit new members. In a reflection of our century, the group does not lurk in the shadows but communicates openly on social media. With her permanently disfigured mirrors, Pelletier questions not only the viewer’s relationship to self but to society. Who fears the other, knowing that the latter is a product of the former? Group exhibition Miroir Miroir @mudac Lausanne http://mudac.ch/expositions/miroir-miroir/ 31.05 – 01.10.2017