Abbas Akhavan, Tarek Al Ghoussein, and Bady Dalloul participate in the group exhibition At the Edge of Land on view at Jameel Art Center curated by Lucas Morin
23rd May - 29 September 2024
Jameel Arts Center, Dubai
The exhibited artists share stories of crossing straits, canals and rivers. They depict houses clinging to eroded coastlines, sand extracted to create distant artificial islands, and seamen stranded in the desert. They look at ports and containers and listen to the sound of immense ships waiting to be dismantled. They reveal the ways in which economies are interconnected and draw parallels between the movement of goods and the movement of people.
When portrayed within these landscapes, people often appear small, eclipsed by the sheer size of the structures surrounding them. But whether they are songworthy pirates, sailors striving for a better life, or inhabitants of an endangered river delta, people are unmistakably present. Artists evoke nostalgia for places they can’t return to, and for others that face an uncertain future. They document disappearing landscapes and give a voice to their communities, challenging the inevitability of loss.
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