Part Magritte, part political statement. Artist Ali Cherri installed hundreds of matchsticks and set them ablaze.

According to Cherri:

"'On december 17, 2011, Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor, doused himself with paint thinner and lit a match.
his desperate act sparked uprisings across the Arab world, and inspired a large number of other men to set themselves on fire.

Those serial self-immolations provoked me with horror and wonder,
I began questioning how could someone reach this extreme political statement?

The installation 'le pyromane' (the arsonist) states what this act is not the result of: an obsessive desire to set fire to things." - Ali Cherri