AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti | “Silence,” an installation by French Algerian artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah that displays 30 pairs of stiletto heels on the same number of Islamic prayer rugs.
"The collection of over 200 works is intended to challenge visitors and question the limits imposed on artists in an increasingly polarized world."
"But the works by women, which have drawn ire from conservative religious groups or been repressed for their feminist content, are among the most powerful of the collection."
" "Silence," an installation by French Algerian artist Zoulikha Bouabdellah that displays 30 pairs of stiletto heels on the same number of Islamic prayer rugs, dominates the center of a room. Bouabdellah agreed to have her work removed from a museum in Clichy, France, after the 2015 attacks in Paris against the staff of the Charlie Hebdo satirical newspaper, which had published cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad."
