manifesto of fragility – A World of Endless Promise
Mohammed Kazem –
Even the Shade Does not Belong to Them, 2018
Sound of Light, 2019
Windows, 2019
Window, 2022
2025
Acrylic and ink on canvas’
Venue
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Lyon
Born 1969 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, where he lives and works.
In seeking to reveal what is habitually concealed, Mohammed Kazem acts as an agent of resistance. The six canvases in his series Even the Shade Does not Belong to Them, based on photographs he took in the street, portray labourers working on building sites. It seems as if we are looking at the protagonists, painted in acrylic and dark ink, through a murky glass. The effect conveys how the labourers, though always there, often go unnoticed. “People look right through them” notes the artist. Windows captures invisible and intimate events in the urban landscape – minor tales of physical toil, which Mohammed Kazem lays bare by “scratching” the surface of the canvas. Sound of the Light, representing a cantilevered staircase, alludes to the dialogue between architecture and light.
Commission for the 16th edition of the Biennale de Lyon
Courtesy the artist and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde
With the support of the Ministry of Culture and Youth of the United Arab Emirates,
the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, Alserkal avenue, Isabelle van den
Eynde Gallery
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