Katara Art launches new season with two art exhibitions in September

Katara Art Center has kicked off its new season with two art exhibitions on September 2, set to run until October 7 at the Cultural Village Foundation headquarters. The season comprises two exhibitions: a group show titled "Fractures of the Future" featuring four artists - Samah Azzam, Ahmed Al Jufairi, Moza Al Kuwari, and Fatima Mohammed, as well as a solo exhibition by artist Hessa Al Kuwari named "The Lounge: What Can a Room Remember."

The group exhibition "Fractures of the Future" delves into the artists' perspectives on the future, their reactions to present-day challenges, and their imaginative visions of the future. These artists employ various strategies, including science fiction, systems thinking, oral history, and material experimentation, to explore reimagining the future from multiple and contrasting viewpoints.

This exhibition not only anticipates the future but also addresses pressing social, economic, and environmental issues, calling for radical changes.

On the other hand, "The Lounge: What Can a Room Remember" is the first solo exhibition by visual artist Hessa Al Kuwari. This exhibition, through a collection of paintings, photographs, and installations, emphasizes the significance of the living room and the everyday objects, furniture, clothing, and rituals that inhabit such spaces. What might appear ordinary and familiar to the viewer becomes subjects for contemplation and observation in the transformed exhibition space.