Mohammed Kazem United Arab Emirates, b. 1969
Even the Shade Does not Belong to Them, 2018
Acrylic and ink on canvas
106 x 142 cm
41 1/2 x 56 in
41 1/2 x 56 in
In his series Even the Shade Does not Belong to Them, based on photographs he took in the street, portray labourers working on building sites. It seems as if we...
In his series Even the Shade Does not Belong to Them, based on photographs he took in the street, portray labourers working on building sites. It seems as if we are looking at the protagonists, painted in acrylic and dark ink, through a murky glass. The effect conveys how the labourers, though always there, often go unnoticed. “People look right through them” notes the artist.