Lot 11: Diana Al-Hadid (b. 1981)

Diana Al-Hadid (b. 1981) The Tower of Infinite Problems polymer, gypsum, steel, plaster, fibreglass, wood, polystyrene, cardboard, wax and paint, in two parts (i) 174 x 99 x 95in. (442 x 251.5 x 241.3cm.) (ii) 83 x 105 x 63in. (210.8 x 266.7 x 160cm.) Executed in 2008

New York, Perry Rubenstein Gallery, Reverse Collider, 2008. London, Saatchi Gallery, Unveiled: New Art from the Middle East, 2009 (installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 1 and 2). Lille, lille3000, La Route de la Soie, 2010-2011 (illustrated in colour, p. 64). Murcia, Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, La Conservera, Play the Wolf Fifth, 2011-2012.

R. Reisenfeld, 'The Labyrinth in the Tower: A Conversation with Diana Al-Hadid', in Sculpture, March 2009 (detail illustrated in colour, p. 25). F. Ismail Rahim, 'Diana Al-Hadid Saatchi: Unveiling the East', in Flash Art, March-April 2009 (illustrated in colour, unpaged). K. Carmichael, 'Navigating Culture and Context: Arab Artists in the West', in Contemporary Practices, vol. 6, 2010 (illustrated in colour, p. 239). E. Booth-Clibbon (ed.), The History of the Saatchi Gallery, London 2011 (installation view illustrated in colour, pp. 736 and 737). Y. Mohseni, 'Travels Through Space and Time', in Canvas, May-June 2011 (illustrated in colour, p. 129). J. Morse, Sightings: Diana Al-Hadid, exh. pamphlet, Dallas, Nasher Sculpture Centre, 2011 (illustrated in colour, p. 5). G. Buchakjian, War and Other [Impossible] Possibilities: Thoughts on Arab History and Contemporary Art, Beirut 2012 (illustrated in colour, p. 91).

Perry Rubenstein Gallery, New York. Acquired from the above in 2008.