Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Dubai, presents 'In the Heart of the Cosmos' by Asad Faulwell. The exhibition will be on view through February 4, 2017.The exhibition features new works that expand the artist’s ongoing series Les Femmes d'Alger. The series seeks to shed light on the Algerian women freedom fighters who fought alongside the men as equals during the 1954-1966 Algerian war for independence from French occupation and their largely forgotten legacy. The artist illustrates the women as both saints and villains, aggressors and victims, captured and brutally tormented by their French adversaries and alienated by their Algerian male counterparts who recruited the women with no intention of recognizing their contribution or empowering them after the war ended.Asad Faulwell was born in Caldwell, Idaho in 1982, and graduated from the University of California, Santa Barbara. While at Claremont he was awarded a Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant.The exhibition is on view at Al Quoz 1, Al Serkal Avenue, Unit 21 - Dubai - United Arab Emirates. For details, visit, www.lawrieshabibi.comClick on the Slideshow for a sneak peek at the exhibition.
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