Emii Alrai

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 A sequence of darkening rooms emulate archaeological digs

Blackpool-born and Yorkshire-based artist Emii Alrai produces sculptures and installations that imitate archaeological artefacts and which combine ancient mythologies from the Middle East with oral histories from her own Iraqi heritage. Her aim with her art is to highlight the contrast between the polished aesthetics of museums and the states of ruin which befall archaeological objects and the landscapes from which they are excavated. 

Emii’s Compton Verney commission sees her responding to the venue’s nationally important Naples Collection. Through a sequence of darkening rooms, the artist dramatises the moment of archaeological discovery, at the same time considering ‘themes of volcanic eruption and geological rupture as metaphors for our times’.

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