Seeing & Perceiving is an exhibition that challenges the viewer to question their reality. It encourages them to explore and perceive art in different ways and from different angles. With a critical thinking approach, this exhibition highlights the importance of how necessary it is for all of us to reflect, assimilate and take part in a dialogue about what is surrounding us. The personal interpretations of this exhibition will be heeded throughout our programs and workshops associated with the exhibition content.

Ithra brings an exponential selection of highly recognized artists from the international and regional contemporary art scene to re-imagine the viewer's perspective and their own perception. Drawn from Ithra's art collection, this exhibition showcases a series of newly commissioned artwork, as well as site specifics and artworks on loan.

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Exhibiting Artists

Ugo Rondinone

Ugo Rondinone

Photo © Brigitte Lacombe

Nadia Kaabi-Linke

Nadia Kaabi-Linke

Photo © Timo Kaabi-Linke 2020

Moataz Nasr

Moataz Nasr

Photo © Antoine Tempé

Walaa Fadul

Walaa Fadul

Photo courtesy of the artist

Tomás Saraceno

Tomás Saraceno

Photo © Alessandro Moggi

Robert Lazzarini

Robert Lazzarini

Photo © Robert Lazzarini Studio

Mounir Fatmi

Mounir Fatmi

Photo © Miguel Bueno, 2017

Mohammed Kazem

Mohammed Kazem

Photo © Joseph Rahul

Jorge Macchi

Jorge Macchi

Courtesy of the artist, Galería Ruth Benzacar and Galleria Continua. Photo © Nacho Iasparra

Do Ho Suh

Do Ho Suh

Photo © Yeon. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, Seoul, and London

Iván Navarro

Iván Navarro

Courtesy Galerie Templon, Paris – Brussels. © Iván Navarro/ADAGP, Paris, 2021. Photo Thelma Garcia

Gabriel de la Mora

Gabriel de la Mora

Courtesy of the artist and Perrotin. Photo © Claire Dorn

Farhad Moshiri

Farhad Moshiri

Photo © Guillaume Ziccarelli

Darel Carey

Darel Carey

Photo courtesy of the artist

Esther Stocker

Esther Stocker

Photo © Judith Stehlik

Carsten Höller

Carsten Höller

Courtesy the Artist and Galleria Continua. Photo © PierreBjörk

Antonio Santín

Antonio Santín

Photo courtesy of the artist

Aisha Khalid

Aisha Khalid

Photo courtesy of the artist

Abdulrahman Katanani

Abdulrahman Katanani

Photo © Paul Hennebelle

Robert Irwin

Robert Irwin

Photo © 2012 Philipp Scholz Rittermann

In this exhibition, observers will understand artworks in different ways; maybe the reality of the material, form and shape won’t be perceived as a first instance, rather something optical, tricking their perception. Thus, the surprise element plays a fundamental role in the exhibition, being present in some of the artworks and provoking reactions of the realization that the first perception did not correspond to their last.

The views of both artist and observer will contribute to the understanding and questioning of art and its subjectivity through the more robust conceptual support of the artwork.

 

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Selected Artworks from the Exhibition

Esther Stocker

Future Thoughts, 2021
Painted wood
Variable dimensions

Image courtesy of Gallery Krobath, Vienna

Esther Stocker

Jorge Macchi

Cámara translúcida, 2019
Bricks, concrete, steel cables, polystyrene
Variable dimensions

Courtesy of Galería Ruth Benzacar and Galleria Continua.
Photo © Nacho Iasparra

Jorge Macchi

Mounir Fatmi

Roots 10, 2017-2018
Coaxial antenna cable and staples
170 cm x 110 cm. Extension cable 300 cm

Photo © Dirk Rose, 2018

Mounir Fatmi

Carsten Höller

Six Sliding Doors, 2019
SSteel, aluminum, mirrored glass, electric motors, door
mechanism, movement detectors, LED lighting and
translucent foil
1844 x 500 x 427 cm

Courtesy the Artist and Galleria Continua
Photo: © Attilio Maranzano
Installation view: Sunday, Museo Tamayo, Mexico City, 2019. (solo show)

Carsten Höller

Moataz Nasr

Burning, 2019
Wood, matches and plexiglass
122 x 183 cm

Image courtesy of the artist and Galleria Continua

Moataz Nasr

Darel Carey

Direction of Light, 2021
Vinyl tape
Variable dimensions

Image Courtesy of the artist

Darel Carey

Ugo Rondinone

achtzehnterjulizweitausendundzwölf, 2012
Acrylic on canvas
270 cm

Photo © Studio Rondinone

Ugo Rondinone

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