February25,2024 to April21,2024 All Rights Reserved, 2024. Prism Press.
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
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
