Shaqayeq Arabi Iranian, b. 1974

This seasoned perspective is placed in a resonant dialogue with the work of Shaqayeq Arabi, whose sculptures embody the tension between chaos and resilience. Utilizing an unfiltered, instinctive approach of assembly, Arabi transforms desert detritus and salvaged urban debris—palm fronds, metal mesh and rusted rods—into new, entangled ecosystems. Her sculptural silhouettes appear ghostly and fragile, yet they possess a defiant endurance, mirroring the current global state where strength is often found within the precarious and the discarded.