Muriel Ahmarani Jaouich Difficult Life and Exhibition My first failed essay in 3rd year art class at University of Windsor
I’m An Archaeologist of Muriel Ahmarani Jaouich’s Difficult Life and Exhibition by Stephen Weir I spent much of the morning rooting through every box in the attic storeroom of my 100-year-old office in Toronto. I was searching for two papyrus pieces of artwork that I had purchased late one night in Cairo from a small street urchin. What set me on the search was the guest lecture that Muriel Ahmarani Jaouich gave in our Wednesday morning class. Her emotional and riveting discussion about her exhibition, An Archaeology of Echoes , gave me insights I wish I had had when I first toured the show. One of the artist’s paintings hanging in the exhibition—and appearing in a slide during her lecture—triggered my quest. Quoting from a description posted online on Britannica’s social media page: “Geb, her painting posted above, is depicted as ‘Shu (standing, centre) supporting the sky goddess Nut arched above him, with the earth god Geb lying at his feet, detail.’” Well, I did ...