HIGHLIGHTS: Abu Dhabi group exhibition ‘On Foraging’ looks to nature for inspiration

  • 12/22/2022
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“On Foraging” uses art to — among other things — examine the issue of food security in the UAE. According to the curators, the show “explores the nuances of what it means to be in constant search of sustenance for both the individual and the collective. Al-Saadi’s charcoal drawings of sweet potatoes were made on numerous camping trips in the UAE’s Al-Hajar Mountains between 2016 and 2019. Tarek Al-Ghoussein ‘Windows on Work’ The photographer’s images of bus windshields, which are life-size prints in the show, showcase “the ways in which some drivers transform their dashboards into mobile gardens that are reminiscent of their homes, highlighting the connection between culture and the environment,” according to the show brochure. Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim ‘Grill’ Ibrahim — one of the UAE’s most-significant contemporary artists — contributes this dried paper pulp sculpture, which, the brochure suggests, “reminds viewers of the intrinsic relationship between water and the Earth” and “alludes to the possibility that the Earth is ready to be shaped in particular ways to provide sustenance.”

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