Blind Date 2.0 at Sfeir Semler Gallery
Alia Farid, a filmmaker and sculptor, focuses on lesser-known histories, addressing the impact of extractive industries in southern Iraq and Kuwait. Similarly, Farid’s tapestries explore under-told histories of Arab and South Asian migration to Latin America and the Caribbean, using traditional craft techniques.
Daniele Genadry, working with painting, photography, and print, examines how light is captured and perceived, creating overexposed landscapes with precise brushstrokes.
Tala Worrell, a Lebanese-American painter, negotiates various aspects of her identity through abstract, gestural paintings that reinterpret feelings from daily encounters.
Bayan Kiwan, a Palestinian-Jordanian artist, explores questions of place and memory, depicting women’s private sociality and intimacy through figurative works.
Farah Al Qasimi, engages with postcolonial structures of power and gender in her multimedia work, questioning global trade and consumerism.
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