MONIRA AL QADIRI
THE ARCHAEOLOGY OF BEASTS

BOZAR, BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
14 NOVEMBER 2024 – 9 MARCH 2025

Monira Al Qadiri is an international artist whose practice explores topics as diverse as ancient history and the possibilities of new technologies, always with a critical yet playful point of view.

Bozar presents her first solo exhibition in Belgium, titled The Archaeology of Beasts. Consisting of new digital creations commissioned for this occasion, Al Qadiri is taking a new visual turn, inspired by the Gods and Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt.

Monira Al Qadiri / Bozar © We DocumentArt

Interweaving ancient myths and recent facts connected to climate change, Al Qadiri's works oscillate between humour and beauty, often with an underlying violence. For this exhibition, she is asking us to reflect on who qualifies as Human and who as Beast.

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MONIRA AL QADIRI
Monira Al Qadiri (b. 1983) is a Kuwaiti visual artist born in Senegal and educated in Japan. Spanning sculpture, installation, film, and performance, Al Qadiri’s multifaceted practice is based on research into the cultural histories of the Gulf region. Her interpretation of the Gulf’s so-called “petro-culture” is manifested through speculative scenarios that take inspiration from science fiction, autobiography, traditional practices, and pop culture, resulting in uncanny and covertly subversive works that destabilize mythologies of statecraft and modernization as well as traditional notions of gender. Tracing the delicate ecologies threate...
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