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SUMMARY:CLOSING TODAY Talal Al Najjar: Mesh & Mayhem
DESCRIPTION:Talal Al Najjar’s works feel very contemporary\, not just in his use of materials and technologuy but also in his concerns and ambitions. He produces sculpture\, video\, sound\, CGI animation\, painting\, and installation\, in addition to writing and curation; his is a research-driven interdisciplinary practice that seeks to recontextualise material culture\, artefacts\, and imagery. This ‘defamiliarisation’\, overlaid with irony and seen through an absurdist lens\, prompts anthropological and material questions. Primary concerns include ideas around simulation\, postproduction\, poor images\, counter-futurisms\, and the contention of postmodern conditions. \nSays the gallery: “The exhibition confronts the way simulation infiltrates geography and biology – where the mesh becomes both structure and rupture\, at once a connective tissue and a site of collapse …”
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/last-chance-talal-al-najjar-mesh-mayhem/
LOCATION:Tabari Artspace\, Gate Village Level 2\, DIFC\, Dubai
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251024
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SUMMARY:Nja Mahdaoui: the Choreographer of Letters
DESCRIPTION:This focused retrospective surveys over six decades of practice by the Tunisian multimedia artist Nja Mahdaoui\, an influential figures in Arab modern art who repurposed Arabic calligraphy into a visual and abstract contemporary art form. This show\, o-curated by Michaela Watrelot\, head curator and director of exhibitions at Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, and the artist’s daughter Molka Mahdaoui\, bridges tradition and modernity to signify notions of identity and heritage. \nTo 25 January. \nRight: Nja Mahdaoui\, Untitled (from the Azimuth series\, 2012)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/nja-mahdaoui-the-choreographer-of-letters/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
CATEGORIES:Art,Exhibition
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251024
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SUMMARY:Constructing the Orient: Fragments of a Western Dream
DESCRIPTION:Drawn from the private collection of Bassam Said Freiha plus key loans from the Ary Jan Gallery\, this exhibition of Orientalist works  unfolds across five thematic sections\, each focusing on a central motif within Orientalist visual language and examining how artists shaped their subjects into recurring archetypes. From imagined interiors and bustling marketplaces to archetypes of men and women\, the works on view invite audiences to reflect on how the ‘Orient’ was constructed through Western eyes and how these images continue to shape perceptions today. \nTo 31 May. \nRight: Jean-Léon Gérôme\, The Harem Promenade (undated)
URL:https://magpie.ae/event/constructing-the-orient-fragments-of-a-western-dream/
LOCATION:Bassam Freiha Art Foundation\, Cultural District Saadiyat Island\, Abu Dhabi
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