Between Surface and Meaning: A Selection of Works on Paper brings together a group of artists from the region whose work spans a range of disciplines from printmaking and collage to mixed media and artists' books.
Featuring artists: Abdul Karim Faraj, Abdul Rahman Katanani, Ali Ali, Ali Salim Khaled, Ameen Abbas, Eslam Kamil, Fathel Neema, Hassan Manasrah, Ismail Fattah, Jamal Abdul Rahim, Jehad Al-Ameri, Khalid El Bekay, Maetha Al Khayarin, Mahmoud Al Obaidi, Nizar Al Hindawi, Nizar Sabour, Roda Al-Thani, Shaddad Abdulqahhar, Shouq Al Mana, Suad Al Salem, and Yasser Al Mulla
These works range across the full breadth of human experience from mythology and the natural world to childhood and memory, rendered through approaches as varied as photorealism, impressionism, and conceptual art. What unites them is the belief that the choice of medium is the first act of meaning, and that it is the surface that holds the tension, revealing the depth of what lies beneath.
