Get yourself down to the Saatchi this weekend, as the second exhibition since its grand reopening gets underway.
‘Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East’ instantly hits you as a poignantly topical subject and its content doesn’t fail in being hard-hitting.
Themes of sexual hypocrisy, women, war and violence are common, but then you wouldn’t expect anything less than shocking from Charles Saatchi – the man whose provocative shows have been causing controversy in the art world since 1997.
Some works to look out for include Kader Attier’s ‘Ghost,’ where a room full of tin-foil shells evoke Muslim women in prayer and question modern ideologies. Halim Al-Karim’s photographic triptychs ‘Hidden Faces’ are as haunting as his own personal story, while Syrian-American Diana Al-Hadid presents ‘Tower of Infinite Problems;’ a sculpture that poses as a toppled skyscraper.
No doubt this will be one to make you think.
Unveiled: New Art From The Middle East is on from now until May 6th at the Saatchi Gallery, London
badger
3 years, 3 months ago
Please get your facts straight– Diana Al-Hadid is Syrian born, NOT Iranian, and nowhere does the sculptor claim that her work “poses as a toppled skyscraper”. Architecture and mythology has broadly been an influence for her and in 2008 her work referenced the story of the Tower of Babel. The story has to do with not only the failure of huge ambitions, but also the spread of new languages (confusion of tongues). It is understandable that in a quick soundbite you might not be able to discuss all this, but at least chose your words carefully.