Farah Al Qasimi
Cats in Swimming Pool
Lot Closed
June 7, 03:01:30 AM GMT
Estimate
8,000 - 9,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Farah Al Qasimi
b. 1991
Cats in Swimming Pool
Executed in 2022.
Archival inkjet print in aluminum artist’s frame
Edition 1 of 5
28 x 40 in. (71.1 x 101.6 cm)
Framed: 28 1/2 in x 40 1/2 x 1/4 in.
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Courtesy of the artist and Francois Ghebaly, Los Angeles
Farah Al Qasimi (b. 1991, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates; lives in Brooklyn, NY) is a photographer who also works in video and performance. Her works explore cultural identities, post-internet culture, and domesticity. Al Qasimi’s works often depict a surrealistic reality where viewers are invited into an otherworldly space. Al Qasimi has two works in the MCA Collection, and her work has been exhibited at Tate Modern, London; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; Gwangju Biennale; Kiasma Museum, Helsinki; Kunstmuseum Stavanger, Norway; Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis; Houston Center for Photography; Berkeley Art Museum, CA; and Museum of Contemporary Art,Toronto, among others.