Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim's Embryonic Coat at Lawrie Shabibi

Lawrie Shabibi presents Embryonic Coat, Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim's third solo exhibition, running concurrently with his major installation Between Sunrise and Sunset at the 59th Venice Biennale for the National Pavilion UAE. The exhibition features new paintings titled My Garden's Details, inspired by the plants in his home studio garden, alongside recent papier-maché sculptures including Standing Bodies—five large-scale semi-figurative works. Ibrahim's practice explores memory, perception, and organic growth through intuitive repetition and automatic object-making. The sculptures incorporate materials like leaves, grass, tea, coffee, or tobacco to achieve natural tones. The exhibition underscores the mutability of his visual language, with interchangeable titles and forms ranging from trees to robots. Ibrahim emphasizes the viewer's role in interpreting his ciphers, allowing freedom to read them as story, poetry, or meditation.