The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist

Photo James O. Jenkins

The Invisible Enemy Should Not Exist by Iraqi-American artist and provocateur Michael Rakowitz is an ambitious project that began in 2006. Rakowitz is attempting to recreate archaeological artefacts that were looted by Isis after the US invasion of Iraq in 2003.
Winged bulls with human faces had guarded the gates of the ancient city of Nineveh for more than a thousand years. These lamassu were among the casualties. Now a recreation of one of these creatures will be unveiled atop the fourth plinth in London’s Trafalgar Square. It is “armoured” with brightly coloured tin from 6,000 cans of date syrup.

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