Exhibition - Traces by Jaber Al Azmeh at Green Art Gallery
Sunday, June 5, 2011 at 7:09PM 
Jaber Al Azmeh, Untitled, 2011, C-print ed 3 + 1 ap, 90 x 60 cm
Traces by Jaber Al Azmeh is a new solo exhibition at the Green Art Gallery opening on 6th June and will run till 15th July 2011. The exhibition will feature a series of "photographic duets, exploring the dual and complex relationship between human beings and time".
From Green Art Gallery's website,
The atmosphere of his photographs though melancholy, are nonetheless aesthetically beautiful, with bursts of color and hyper stylized scenes. Through repeatedly locating and framing the beauty within junk, Al Azmeh virtually transforms his chosen pieces into an art installation.
Al Azmeh’s works also reflect a conscious awareness of the artists chosen medium, photography. The transition of the image into an eventual framed entity does after all come with the inevitable loss of possibilities. This is highlighted by the fact that his works are often presented as a frame within a frame. In this way the artist not only questions the critique of theoretical discourse as a means of interpreting art in general, but his position within that framework of discussion as well.
The photographic works which the artist views as portraits are however, mysteriously lacking in human content. Instead, their main subjects consist of empty rusting oil barrels, derelict buildings and walls, tires, abandoned cars; a junkyard utopia. Through substituting inanimate objects with the human being, Al Azmeh’s works in actuality investigate the intensely intimate stories of the people who passed through his ‘frame’. The viewer is presented with a scene similar to that of an incriminating investigation that has long been abandoned. With what feels like chalked -out silhouettes of missing people, all that is left of the human being are random clues leading up to his trace.
Jaber Al Azmeh, Untitled, 2011, C-print ed 3 + 1 ap, 60 x 90 cm
Jaber Al Azmeh, "Untitled", 2011, C-print 3 + 1 ap, 60 x 90
Exhibition details:
Date: 6th June - 15th July 2011 (Opening reception on 6th June from 6.00-9.00pm)
Location: Green Art Gallery, Al Serkal Avenue, D28, Al Quoz 1 (location map)
Phone: +9714 346 9305
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