LAST CHANCE Bashar Khalaf: The Field of Dreams

Khalaf explores the relationship between self, object, and other through a focus on ‘steel’ in public spaces: The Field of Dreams, or “dreams as minefields”, remind us of the modern structures of unbridled capitalism and the transformative domination of life. This is delivered via two series of oil paintings, The Junk Garden and The Protective Shield. The latter is particularly powerful, using garbage bins as symbols of resistance during the First Intifada – juxtaposing their role as protective barriers against the colonial settler machinery with the oppressive use of steel barrels to enforce isolation.
Khalaf asks questions about humanity’s choices in the face of hegemony and the nature of freedom in contemporary society.