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Controlled Chaos at The Third Line Gallery

For her fourth solo exhibition at The Third Line and beginning the fall season, Fathi will present a selection of light boxes and works on paper. She began working with light boxes in 2007 while seeking an alternative to her previous works on canvas. This exhibition also sees her return to working on paper, a medium which offers a sense of vulnerability as the brushes stroke the surface of the blank page. Continuing her practice of expressive calligraphic forms, Fathi constantly blurs the lines between the legible and illegible.

Having recently re-introduced color into her predominantly black and white palette, these mixed-media drawings present bold and fine brush strokes of unreadable text color creating a constant visual struggle. The drawings in turn serve as detailed studies for her light boxes ñ a unique medium through which Fathi expresses her calligraphic technique. The fine lines are framed by the boldness of the black box as the glow of letters and forms emerge into a strangely still frenzy of movement. The elements of color and form, movement and calm interweave into an imposing relationship of aesthetic balance and divided energy. The resulting works contain a raw beauty – a silver lining amongst the chaos.

Please join us for the preview of this exhibition on Wednesday 22nd September from 7:30 – 9:30 pm at The Third Line, Al Quoz 3.

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