Maan Jalal's feature in The National, published on 4 March 2023, visits Tabari's booth at Art Dubai and talks with Maliha Tabari about a new generation of Gulf artists.
The gallery presented three artists: Hashel Al Lamki and Ziad Al Najjar from the UAE, and Nasser Almulhim from Saudi Arabia. "Artists of the Gulf have something new to show," Maliha tells the paper. "There's a genuine dialogue that's coming out from the Gulf now. It's a dialogue that's really intuitive and really emotional." She speaks of an uplifting thread running through the three practices, and of wanting that dialogue to stand out at the fair.
Jalal describes a colourful booth: one orange wall with 11 works by Al Lamki, a central wall of large and smaller paintings by Al Najjar, and eight paintings by Almulhim with a sculpture in the middle of the space. Almulhim talks about painting as a form of therapy, guided by psychology, spirituality and feminism. Al Lamki, who grew up in Al Ain, discusses Jebel Hafeet and the rocks he brought back to the studio. Al Najjar's canvases build on themes from his January solo exhibition at the gallery, Under Your Eyes.
The feature is distinct from The National's picture gallery of the same booth, published the day before. There is no Art Dubai 2023 exhibition page on the site.
