Asma Belhamar: Solid Void

This solo exhibition captures the tensions between shifting natural geographies and dynamic urban environments, featuring new works inspired by the UAE’s architectural history. It narrates the topographic evolution of the UAE, as influenced by Western classical modernity, contemporary traditionalism in Islam, and the historic trade relationships that shaped much of that landscape; the artist’s interpretation reveals the diversity and fragmentation of the design sensibilities that have made the nation’s aesthetic identity what it is today.

Solid Void is the result of the 2023 edition of 421’s Artistic Development Program, organised in collaboration with The Institute for Emerging Art.

To 31 December.