Dear Etel Adnan, with all respect to you I know you have gone, but I would like to say that hearing you I feel transported into the world of the old fairy tale, as one pure girl speaks and just flowers come out her mouth. I see flowers and jewels in your words. Thank you for being within us making this world richer in beauty and humanity.
I discovered this artist only a month or two ago when I hung a few for a client. I was deeply taken with them and they stuck in my mind even through Frieze art fair where I happened upon a few. having a closer look and listen has made my eyes swell a bit too. Thankyou Etal x
Etel Adnan is a treasure, and I'm grateful for the footage, but how I wish this interviewer was more thoughtful (and also knew her name). I'm trying to temper myself here a bit but oh my goodness, I really don't understand.
She is a nice woman who took a political stance against the French establishment and being Arab stopped writing in French. But… is this a recipe for being called talented. Her printings are complete nuisance your have to go through to reach Vasily Kandinsky’s masterpieces. It is sad and insulting to viewers and to this poor grandma who I’m sure has never intended to be ridiculed this way.
Well she had a show in the IMMA for a start? And she is more multi-talented than you will probably ever be too. Oh, and how condescending are you with ‘nice woman’ and ‘poor granma’? Jealousy’s a terrible thing Val, as is your lousy grammar 🙄
