Current Exhibition
RANDA MADDAH
HANGING GARDENS
12 SEPT – 1 NOV 2024
Tabari Artspace is delighted to announce Hanging Gardens the inaugural solo exhibition of Syrian visual artist Randa Maddah who is now represented by the gallery. Maddah is an interdisciplinary artist whose practice spans painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and installation.
In her recent work, Maddah repurposes the vocabulary of traditional miniature paintings to depict dream-like scenes that negotiate themes of belonging, resilience, rootedness, rebirth, and renewal through natural elements. Hanging Gardens is a series initiated by Maddah in 2022 and further developed for this exhibition. The work embodies the notion of a spirit shaped by harsh and absurd realities, exploring themes of ecstasy, liberation, and reincarnation.
About Tabari Artspace
In 2003, at a time when the UAE art scene was still nascent, Tabari Artspace art gallery was founded by Maliha Tabari in Dubai. With a twofold aim of preserving histories of craft emerging from the MENA region, while elevating young artists in the Gulf on a global stage, Tabari Artspace’s forward-looking vision situates itself in the contemporary art world’s dynamic moment. Tabari, who was trained as an artist herself, has re-envisioned the art gallery since 2017 to bridge the storied past with an ever-changing present, with a program that juxtaposes the breadth of Arab heritage with the promise emerging artists hold for the future.
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