Doha: Tasweer has opened "As the Image
Unfolds – The Language of Athar" at Bayt Al Wakra, featuring new
photographic works by Mohammed Fakhroo, Ghada Al Mawlawi, and Raja Aderdor.
Taking its title from the Arabic word athar, meaning traces or imprints, the
exhibition runs until December 15, 2026, and marks the culmination of the
five-month Tasweer Residency.
Director of Tasweer Khalifa Al Obaidly said:
"A residency gives an artist something very valuable: time. Over these
five months, Mohammed Fakhroo, Ghada Al Mawlawi and Raja Aderdor were able to
question their ideas, test different approaches and allow their projects to develop
gradually. What audiences see in The Language of Athar is the result of that
process, reflecting three distinct ways of thinking about traces, memory and
the places around us."
Ghada Al Mawlawi, a Qatari photographer
working across still-life and documentary photography, turns to family memory
in her work, "Portals of Belonging," which centres on the hospitality
rituals of her two grandmothers. Qatari filmmaker, photographer, and writer
Mohammed Fakhroo examines consumer culture in "For Sale?," looking at
display, labour, and desire across shops, markets, workers, and mannequins.
Photographer and visual storyteller Raja Aderdor presents "Signs_Seen, Yet
Unseen," with photographs taken across Qatar and Morocco that explore how
public signage can carry traces of identity, faith, humour, labour, and
belonging.
The residency was based at Bayt Al Wakrah, where the artists developed their projects through research, experimentation, and ongoing dialogue, mentored by Khalifa Al Obaidly alongside Ghayyan Al Amine and Maria Ovsyannikova, who also curated the exhibition. Presented as part of the ongoing Qatar Creates 2026-27 season, The Language of Athar joins a wider cultural programme across Qatar spanning visual art, design, photography, heritage, and other creative fields.
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