Al Mureijah Art Spaces 1
Part 1 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.
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Venue: SAF Art Spaces, building P
Scratches on paper. 2014
Scratches on white paper scroll
140 x 1000 cm
Using a pair of scissors, Kazem scratches into textured paper to create Braille-like marks that suggest a delicate poetics of form. Kazem’s scratches are a visualisation of a composition, not in the sense of a musical score but rather as a fundamental and intuitive form of expression. Part of an ongoing body of work, Scratches on Paper (2011–14) demonstrates this technique to render sound and light in a deeply subjective way – a personal chronicle writ in bumps and depressions and left subject to the viewer’s contemplation.
See also his works at
Souq Al Shanasiyah
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
© Text: SB12 Guidebook
Part 1 of the photo tour of Sharjah Biennial 12, 5 March - 5 June 2015. Curator: Eungie Joo; Associate Curator: Ryan Inouye. 51 artists and groups.