Firetti Contemporary is presenting Eyes Wide Shut, a collective exhibition of ten women artists from the UAE, Iran, Armenia, Ukraine, Palestine, Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and Kuwait (May 12 - Aug. 12). It explores a wide range of socio-political issues through many mediums, such as painting, collage, video and installation.
The exhibition is a dialogue of individual styles by women artists belonging to three different generations (Generation X, Millennials and Generation Z) who, while navigating their own journeys, question accepted narratives, shedding light on pressing issues.
(...)
Topics of identity and environment are further explored by Kuwaiti visual artist Alymamah Rashed, who investigates the discourse of her own body, fluctuating between the east and the west. Her work negotiates her female subjectivity, regional folklore and the banal objects that she encounters in her everyday life. Egyptian artist Amina Yahia explores the idea of control, both in terms of how women’s roles are determined by society and reinforced by the State. Her work is concerned with concepts of power, authority, class, autonomy, gender, desire, control and perception, and the relationships between them.
---
Continue reading on Gulf Today.
