Heritage Studies #1

Heritage Studies #1

Iman Issa

As part of her series ‘Heritage Studies’ (2015-), based on existing museum objects, artworks and elements from the past, the work does not always bear physical resemblance to their historical referents, it shares similar sets of concerns.

Heritage Studies #3

Heritage Studies #3

Iman Issa

As part of her series ‘Heritage Studies’ (2015-), based on existing museum objects, artworks and elements from the past, the work does not always bear physical resemblance to their historical referents, it shares similar sets of concerns.

Heritage Studies #5

Heritage Studies #5

Iman Issa

As part of her series ‘Heritage Studies’ (2015-), based on existing museum objects, artworks and elements from the past, the work does not always bear physical resemblance to their historical referents, it shares similar sets of concerns.

Heritages

Heritages

Saadane Afif

In 1974, Italian designer Enzo Mari published 'Proposta per un’ autoprogettazione' (Proposal for Self-Design), a spiral-bound booklet containing instructions for building basic chairs, tables and shelves.

Ichi

Ichi

Lara Favaretto

Compromised of 121 iron scaffolding pipes from Sharjah, one of which created by a Syrian weaver in the city is completely covered in red wool thread.

Infinite Rock

Infinite Rock

Thilo Frank

Infinite Rock is a disturbing caesura in the absolute brightness of the Arabian urban fabric: a dark volume that absorbs all light, creating a visual current that draws in the visitor.

Mount Tamalpaïs

Mount Tamalpaïs

Etel Adnan

Commissioned tapestry for Sharjah Biennial 12 showing the artist's subtle power as a colourist.

Peace is Not What You Believe

Peace is Not What You Believe

Kamarstudios

Peace is not what you believe explores how we hear and understand the world and attempts to open a new space where we can move freely.

Resist Resisting God [gold]

Resist Resisting God [gold]

Slavs and Tatars

A tribute to the Caucasian myth of Prometheus, known as Abriskil to the Abkhaz and Amiran to the Ossetians.

Sound cells: FRIDAYS

Sound cells: FRIDAYS

Magdi Mostafa

Sound cells : FRIDAYS, the second installation in Magdi Mostafa’s '(sound cells)' series, is an abstract evocation of the artist’s Cairo neighbourhood, Ardellawa, as heard on Fridays – a day of prayer, but also a day of household chores and cleaning.

Studio Pietà (King Kong Komplex)

Studio Pietà (King Kong Komplex)

Simon Fujiwara

Studio Pietà (King Kong Komplex) tells the story of Simon Fujiwara’s attempt to restage and photograph a lost picture of his mother held in the arms of a Lebanese boyfriend.

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