No Intimacy

Artist
Sahar Al-Khateeb

Opening  
Friday, October 29th 2021 from 5 - 9 pm

More information 
www.saharalkhateeb.com

Supported by
Statens Kunstfond, Beckett-fonden & Det Obelske Familiefond

            EN
No Intimacy is a solo exhibition by Sahar Al-Khateeb. In the exhibition, Al-Khateeb will build an installation where they reconstruct used chairs and uses various other materials in order to direct the audience’ experiences of the space and the objects in the space as well as their intimate boundaries and needs. In this way the audience will be included in the space or their presence will be neutralized. The exhibition deals with questions about absence and presence, the right to intimacy and the right to reject it.

Sahar Al-Khateebs work explore the relationship between furniture and space - especially the relationship between used furniture and the history and connotations they may have. The starting point for their work are personal, psychological and social experiences around the stereotypes that are imposed on them by society. These experiences become an approach to criticize dominant norms and ideas of social conformity and to raise questions about the relationship between the individual and the group.

Sahar Al-Khateeb was raised in Palestine, where they studied at the International Academy of Art Palestine. Since 2013 they have lived and worked in Sweden and in 2021 they graduated from Konstfack in Stockholm.

            DK
No Intimacy er en soloudstilling af Sahar Al-Khateeb. I udstillingen vil Al-Khateeb bygge en installation, hvor de omkonstruerer brugte stole og anvender forskellige andre materialer for herigennem at påvirke besøgendes oplevelser af rummet og objekterne i rummet såvel som deres intime grænser og behov. Besøgende bliver således inkluderet i rummet eller deres tilstedeværelse i rummet bliver neutraliseret. Udstillingen arbejder med spørgsmål omkring fravær og tilstedeværelse, retten til intimitet og retten til at afvise den. 

Sahar Al-Khateeb arbejder undersøgende omkring forholdet mellem møbler og rum - særligt forholdet mellem brugte møbler og den historie og de konnotationer, som de kan have. Udgangspunktet for værkerne er personlige, psykologiske og sociale oplevelser omkring de stereotyper, som de bliver pålagt fra samfundets side. Oplevelserne bliver ansatsen til at kritisere dominerende normer og ideer om social konformitet, og til at rejse spørgsmål omkring forholdet mellem individet og gruppen.

Sahar Al-Khateeb er opvokset i Palæstina, og har studeret på International Academy of Art Palestine. Siden 2013 har de boet og arbejdet i Sverige og i 2021 tog de afgang fra Konstfack i Stockholm.

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