The table becomes a space of shared silence rather than true encounter. The man and woman sit side by side, yet a subtle distance remains between them. The pomegranates suggest desire, fertility, and memory, while the intense red background introduces an emotional tension that contrasts with their stillness. Presence and absence seem to coexist at the same table.
Talal Moualla
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Born in Syria in 1952, Talal Moualla is an artist, critic and researcher whose practice has shaped contemporary Arab visual discourse for more than five decades. Since the 1970s, he…