Pictures That Divide

Abstract

Pictures That DivideThe Prophet Muhammad in the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam Summer came, and the Tropenmuseum Amsterdam converted its spacious Lichthal (hall of light) into a bona fide arcade.The nostalgic Japanese game machines' colorful designs and bleeps and bloops set the stage for my discomfort as I stepped into an adjacent Things That Matter exhibition space devoted to calligraphy in Arabic script.Where a calligraphic image of the Prophet Muhammad had been displayed, I now saw an empty frame.I hadn't thought well of the decision to place the unique Iranian religious image in between a T-shirt, calligraffiti, and an overall eclectic array of Islamic art and material culture (Figs. 1 and2).Shadow had covered its upper part, and the glass case had reflected too much-but the work's haphazard removal wasn't reassuring, either.Distressed, I took the stairs to check up on a miniature painting in the exhibit 2 The Prophet Muhammad by Mus.t.

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