Afra Al Dhaheri
Installation view of Green Art Gallery at Abu Dhabi Art, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 2022
Installation view of Green Art Gallery at Abu Dhabi Art, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 2022
Installation view of Green Art Gallery at Abu Dhabi Art, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 2022
Installation view of Green Art Gallery at Abu Dhabi Art, Manarat Al Saadiyat, Abu Dhabi, 2022
A solo presentation of new works by Emirati artist Afra Al Dhaheri.
Afra Al Dhaheri’s work is rooted in her experiences growing up in Abu Dhabi and the wider UAE – a place of recent and rapid change. Working across various mediums including mixed media, sculpture, drawing, painting, installation, photography, and printmaking, she draws out notions of time and adaptation, rigor and fragility.
With each experiment, there is a new phase, each new phenomenon or actualization plucked from her unique vocabulary of references – repetition acts as a method for prolonging time as much as a tool through which to truly experience or realize each stage of a work.
Afra Al Dhaheri, Hair has a mind of its own no.3, 2022
Aqua resin on mattress foam and wood
Approx. 120 x 180 x 160 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, Hair has a mind of its own no.3 (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, Hair has a mind of its own no.3 (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, Hair has a mind of its own no.3 (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, Bobby tamed our frizz, 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, Bobby tamed our frizz, 2022
Bobby pins and cotton rope on wood, 220 x 40 x 45 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, Bobby tamed our frizz (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, Bobby tamed our frizz (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, I met a line and we made paintings, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel, 210 x 120 x 3.5 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, I met a line and we made paintings (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, I met a line and we made paintings (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, I met a line and we made paintings no. 2, 2022
Acrylic on wood panel, 210 x 120 x 3.5 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, I met a line and we made paintings no. 2 (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, I met a line and we made paintings no. 2 (detail), 2022
Afra Al Dhaheri, No. 22 (Spaces for improvisation), 2022
Cotton mesh on wood, 120 x 80 x 3.5 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, No. 13 (Spaces for improvisation), 2022
Cotton mesh on wood, 120 x 80 x 3.5 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, No. 14 (Spaces for improvisation), 2022
Cotton mesh on wood, 120 x 80 x 3.5 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, No. 15 (Spaces for improvisation), 2022
Cotton mesh on wood, 120 x 80 x 3.5 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, No. 24 (Spaces for improvisation), 2022
Cotton mesh on wood, 120 x 80 x 3.5 cm
Afra Al Dhaheri, Conditioning the knot, 2022
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