Al Ma’rad
The Exhibition Space

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
