As part of its Open Space program, the Louis Vuitton Foundation invites Saudi artist Mohammad Alfaraj (1993, Saudi Arabia) to design an in situ artwork in gallery 8, on the occasion of his first exhibition in a French institution.
A multidisciplinary artist, Mohammad Alfaraj lives and works from the Al Ahsa oasis, where he develops a practice that blends writing, video, photography, drawing and sculpture. Immersed in the oral traditions of Saudi Arabia, Mohammad Alfaraj draws inspiration from social practices, urban and rural architectures, and stories of daily life to explore relationships between humanity and nature. His works often take the form of poetic fables that interrogate contemporary ecological, social and cultural issues. The exhibition I'd rather be a dragonfly than a lion brings together a collection of previously unseen videos within an installation composed of objects, photographs and drawings. Nourished by the collective imagination of his native country, his stop-motion animated videos tell poetic stories written and performed by the artist himself. Working with deliberately limited means, Mohammad Alfaraj executes the entire creative process — writing, character and set design, filming and animation. Rooted in Al Ahsa's cultural context, these stories blend imagination, collective memory and connection to the living world, finding universal resonance far beyond their original setting.
Admission: Free to €16. Free entry with a ticket to the exhibition "Gustave Fayet, Collector—Creator. Icons of Modern Art."
Source: paris.fr — photo: Mohammad Alfaraj