Layered Contradictions

27 January – 6 March 2021
Aisha Alabbar Art Gallery, Dubai

Aisha Alabbar Art Gallery is pleased to present Layered Contradictions, the first solo exhibition of the artist at the gallery.

Repetition and chance are contemporary artist Khalid Al Banna’s modus operandi. Surveying his characteristic body of work in collage and fabric, Layered Contradictionsreveals his approach to world-building that transcends the limitations of reality.

Al Banna’s compositions are layered, both in subject matter and material – he blurs the lines and softens the edges of competing forces. He builds otherworldly scenarios bursting with an energetic force that reconciles contradiction and births new meaning. Al Banna addresses tradition as an agent in constant flux, using artefacts of a bygone period through a contemporary lens.

A tireless experimenter who pushes the limits of his own practice,  Al Banna takes a chance on the inspiration of the moment in a meditation of form and technique that captures a tension between deep deliberation and the promise of randomness.