Dissent: Opposition in Contemporary Art

ReemBassous-Beirut,Hawai'i,WashingtonD.C.

MarwanChamaa-UnitedStates

GenieGhim-WashingtonD.C.

LindaHubbard-UnitedKingdom

YuqingLiu-China,UnitedKingdom

AynexMercado-PuertoRico,Maryland

Foreword:

Dissentinartisapowerfulandcompellingexpressionofresistance,ameansbywhichartistschallenge thestatusquo,questionauthority,andprovokecriticalthought.Throughouthistory,visualarthasservedas amediumfordissent,allowingindividualstovoicetheiroppositiontoprevailingideologies,socialinjustices, andpoliticalregimes.Thisformofcreativeresistancemanifestsitselfinvariousartgenres,styles,and mediums.

AsfascismandcensorshipexperiencesatroublingresurgencethroughouttheWest,therehasbeenaparallel resurgenceinartthatconfrontsthesepressingissues.Thefollowingcontemporaryartists,ReemBassous, MarwanChamaa,GenieGhim,LindaHubbard,YuqingLiu,andAynexMercado,tackleadiversearrayof pressingmodern-dayconcernsincludingbutnotlimitedto,migration,war,surveillance,nature,racismand civilunrest. Artistshailfromvariouscornersoftheglobeandoftendrawfrommultiplecultural backgrounds.Inthismanner,theexhibitionandcatalogueservesasaplatformforarichanddynamicglobal conversation,wherediverseperspectivesintersectandresonate,fosteringanexchangeofideasand experiencesacrossbordersandcultures.

Gallery44 providesauniqueopportunitytocircumventgrowingglobalcensorshipbarriers,allowingartists tofreelyexpressthemselveswithoutfearofsuppressionorrestrictionbyleveragingourdigitalplatform. We facilitateopendialogueonsensitiveorcontroversialtopics,fosteringgreaterawarenessandunderstandingof diverseperspectives.

RulaJones,Curator,2024.

ReemBassous

“InKabbalah,theMerkavaisthesacredchariotof God,asdescribedbytheprophetEzekiel.In1982, whenIsraelfirstinvadedLebanon,theyusedtheir infamoustankintheirgroundinvasion,the Merkava.Thispiecejuxtaposesboththesacred symbolfromtheKabbalahwithasymbolof destruction.Thisisinprotesttothereferenceused tonamethetank,andtheironyoffightinginthe nameofreligion.”

-ReemBassous

2020. Purchase

Reem Bassous Merkava/Merkaba

Acrylic Screenprint on Paper 11” x 15”

MarwanChamaa

“Yourpersonalprivacyisbeinginvaded 24-hoursaday,365-daysayear,andthereis nothingyoucandoaboutit! Actuallyyou don’tmind.Whenwasthelasttimeyouread anapplicationorsoftware’suseragreements?

Howmanydidyou‘accept’inyourlife withoutbotheringtoreadthemanypagesof legaljargon?”

-MarwanChamaa

Marwan Chamaa

Invasion of Privacy Series: Chest 1- Female - Black Edition inkjet on premium luster photo paper

39.37” x 33.46” x 1.5” 2018

Marwan Chamaa

Invasion of Privacy Series:

Foot 1 - Black Edition

Inkjet on premium luster photo paper

39.37” x 21.65” x 1.5”

2018

Marwan Chamaa

Invasion of Privacy Series: Head 1- Black Edition

Inkjet on premium luster photo paper

39.37” x 39.37” x 1.5”

2018

GenieGhim

“Displacementisarecentworkinfluencedbycurrent eventsaroundtheglobe. Itwascreatedwithfound objects,discardeditemsandpiecesfoundindomestic homelife. Thisworknarratesstoriesofdissent,loss, displacement,destructionandconflict. The developmentofthisthreedimensionalsculpture involvestheconceptofthegrid,therudimentaryactof weaving,andthebasicneedsforclothingandshelter.”

-GenieGhim

Genie Ghim

Displacement

Found Objects and Discarded Domestic Items

48” x 48” x 2”

2023-2024

Purchase

LindaHubbard

“I want to contribute I strive to make a difference

Documenting our lives. Reaching out with humour, pathos, uncomfortable truths.

Resist much, obey little.”

Linda Hubbard

Emergency Survival Kit.

The Peacekeeper.

Palestinian Pacifier.

Making a big difference for tiny people. Tiny Tragedies brought to you by The United States of America.

Mixed Media

Sizes Variable

Linda Hubbard

Enhanced Interrogation Techniques

Cold cast bronze,Cardboard varnish,Acrylic Paint

Sizes Variable

Linda Hubbard

Made In Britain

Oil on linen

YuqingLiu

“βios,throughitsintegrationofhigh-techandnatural elements,embodiesapotentdissentagainstecological neglectinourtechnology-drivenera.Thisinstallation, mergingathree-dimensionalsculpturewithdynamic lightprojectionviaMadMapper,challengesprevailing apathytowardsnatureandanimalwelfareinurban landscapes.Itnotonlyshowcasesartisticinnovationbut also

servesasa

criticalcallforenvironmentalawareness andprotection,resonatingdeeplywiththeexhibition's themeofartasa

mediumforchallengingestablished normsandprovokingsocietalreflection.”

-YuqingLiu

YuqingLiu, βios, Projectionmapping, 3m x2m x2m 2018

AynexMercado

“Ourcountryisbreakingapart.Weneedtodo somethingaboutit.ThisquiltusesCivilWar erablocksandfabricsbecausethatisalmost whereweareagain.Wehavetwodifferentsets offacts,weneedtoagreeonwhatistruefirst. Wehavetorememberwearebrothersand sistersandloveoneanotherlikethefamilywe are.Finallyweneedtostopdisrespectingand hurtingeachother.

Itistheonlywaythis countryisnotgoingtounravel.”

-AynexMercado

Aynex Mercado

Uniting States ofAmerica

Fiber

30" x 35" x 1"

2021 BUY