Anne et Patrick Poirier
Trône Mesopotamia, 2015
Black granite engraved with gold leaf
H 50 3/8 x 23 x 23 in
Photo: JC Lett
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For over 40 years, Anne and Patrick Poirier have visited, carried out excavations, collected and inventoried sites and relics from ancient civilizations. A tribute to the memory of the ancient...
For over 40 years, Anne and Patrick Poirier have visited, carried out excavations, collected and inventoried sites and relics from ancient civilizations. A tribute to the memory of the ancient Mesopotamian civilization, this black granite chair is the result of the fastidious research carried out by this duo of artists, focusing on the Mediterranean Basin, and more specifically the region that was once known as Mesopotamia—current-day Iraq and Syria. Anne and Patrick Poirier position themselves as observers of the region’s history, through the creation of works that stem as much from the perspective of an enlightened tourist, as they do from a kind of pœtic archaeology.