Sama Alshaibi, Fatnis al-Jazirah (Fantasy Island) from Silsila series, 2014, Diasec Print, 166 x 250 cm
Sama Alshaibi’s Four Series draws on historical sources, contexts, and techniques to articulate the definitions and exploitations of freedom.
Multimedia artist Sama Alshaibi consistently interrogates the female form as a nexus point for politics, histories, climate, and forced migrations. Her exhibition Four Series at Zane Bennett Gallery spans 15 years of artistic inquiry with a selection of photographs from four discrete bodies of work: Carry Over(2019), Silsila (2009-2017), Between Two Rivers (2008-2009, 2016), and Negative’s Capable Hands (2007-2010). Each series represents a facet of her interrogation, drawing on historical sources, contexts, and techniques to articulate the definitions and exploitations of freedom.
