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Rain Room, Sharjah

Sharjah Art Foundation presents Rain Room for the first time in the Middle East. The installation is permanently sited in Al Majarrah, Sharjah.

Random International
2012

Rain Room, Sharjah

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The Interview

These opening lines introduce The Interview, an indirect narration of the real-life story of Dr Abdul Nabi, an Iraqi doctor who came to the United States in 2008.

Işıl Eğrikavuk
2008

The Interview
Threshold (2022)

Threshold (2022)

Hangama Amiri

Hangama Amiri combines sewn textile work with hand-painted elements to create images that reflect on conceptions of contemporary Afghan life.

(My) East of Eden (2012–2013)

(My) East of Eden (2012–2013)

Pipo Nguyen-duy

Drawing from a lifetime of complex entanglements with the physical and emotional legacies of the Vietnam War, Pipo Nguyen-duy’s photography is influenced by traditional landscape painting and theatrical composition.

Duty Colossus (2023)

Duty Colossus (2023)

Nari Ward

Collecting and repurposing found objects, Nari Ward grapples with social and political issues surrounding race, poverty and consumer culture via metaphor and juxtaposition.

Historia (1996–1998)

Historia (1996–1998)

Flavia Gandolfo

Flavia Gandolfo’s work investigates how the visual conventions and material cultures of nationalism institutionalise state identities.

The Unknown Sailor (2023)

The Unknown Sailor (2023)

Abdulrahim Salem

Emphasising Arab heritage and identity, Abdulrahim Salem’s practice grapples with elements of magic, mysticism and folk traditions.

John Akomfrah: Mimesis: African Soldier (2018)

John Akomfrah: Mimesis: African Soldier (2018)

Mimesis: African Soldier
2018
Three-channel HD video with colour and 7.1 sound
70 minutes

Over the course of more than four decades, artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah has pioneered a form of visual expression that is profoundly political in aesthetic, subject and form.

Tony Chakar is an architect, artist and writer whose work incorporates literature, philosophy and theory. He writes widely for art and architecture magazines while also teaching the history of art and architecture in Lebanon.

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