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Sultan Gallery: “Muhawwil” Transformer by Monira Al Qadiri

January 22, 2014

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Monira Al Qadiri - Muhawwil (1)

“Muhawwil” is a four-channel video installation based on Islamic figurative murals painted on electric power stations in Kuwait. These murals mark a transformation in religious discourse within Gulf societies: where once only calligraphic depictions of this nature were allowed, today’s pop-culture and mass-production of images have forced conservative entities to reconsider this tradition and take up a mutated technique to convey moral advice – wall paintings. This project reconstructs these paintings into animation, so as to highlight the dilemma of representation that exists between the ancient and the modern.

Artist: Monira Al Qadiri

Monira Al Qadiri - Muhawwil (2)

Monira Al Qadiri - Muhawwil (3)

Monira Al Qadiri - Muhawwil (4)

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Sultan Gallery Muhawwil (Transformer) (2)

Address:

Tel: +965 24714325/26 ext. 111
Address: South Sabhan, Block 8, Street 105, Building 168

Gallery opening hours:

22-28 January, 2014 – 6-9pm
(closed on Friday & Saturday)

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