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Maitha Abdalla, When you see me, 2026. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas; 57.5 x 71.5 x 5 cm (22 5/8 x 28 1/8 x 2 in). (C03246)
Maitha Abdalla, When you see me, 2026. Acrylic and charcoal on canvas; 57.5 x 71.5 x 5 cm (22 5/8 x 28 1/8 x 2 in). (C03246)
Maitha Abdalla Emirati , b. 1989
When you see me, 2026
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
57.5 x 71.5 x 5 cm
22 5/8 x 28 1/8 x 2 in
22 5/8 x 28 1/8 x 2 in
Exhibitions
2026, Afterglow, Tabari, No.09 Frieze Cork Street, London, UKLiterature
A vivid expanse of pink transforms the landscape of When you see me into something bodily, artificial and psychologically charged. Abdalla’s trees stand sparsely against an opening of blue sky, while the ground appears almost too saturated to belong to the natural world. The work draws together two environments that recur throughout her practice—the forest and the intimate, fleshy interiors associated with domestic space. Rather than locating the viewer firmly in either, Abdalla holds the image between recognition and estrangement, as though a remembered place has returned in an altered form.