Press release

Ahlam Shibli is a Palestinian artist who has created a distinctive body of work comprising several projects that combine photography and contextual writing into a single narrative. Departing from the observation of domestic settings and the study of everyday situations, she gradually reveals multiple traumas imprinted in the bodies of oppressed, marginalised, and underrepresented members of society. Direct, yet unspectacular and respectful to the protagonists, Ahlam Shibli’s photographs afford a fragile space of resistance to both their subjects and their viewers.

Bringing together key series of photographs from her entire career alongside the most recent work, ‘Belonging’ (2022–23), created during her residency at LUMA Arles (France), the exhibition reveals the many layers composing the reality of the places Shibli has investigated.

Curated by: Vassilis Oikonomopoulos and Adam Szymczyk