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Al Ma’rad
The Exhibition Space

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Al Ma’rad (The Exhibition Space) serves as the central pavilion of Rahaal, unfolding an intimate constellation of works, channeling a dialogue between generations, geographies, and gestures. The exhibition, Anywhere is My Land, gathers contemporary artists from diverse geographies, reimagining the landscape not as depiction of place, but as fragments of memory carried within the traveler; seen, altered and remembered in motion. Within, paintings anchor the space, not as desired aesthetics, but as psychic terrain. Championing nature, this exhibition carries us the distance between mountain and horizon, mapping out to distant stars and returning again to the

tactility of earth and leaves. Presenting contemporary art through the recognisable iconography of

natural forms, this exhibition evokes the power of identification within the viewer, whilst considering the landscape’s interconnected potential for political and cultural critique. Under the canopy of nature as subject, Rahaal presents an aesthetic common across borders, histories and experiences, inviting a diversity of artists, practices and philosophies to interact in one space.

PARTICIPATING ARTISTS

Hamra Abbas

Harold Ancart

Ziad Antar

Willy Aractingi

Richard Artschwager

Nasser Assar

Milton Avery

David Austen

Alwar Balasubramaniam

Huguette Caland 

Pier Paolo Calzolari

Vija Celmins

Ziad Dalloul 

Antonio Dias

 

Aleksandar Duravcevic

Aref el Rayess

Zhang Enli

Etel Adnan & Simone Fattal

Zeng Fanzhi

Lee Friedlander

Adam Fuss

Cy Gavin

Daniele Genadry

Khalid bin Hamed

Samia Osseiran Junblat 

Helen Khal

Per Kirkeby

Maria Klabin

Silke Otto-Knapp

César Rangel Ramos

Kibong Rhee

Thomas Ruff

Farideh Lashai

Deana Lawson

Mara De Luca

Amadeo Luciano Lorenzato

Meghdad Lorpour

Valeria Maggi

Melissa McGill

Fateh Moudarres 

Ribal Molaeb

Tomie Ohtake

Catherine Opie

Luca Pancrazzi

Giuseppe Penone

Behjat Sadr

Matt Saunders

Sohrab Sepehri

Ranjani Shettar

Paramjit Singh

Rudolf Stingel

James Welling

Zarina

Bibi Zogbé

Afaf Zurayk

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