ICON published a feature on 27 April 2025 on Hazem Harb and Gauze, his solo exhibition at Tabari in Dubai.
The piece opens with the idea that gauze, the light open weave used for dressings, takes its name from Gaza, a city that exported finely woven silk from as early as the thirteenth century. It then follows Harb's use of the material as a way of thinking about healing, repair and protection, and about a society bound together under strain. The exhibition, curated by Munira Al Sayegh, ran at Tabari from 22 January to 15 February 2024.
Harb, who was born in Gaza and now lives in Dubai, has also shown Not There, Yet Felt at the gallery, and work in Paris, Abu Dhabi and elsewhere.
The feature follows the material from that history into Harb's exhibition, where gauze becomes a way of thinking about a wound that is still open and about the work of mending. A portrait of the artist accompanies the text.
Tabari represents Hazem Harb.
