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This contemporary artwork features a prominent yellow dollar sign symbol set against a backdrop of dark, stormy clouds. The composition is dynamic, with the dollar sign positioned at the center and surrounded by intersecting lines and geometric shapes, creating a sense of movement and energy. The use of bold, contrasting colors and the dramatic lighting evoke a sense of tension and unease, suggestive of the complex relationship between finance, power, and societal forces. The artist's intention may be to explore themes of capitalism, consumerism, and the influence of monetary systems on the human experience. ...
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Sophia Al Maria
B.1983, Qatari/AmericanSophia 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. ...
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Project Native Informant
LondonContemporary art gallery established in 2013 with a strong interest in expanded institutional critique. Project Native Informant works with 16 artists and collectives, producing 5-6 exhibitions per year and hosting performances, concerts, talks and events.