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This striking image depicts a woman in a flowing, ethereal lavender dress standing against the backdrop of a large, luminous moon. The composition is visually captivating, with the woman's pose and the dramatic lighting creating a sense of mystery and wonder. The overall style evokes a surreal, dreamlike quality, with the woman appearing to be in a state of otherworldly contemplation. The artwork seems to convey a sense of the transcendent and the celestial, inviting the viewer to ponder the relationship between humanity and the natural world. The artist's intention may have been to explore themes of spirituality, feminine power, or the human connection to the cosmos. ...

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Sophia Al Maria
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
Beast Mode 1
Sophia Al Maria
Beast Mode 1, 2020
47 x 36.5 x 3.7cm
Major Motions
& Oranges
Sophia Al Maria
& Oranges, 2021
47.5 x 32.5 x 3.5cm
Safi's Kid
Sophia Al Maria
Safi's Kid, 2021
47.5 x 68.2 x 3.5cm
Untitled (BCE)
Sophia Al Maria
Untitled (BCE), 2018
40 x 30cm
taraxos
Sophia Al Maria
taraxos, 2021
650 x 200 x 200cm
The Camera, A Mirror, A Sniper, A Femme (Beast Type Song Scripts)
Sophia Al Maria
The Camera, A Mirror, A Sniper, A Femme (Beast Type Song Scripts), 2020
43 x 32.5 x 2cm
BEAST TYPE SONG
Rape Gaze
Sophia Al Maria
Rape Gaze, 2014
198 x 320 x 4cm
Mirror Cookie
White Man's Bible (Revenge Porn)
Sophia Al Maria
White Man's Bible (Revenge Porn), 2018
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Cent
Sunset Complexion
Sophia Al Maria
Sunset Complexion, 2017
24 x 42cm
Optics
Contouring
Sophia Al Maria
Contouring, 2017
24 x 42cm
Beauty Industrial Complex
Sophia Al Maria
Beauty Industrial Complex, 2017
24 x 42cm
Battle
Peptides
& Goats
Sophia Al Maria
& Goats, 2021
47.5 x 32.5 x 3.5cm
Project Native Informant
Gallery
Project Native Informant
London

Contemporary 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.

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