COVID Conversations (2020)

A group exhibition by UAE-based artists and designers that reflect upon the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Phase I ‘Incredulity’, Phase II ‘Anxiety’, Phase III ‘Acceptance’. (2020) by Anne Laure RoyTashkeel

Following an open call in early October 2020, Tashkeel received more than 160 submissions from artist and designers across the United Arab Emirates.

The selected works by 42 practitioners bear witness to the capacity of humanity to overcome and endure.

impression c19 (2020) by Azza Al QubaisiTashkeel

‘COVID Conversations’ is an archive of experimentation, exploration and resilience relating to the COVID-19 and its impact.

This Too Shall Pass. (2020) by Boushra AlmutawakelTashkeel

The exhibition seeks to explore, understand and process responses to the pandemic born from personal experience. 

The exhibition seeks to explore, understand and process responses to the pandemic born from personal experience. 

Now I See You. (2020) by Isabela TavaresTashkeel

Celebrating the power of self-expression in times of crisis, it reflects the multicultural nature of this country’s creative community.

All Lost in the Airport (From the series ‘Mum’s Funeral during COVID-19’) (2020) by Ji-Hye KimTashkeel

Works in a diversity of media explore issues such as mental health, mortality, loss, faith, isolation, family, identity, escape and persistence...

Locked-down in Sadness (From the series ‘Mum’s Funeral during COVID-19’) (2020) by Ji-Hye KimTashkeel

Socially Distanced Goodbye March (From the series ‘Mum’s Funeral during COVID-19’) (2020) by Ji-Hye KimTashkeel

...as well as material and collaborative experimentation realised during the lockdown and subsequent months.

Untitled (2020) by Juma Al HajTashkeel

The exhibition features artists and designers from the UAE, Tunisia, Yemen, Morocco, Egypt, Iraq, Syria, Iran, Pakistan, India, Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, UK, Ireland, France, Spain, USA, Canada, South Korea and South Africa. 

An absence of thinking during a time of fear (2020) by Khalid Al BannaTashkeel

Masquerade, a visual exploration of our true selves (2020) by Mireia VilaplanaTashkeel

By sharing such profound journeys, this exhibition seeks to offer some sense of solace and reconciliation to all those affected by the pandemic and the events that ensued.

By sharing such profound journeys, this exhibition seeks to offer some sense of solace and reconciliation to all those affected by the pandemic and the events that ensued.

Formite (2020) by Michael RiceTashkeel

Mimesis (2020) by Sawsan Al BaharTashkeel

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