We are thrilled to announce that Sama Alshaibi and Sadik Alfraji will be part of 'Iraq: Beyond the Two Rivers' exhibition, opening this Friday 6th of October, at Keller Gallery.
It places artworks by renowned contemporary Iraqi artists in conversation with the works commissioned and produced by the curator, Dr Huma Gupta, along with MIT students.
This exhibition engages with both histories and futures of Iraq by taking viewers on a multimedia journey. The exhibition features a video art piece by Sama Alshaibi set in Iraq's marshes and an animation by Sadik Kwaish Alfraji set in Baghdad's migrant neighborhoods.
Together, these pieces offer a transhistorical meditation on architectural ambition, great migrations, urban design, climate change, and the radical promise of other ways of dwelling and building in Iraq and beyond.
Sama Alshaibi, Sadik Alfraji, and Huma Gupta
Iraq: Beyond the Two Rivers
6 October 2023
