Displaying works by Emirati artist Mohammed Kazem, Italian/Lebanese Cristiana de Marchi and Indian Chittrovanu Mazumdar, “Soundless” is an informal show that aims at creating a dialogue between artworks and at investigating the many ways dialectics is generated.

Mohammed Kazem, Scratch on Paper, 30 x 30 cm, 2011

During the past few years, the creative path and the expressive process of these three artists have followed individual directions and never directly crossed. Nevertheless, on several occasions encounters have resonated as a chance to deepen the common elements and possible interactions between the works of art of these three artists. Rather than stating a concept or validating a point of view, “Soundless” makes the dialogue actual and allows the conversation to take body and develop.

Cristiana de Marchi, Inshallah. Embroidery on flyswatters, 42.5 x 9

The exhibition displays a selection of Mohammed Kazem’s Scratches and of Cristiana de Marchi’s embroideries, both characterized by the subtlety of the technique and of the result, almost disappearing and inviting the viewers to approach the work with all their senses. Both these series are echoed, and amplified like only echo can do, by the installations and videos of Chittrovanu Mazumdar, dramatically self-imposing and yet delicately evoking themes of eternity and presence.

“SOUNDLESS” at Empty 10 is in association with 1X1 Art Gallery