Past
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WALID SITI
FRAGILE CONSTRUCT 16 Nov 2023 - 3 Feb 2024 Two towers loom large in Walid Siti’s artwork, one manmade being the 9th century Malwiya minaret of Samarra encompassing both the hubris of political power and the genius of an unknown architect. The other being the mountains of his native Kurdistan, formed by nature, however central to the myth and... Read more -
A UTOPIAN STAGE
Excavated Archives: Festival of Arts, Shiraz-Persepolis 4 Oct - 4 Nov 2023 A Utopian Stage is a multi-faceted and open-ended, evolving project that revisits the intersection of modernism, art and revolution through the radical aspirations of the hyper-modernist networks of artists and experimentalists which defined the 1960s and 1970s. This reconstruction of a complex space of international modernity is defined by the... Read more -
ASSADOUR
ETCHINGS 20 Jun - 9 Sep 2023 In the seventh installment of our ongoing series of exhibitions focused on printmaking in the Arab world (Arab Print VII), Meem Gallery presents fifteen etchings by Lebanese-Armenian artist, Assadour. This exhibition serves as a testimony to his remarkable career in printmaking and engraving. Assadour's captivating artworks reflect his own heritage... Read more -
MAHMOUD OBAIDI
MOSQUITO EFFECTS 28 Feb - 30 May 2023 Meem Gallery presents an exhibition of new work by the acclaimed Iraqi artist Mahmoud Obaidi. Speaking truth to power has never been something Mahmoud Obaidi has shied away from in his work. The artist was introduced to the notion of injustice from his adolescence, and has since spent much of... Read more
