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4 March - 4 July 2022
Sharjah Art Foundation
Galleries 1, 2 and 3, Al Mureijah Square
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Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi
Khalil Rabah: What is not is an exhibition of significant works by Khalil Rabah, created from the 1990s to the present, that propose speculative frameworks and platforms for exploring how cultural institutions, curatorial practice, museological discourse and critical knowledge operate under long-standing states of emergency and displacement. The exhibition presents an overview of the artist’s ongoing projects, including the Palestinian Museum of Natural History and Humankind, the Riwaq Biennale and Collaborations: by in form, alongside his Scale models.
Focusing on the processes that art practices are subjected to within international institutions, his projects encourage debates about cultural organisations by questioning the social, cultural and political value attributed to artefacts. Emerging from his deep involvement and background in architecture, Rabah’s works seek to provide an alternative vision that challenges public perceptions. He draws on different methodologies to engage with themes of displacement, memory and identity to examine the relationship between humans and their surroundings as well as the nature of the global human condition.
Khalil Rabah: What is not is curated by Sharjah Art Foundation Director Hoor Al Qasimi.
Al Mureijah Art Spaces
Galleries 1, 2 and 3
Al Mureijah Square
Close to the intersection between Al Mureijah Street and Corniche Street
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Opening hours, access:
Sat - Thu 9:00 am - 9:00 pm
Fri 4:00 pm - 9:00 pm
All SAF exhibitions are free and open to the public.
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© Cover image: Khalil Rabah: Courtesy of Sharjah Art Foundation.