The greatest sound is sparse; the grandest sight is formless

“The greatest sound is sparse; the grandest sight is formless” brings together a constellation of works that challenge established hierarchies of content and imagery, while weaving cultural and spiritual depths into a dialogic engagement on resistance and repair in a fractured world.

The works delve into the hidden dimensions of daily life, searching for remedies to the loss of faith in envisioning alternative futures. At a time when our world feels increasingly untenable, these works offer glimpses into parallel realms, transcending the limitations of material detritus, form and colour in a search of a life that slips through the cracks.

Each artist disrupts, reconstructs and reimagines preconceived notions, inviting a new exploration at the intersection of material and meaning. In confronting their depths, they resist isolation, creating connections between disparate moments and prompting a reconsideration of overlooked facets of existence and imagination. In doing so, they offer a vision of artistic and existential renewal, pushing back against the absurdity and suffocating hold of dominant state narratives and entrenched cultural forms.

Hamed Abdalla, Etel Adnan, Sager Al Qatil, Waleed R. Qaisi, Miramar Al-Nayyar, Jad Dahshan, Bilal Deiranieh, Khawla Deiranieh, Riham Ghassib, Mustafa Al-Hallaj, Malik Thomas Jalil Kydd, Hanaa Malallah, Ghassan Mafadleh, Fouad Mimi, Ahmad Nawash, Samer Tabbaa and Zhang Wei.

Curated by Golo Besmelah