Lot 25: Sami Mohammed (Kuwaiti, b. 1943)

Sami Mohammed (Kuwaiti, b. 1943)
The Moment of Getting Out
signed, dated and numbered in Arabic (lower right)
bronze
37 7/8in. (96.5cm.) high
Executed in 1989, this is number two from an edition of six

Sami Mohammed (ed.), The Art of Sami Mohammed, Kuwait 1995, (illustrated in colour pp.305-308)

The art of Sami Mohammed has always be concerned with the suffering of man and with his suppressed freedom, conditions prevelant in much of the developing world. The figures are often shown trying to break through a barrier, either without success or, having done so, facing just such another obstacle.