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Rain Room, Sharjah

Sharjah Art Foundation presents Rain Room for the first time in the Middle East. The installation is permanently sited in Al Majarrah, Sharjah.

Random International
2012

Rain Room, Sharjah

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The Interview

These opening lines introduce The Interview, an indirect narration of the real-life story of Dr Abdul Nabi, an Iraqi doctor who came to the United States in 2008.

Işıl Eğrikavuk
2008

The Interview
80 Miles to Atlantis (2020)

80 Miles to Atlantis (2020)

Imane Djamil

Imane Djamil’s multidisciplinary practice examines the transformation of space by humans. Engaging viewers in photojournalistic projects imbued with the style of docudramas, her works straddle the realistic and phantasmagoric.

Monuments of Alfreej (2023)

Monuments of Alfreej (2023)

Asma Belhamar

Asma Belhamar explores the phenomenon of the megastructure in the Emirates and its impact on the topographical memory of local landscapes through installation, experimental print, video and 3D modelling.

RETURN (2004–ongoing)

RETURN (2004–ongoing)

Michael Rakowitz

Shaped by his Iraqi-Jewish heritage, Michael Rakowitz’s work braids together seemingly disparate elements of cultural history,
mythic symbolism, contemporary geopolitics, Pop culture, food and looted artefacts.

Cosmic Solitude (2017–2019) and other works

Cosmic Solitude (2017–2019) and other works

Yulia Grigoryants

Yulia Grigoryants uses photography to document the harsh reality of displacement, unrest and extreme poverty in conflict zones and border regions, especially as experienced
by ethnic minorities.

Once We Were Warriors (1981–1999)

Once We Were Warriors (1981–1999)

Omar Badsha

Omar Badsha’s work focuses on themes of identity, alienation and politics as associated with diverse histories of South Africa, specifically those overlooked by the western artistic canon.

Ayacucho (2017–2022)

Ayacucho (2017–2022)

Ángela Ponce

Ángela Ponce’s photography grapples with social issues, political conflicts, disability rights and collective memory in the Latin American context.

Forget about guilt (2022) and other works

Forget about guilt (2022) and other works

Saddam Al Jumaily

Saddam Al Jumaily’s surreal compositions operate as metaphors of anxiety, loss and suffering, underscoring the ways in which
the chaos of war in his native Iraq has destabilised time, meaning and belonging.

We, The People (2018–2022)

We, The People (2018–2022)

Varunika Saraf

Varunika Saraf draws upon archival and mythical imagery to reference complex histories of South Asia and their place in the political and social arrangements of contemporary India.

The Letter for Peace from a Poet (1967)

The Letter for Peace from a Poet (1967)

Wook-kyung Choi

Wook-kyung Choi (1940–1985) envisioned her body of work as a commitment to personal expression, aiming for a form of abstractionism in which the depicted subject
could be clearly recognised.

Heroes (2012–ongoing)

Heroes (2012–ongoing)

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi

Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi’s multimedia and performance practice investigates power structures and imagines possible alternatives.

Afterwards (2017–2022)

Afterwards (2017–2022)

Jawad Al Malhi

Jawad Al Malhi’s multidisciplinary practice reflects upon the Palestinian social fabric, illuminating cyclical human movements and daily routines in East Jerusalem.

Autumn of 85 (1987) and other works

Autumn of 85 (1987) and other works

Kimathi Donkor

Kimathi Donkor reimagines mythic, historical and everyday encounters across Africa and its global diasporas, addressing the erasure of Black subjectivity and Black historical figures from western canonical art history.

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