Object of Desire

2005

Anila Rubiku

Associated Names
Anila Rubiku

Artist, Italian, born Albania, 1970

The image displays two human figures connected by a long yellow rope. On the left is a woman with white skin and red hair up in a ponytail. She is wearing a green patterned shirt and polka-dotted skirt, and she grips the rope in red hands, leaning backwards and looking towards the right. On the right is a man with white skin and dark hair wearing a long, formal coat with a red tie and patterned pants. He appears to have been lassoed by the rope, and his hands are pinned to his sides. He leans forward, looking over his shoulder at the woman behind him. On the ground is an arrangement of thin intersecting lines in a grid pattern creating the floor. In the background are furniture pieces like a textured chair on the left side of the image and a wheeled piece of luggage on the right next to the man. A door on the upper right corner is slightly ajar. In the center appears to be a swing hanging from the ceiling made from a flat plank connected on each corner to strands of red rope.
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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Heather and Tony Podesta, Washington, DC; gift to NGA, 2009

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower right verso in graphite: Anila Rubiku 2005

Wikidata ID

Q64535908

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