Sophia Al Maria

Battle, 201724 x 42cmPrice on Request

Details

MaterialGalleryLocation

digital printThe Third LineDubai

Description

Human-crafted. AI-refined.

This artwork presents a visceral and immersive portrayal of a battle scene. The dominant colors are muted greys and greens, creating a gritty, high-contrast aesthetic. The composition is frenzied, with blurred movement and fragmented figures, conveying the chaos and intensity of combat. The prominent "BATTLE" text adds a direct, bold statement that underscores the work's subject matter. The artist's use of cinéma vérité-inspired techniques, such as shaky camerawork and close-up shots, heightens the sense of immediacy and urgency, placing the viewer in the thick of the action. This piece likely reflects the artist's intention to capture the raw, unsettling experience of war and conflict. ...

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Artist

Sophia Al Maria

B.1983, Qatari/American

Sophia Al-Maria is a Qatari-American artist, writer, and filmmaker living and working in London. Though her work spans many disciplines including drawing, film and screen-writing for TV, it is united by a preoccupation with the power of storytelling and myth, and in particular with imagining revisionist histories and alternative futures. With her friend and collaborator Fatima Al Qadiri, Al-Maria coined the term “Gulf Futurism” to describe the growing atomisation of individuals and the shifting ground of urban planning, aesthetics, and media, and their impact on everyday life in the post-oil Persian Gulf. Her cinematic artist’s videos are fuelled by the combination of critical rigour with an affective charge in their explorations of language, imperialism, and counter-histories – a deep investigation and dramatisation of the sociopolitical, economic, and environmental present. ...

Sophia Al Maria: Artworks

Sophia Al MariaMajor Motions, 2018Price on Request

Sophia Al Maria& Oranges, 2021Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaSafi's Kid, 2021Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaUntitled (BCE), 2018Price on Request

Sophia Al Mariataraxos, 2021Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaBeast Mode 1, 2020Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaThe Camera, A Mirror, A Sniper, A Femme (Beast Type Song Scripts), 2020Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaUntitled, 2019Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaBEAST TYPE SONG, 2019Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaRape Gaze, 2014Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaMirror Cookie, 2018Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaWhite Man's Bible (Revenge Porn), 2018Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaCent, 2017Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaSunset Complexion, 2017Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaOptics, 2017Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaContouring, 2017Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaBeauty Industrial Complex, 2017Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaBattle, 2017Price on Request

Sophia Al MariaPeptides, 2017Price on Request

Sophia Al Maria& Goats, 2021Price on Request

Gallery

The Third Line

Dubai

Founded in 2005, The Third Line is a Dubai-based gallery that represents contemporary artists locally, regionally, and internationally. A pioneering platform for established talent and emerging voices from the region and its diaspora, The Third Line has built a dynamic program that explores the diversity of practice in the region. Represented artists include: Abbas Akhavan, Ala Ebtekar, Amir H. Fallah, Farah Al Qasimi, Farhad Moshiri, Fouad Elkoury, Hassan Hajjaj, Hayv Kahraman, Huda Lutfi, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Jordan Nassar, Laleh Khorramian, Lamya Gargash, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Nima Nabavi, Pouran Jinchi, Rana Begum, Sahand Hesamiyan, Sara Naim, Sherin Guirguis, Shirin Aliabadi, Slavs and Tatars, Sophia Al-Maria, Tarek Al-Ghoussein, yasiin bey, Youssef Nabil and Zineb Sedira. ...