The women appear through painted faces that verge on masks, intense with color, yet hollow in their gaze. One mouth is covered, turning silence into a visible presence, a muted voice within the gathering. Red moves through the faces, lips, background, and the solitary glass, carrying the pulse of life, desire, and perhaps violence. The bodies remain present, but behind their painted surfaces, something seems to have withdrawn.
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…