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Described as “the UAE\u2019s first collaborative gallery exhibition”, this 14-day selling show features more than 50 artists represented by 20 of the UAE\u2019s leading contemporary art galleries.<\/p>\n

The intention is to provide a commercial opportunity for the galleries, which have been impacted by current events. The exhibition has been curated, however, and is themed: it \u201cunpacks the incongruity and inanity of repeated cycles in three streams \u2014 the uncanny as it presents in historical mismatching and memory glitches; historical absurdity; and linguistic slippage\u201d.<\/p>\n

‘The uncanny\u2019 aims to examine the surrealism that pervades moments of \u2018d\u00e9j\u00e0 vu\u2019, looking into the gap between the real and the perceived, the conscious and the imagined.<\/p>\n

\u2018Historical absurdity\u2019 explores Karl Marx\u2019s classic assertion that history repeats itself \u201cfirst as tragedy, second as farce”. Specifically, the show considers the geopolitical tensions faced by people here, and how their memories are altered in the face of new struggles \u2013 \u201coften experienced as glitched familiarity or mis-memory\u201d.<\/p>\n

And \u2018Linguistic slippage\u2019 looks at how language becomes an unreliable tool for correspondence, connection, and factual record in the face of conflicting narratives, \u201cleaving the foundations of communication unstable and untrustworthy\u201d.<\/p>\n

The featured artists include Samira Abbassy, Sadik Alfraiji, Nabil Anani, Ammar Al Attar, Mirna Bamieh, Lubna Choudhary, Samuel Fosso, Anahita Razmi, Larissa Sansour, Mithu Sen, Seher Shah, Slavs and Tartars, Lantian Xie, and Raed Yassin.<\/p>\n

Participating galleries: Gallery Isabelle, The Third Line, Green Art Gallery, Lawrie Shabibi, Ayyam Gallery, Carbon12, 1×1 Art Gallery, Grey Noise, Zawyeh Gallery, Efie Gallery, Taymour Grahne Projects, Aisha Alabbar Gallery, Waddington Custot, Leila Heller Gallery Dubai, Firetti Contemporary, Satellite, Iris Projects, NIKA Project Space, Tabari Artspace, and Total Arts.<\/p>\n

The exhibition has been curated by Kevin Jones, Artistic Director at Alserkal; Nada Raza, Director of Alserkal Arts Foundation; and Zaina Zaarour, Curator & Manager of Programmes at Alserkal Avenue.<\/p>\n

To 8 May.<\/p>\n

Above: Amir Khojasteh,\u00a0A Man, Burning (2023: image courtesy of Carbon12 and the artist). Below: Farah Al Qasimi, A\u2019s Reflection (2019: image courtesy of The Third Line and the artist)<\/em><\/p>\n

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