DUBAI: Abu Dhabi-born artist Khaled Esguerra brings a bold, participatory installation to the UAE’s Ishara Art Foundation’s “No Trespassing.” The summer exhibition, which runs until Aug. 30, brings together six UAE-based and South Asian artists.
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The show explores boundaries, physical, cultural and institutional, through the lens of street art aesthetics recontextualized within the gallery’s white cube space. Esguerra, whose work spans photography, sculpture and performance, is known for examining the shifting identity of Abu Dhabi through the lens of its architecture, language and everyday textures.
With more than 800 sheets of carbon paper glued to copier paper, Esguerra’s largest work to date invites viewers to break the unspoken rules of gallery etiquette by walking across the art itself.
“Well, for one, there’s no way to interact with my work without literally trespassing into the space,” he told Arab News.
