A domed building with a minaret and tall arched windows rises above stone walls and a tiled gateway, drawn in dense white scratch marks revealed through a black surface.

MomMaden

1996

Medium: Sgraffito
Dimensions: 47 x 27 cm
Credit: Created by my mom, 1996.

Created by my mom in 1996, this sgraffito work holds a personal place in the archive. Sgraffito is a technique in which an upper surface is scratched away to reveal a contrasting layer beneath. I wanted to include the work as part of the visual history that existed around me before I began making my own.