Mounir Fatmi, ‘Maximum Sensation’ at the Brooklyn Museum

Mounir Fatmi, Maximum Sensation, plastic, metal & textile, 2010.
Mounir Fatmi, Maximum Sensation, plastic, metal & textile, 2010.

The Brooklyn Museum will open its doors tomorrow, a day after Sandy hit the city.  In a cheeky, colorful display there, Moroccan-born, Paris-based artist Mounir Fatmi presents fifty skateboards covered in Islamic prayer rugs.  Titled ‘Maximum Sensation,’ the installation begs the question of where we find heightened consciousness – in faith, sport or both? (On long-term installation in the Contemporary Art Galleries).