Vian Sora's 'House of Pearls' at The Third Line Explores Trauma and Regeneration

The Third Line in Dubai presents 'House of Pearls,' the first solo exhibition with Louisville-based artist Vian Sora. The show features new paintings and works on paper that use pearls as a metaphor for stability and life's regeneration. Sora, an Iraqi-born artist who fled to Dubai after the US invasion of Iraq, examines caustic cycles and connectivity in humanity's collective consciousness. Her technique involves canvases laid flat before being uprighted, starting with three colors and building up to 20 hues across up to 50 layers. The works incorporate distorted Arabic calligraphy and vivid colors to evoke pearl-like luminosity, depicting imagined landscapes and ocean scenes. Sora's abstract figures emerge from chaos, revealing inherent beauty while capturing the vulnerability of displaced individuals. The exhibition runs at The Third Line in Dubai.