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Samar Hejazi's In Circulation at Aisha Alabbar Gallery

exhibition · 2026-04-23

Samar Hejazi's first solo exhibition in the UAE, In Circulation, at Aisha Alabbar Gallery, explores tension between structure and dissolution through textile, printmaking, and spatial intervention. The exhibition avoids a singular framework, instead posing questions about destabilized support, reconfigured meaning, and resilience. Works like Framing the Imaginary feature empty frames with loose threads, inviting viewers to imagine content. The Internal Archives series incorporates house deeds and floor plans from the Palestinian Museum Digital Archive, reworked into layered compositions. Mawtini reworks a national symbol into a fragmented spatial intervention. The exhibition proposes meaning as continuously formed through material and time.

Key facts

  • Samar Hejazi's first solo exhibition in the UAE
  • Exhibition titled In Circulation
  • Venue: Aisha Alabbar Gallery
  • Mediums: textile, printmaking, spatial intervention
  • Framing the Imaginary features empty frames with loose threads
  • Internal Archives series uses Palestinian Museum Digital Archive documents
  • Mawtini reworks a national symbol
  • Exhibition resists fixed conclusions

Entities

Artists

  • Samar Hejazi

Institutions

  • Aisha Alabbar Gallery
  • Palestinian Museum Digital Archive

Locations

  • United Arab Emirates

Sources