Shifting the Paradigm

Alserkal Avenue

Join a thought provoking discussion on the future of the Gulf and how we are trying to introduce green into our desert environment.

The Yard Alserkal Avenue

On the occasion of the exhibition Getting Over the Colour Green—presented by Engage101, a platform dedicated to exhibiting and supporting independent Gulf-based artists—this conversation between curators Gaith Abdulla, Lubnah Ansari and artist Fatma Al Ali looks towards the future of the Gulf and how we are trying to introduce green into our desert environment.Gaith Abdulla is a writer, critic, and Gulf studies specialist based in Dubai. His research is multidisciplinary and is anchored in the socio-politics of the Gulf and its intersection with the region’s contemporary art and culture. He has published social, cultural and political commentary in local and international media, including CNN Arabic, Gulf News and Al-Monitor, and has authored peer-reviewed research papers and monographs. Gaith is invested in documenting contemporary art history in the UAE and the critical debates of the arts communities.Lubnah Ansari (she/they) dissects notions of the personal and political with fervent curiosity. Utilizing feminist ethnographic frameworks, the artist-researcher explores exercises of love, intimacies, and agencies in India and the Gulf. The NYU Abu Dhabi graduate holds a B.A. in Social Research. She is an alumnus of Art Jameel’s Assembly, a recipient of NYUAD’s Post-Graduate Research Fellowship, and Alserkal Arts Foundation's Research Grants. They are currently part of Mophradat's Self-Organizations program and the 10th cohort of the Salama bint Hamdan Emerging Artist Fellowship.Fatma Al Ali, (b. 1994, UAE) is a multidisciplinary artist who works with themes of perception, materiality, memory, weight, and tension. Her work examines social restrictions and the human condition while focusing on studying the materiality and form. Ideas of strength and delicacy are often presented in her work, and the perception of what a material is supposed to be in opposition of how it is presented. She received her Bachelors in Fine Arts from the University of Sharjah in 2018. Al Ali completed the prestigious program of The Salama Bint Hamdan Emerging Artist Fellowship (SEAF) in collaboration with Rhode Island School of Design, cohort 7 of 2019/2020. She participated in several group exhibitions that most recently include: Community and critique, 2020 warehouse421, Abu Dhabi, UAE. Covid Conversations, 2020 Tashkeel, Dubai, UAE. Printmaking Exposium, 4bid gallery, the Netherlands, 2019. Exit: Extension, Maraya Art Center, 2018.About Majlis TalksMajlis Talks, curated by Mahnaz Fancy, bring together artists, curators, researchers and art-world professionals for an evening of thoughtful and inspiring conversations. The majlis has always provided the necessary form to plant the seeds of connections; a common ground for discussion and sharing. From the majlis we begin a convergence of differences, mingling vantage points, allowing new questions to rise.Starting at 4pm on 28 February 2023 and running across six 25-minute sessions, this year’s Majlis Talks will see conversations with Fatima Ali, Lubnah Ansari, Loa Haagen Pictet, Nadine Abdel Ghaffar, Sara Raza, Rana Begum, Dr Cliff Lauson and more.

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