The table glows at the center like a sun, yet nothing rests upon it. Around it, bodies touch, lean, and fold into one another. One begins to wonder whether intimacy has replaced the meal itself—whether desire, tenderness, power, or possession are what truly circulate here. The table is empty, but the scene is not.
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…