MOJEH published its Exhibition Of The Month feature on 13 September 2023, on Gardens and Jungles, Tagreed Darghouth's solo exhibition at Tabari in DIFC.
The short piece quotes the Lebanese painter on a series inspired by Stephen Graham's book Cities Under Siege, The New Military Urbanism, and on camouflage patterns as a background for landscapes, flowers, trees and birds. She speaks of years spent in Beirut between 1997 and 2021, of a city that shaped her artistic and political orientation, and of wanting visitors to feel the hammer within the works. MOJEH dates the exhibition 1 to 30 September at the gallery; the show on the site ran from 12 September to 18 November 2023.
The feature complements the Selections Arts and AD Middle East cards already on the News page for the same solo.
Darghouth says she wants visitors to hear a defying voice behind the aesthetic language, and to feel both the ruins of conflict and the persistence of the natural world. MOJEH presents the show as a short exhibition feature with a direct quote, not a long review.
Tabari represents Tagreed Darghouth.
