Rachid KoraÏchi
Nasr-eddine Bennacer
Je Respire Sous L'eau 6
2020
Gouache on Japanese paper mounted on canvas
15.75 in. diameter
Nasr-eddine Bennacer
Je Respire Sous L'eau 4
2019
Gouache on Japanese paper mounted on canvas
33.5 in. diameter
Nasr-eddine Bennacer
Je Respire Sous L'eau
2019
Gouache on Japanese paper mounted on canvas
39 in. diameter
Nasr-eddine Bennacer
San Titre 7
2020
Gouache on Japanese paper mounted on canvas
23.5 x 31.5 in.
Nasr-eddine Bennacer
San Titre 12
2020
Gouache on Japanese paper mounted on canvas
23.5 x 31.5 in.
Nasr-eddine Bennacer
San Titre 1
2020
Gouache on Japanese paper mounted on canvas
47.25 x 63 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns (Set 1)
2017
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns (Set 2)
2017
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns (Set 3)
2017
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns (Set 4)
1984
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns (Set 5)
1984
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns (Set 6)
1984
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
A Nation in Exile: Engraved Hymns (Set 7)
1984
Lithograph
30 x 22 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
From the series 'Les Sept Variations' 17
2002
Serigraphy on Aleppo silk, ink, and paint
126 x 19 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
From the series 'Les Sept Variations' 18
2002
Serigraphy on Aleppo silk, ink, and paint
126 x 19 in.
Rachid Koraïchi
From the series 'Les Sept Variations' 20
2002
Serigraphy on Aleppo silk, ink, and paint
126 x 19 in.
Ghulam Mohammad
Gunjaan (Jam-Packed)
2019
Iranian ink and paper collage on Wasli paper
22.5 x 16.5 in. framed
Ghulam Mohammad
Hisaar (Siege)
2019
Iranian ink and paper collage on Wasli paper
22.5 x 16.5 in. framed
Ghulam Mohammad
Tana Bana (Fidget)
2019
Paper woven carpet
36 x 156 in.
Sadequain
Blue Calligraphy
ND
Oil on canvas
33 x 48 in.
Sadequain
Untitled (Fifteen Heads)
1986
Oil pastel on board
25 x 37.5 in.
Sadequain
Calligraphic Panel
ND
Ink on board
28 x 168 in.
Youdhisthir Maharjan
Tender is the Night
ND
Hand-cut text collage on reclaimed book pages
9 x 15 in.
Youdhisthir Maharjan
Silent Night
ND
Hand-cut text collage on reclaimed book pages
13.5 x 5.5 in.
Youdhisthir Maharjan
In the Land of Blue Burquas
2017
Hand-cut text collage on reclaimed book pages
8.5 x 9.75 in.
Youdhisthir Maharjan
Where it Began
2019
Hand-cut text collage on reclaimed book pages
8.25 x 5.5 in.
Youdhisthir Maharjan
Last Word
ND
Hand-cut text collage on reclaimed book pages
9.25 x 6 in.
Youdhisthir Maharjan
Displaced Solace
ND
Hand-cut text collage on reclaimed book pages
9.5 x 6.75 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (1)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (2)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (3)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (4)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (5)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (6)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (7)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (8)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (9)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (10)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (1i)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (12)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (13)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (14)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (15)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (16)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (17)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
From the series 'Bol' (18)
2014 - 2020
Photography
36 x 48 in.
Sarah Ahmad
Cosmic Veils
2020
Laser-cut fluorescent and transparent acrylic and dichroic film
Dimensions variable
Sarah Ahmad
Fractured Cosmos II
2017
Pen and ink drawing on vellum
36 x 72 in.
Sarah Ahmad
Fractured Cosmos V
2019
Pen and ink drawing on vellum
36 x 63 in.
Sarah Ahmad
Fractured Cosmos VI
2019
Pen and ink drawing on vellum
36 x 60 in.
Words without Form: Language as Medium
Sarah Ahmed, Nasreddine Bennacer, Rachid Koraïchi, Youdhisthir Maharjan, Sadequain
The exhibition brings together artists with an interest in deconstruction – in the paring down of written forms to their residual essence. We think in words. We employ them in the construction of our identities. Does the absence of these written forms therefore deny us these identities? The authors of these works offer – whether by juxtaposition or obfuscation, redaction or even sublimation – a potent illustration to the contrary.
Words without Form traces an invisible, conceptual line that begins at Man Ray’s poem Paris, Mai (1924) then maneuvers around Henri Michaux’s machinations, underscores Mira Schendel’s grammatical reinventions, circles around Cy Twombly’s mark-making, expands to rival Xu Bing’s grand scale and is sublimated into the stoic spirituality of Kufic Qur’an manuscripts.
The confluence of these art practices is rooted in seeking harmony between action and result. Evincing the use of rhythmic consistency, iconic signs, expressive grammar and interpretive transcendence, the works in ‘Words without Form’ are akin to visual ciphers – revealing what the written word cannot reveal.
