Pictures at an Exhibition presents images of one notable show every weekday.
Today’s show: “Mounira Al Solh: I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous” is on view at the Art Institute of Chicago through Sunday, April 29. The solo exhibition, the artist’s first in the United States, presents work from an ongoing series begun in 2011.
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Installation view of "Mounira Al Solh: I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous," 2018, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Installation view of "Mounira Al Solh: I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous," 2018, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Installation view of "Mounira Al Solh: I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous," 2018, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Mounira Al Solh, My speciality was to make a peasants' haircut, but they obliged me work till midnight often, 2015–17, hand and machine stitched embroideries.
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Mounira Al Solh, My speciality was to make a peasants' haircut, but they obliged me work till midnight often, 2015–17, hand and machine stitched embroideries.
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Mounira Al Solh, My speciality was to make a peasants' haircut, but they obliged me work till midnight often, 2015–17, hand and machine stitched embroideries.
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Installation view of "Mounira Al Solh: I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous," 2018, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Installation view of "Mounira Al Solh: I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous," 2018, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Installation view of "Mounira Al Solh: I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous," 2018, at the Art Institute of Chicago.
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Mounira Al Solh, I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous #0183, 2012–, mixed media on legal paper.
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Mounira Al Solh, I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous #334, 2012–, mixed media on legal paper.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SFEIR-SEMLER GALLERY, BEIRUT AND HAMBURG
Mounira Al Solh, I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous #287, 2012–, mixed media on legal paper.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SFEIR-SEMLER GALLERY, BEIRUT AND HAMBURG
Mounira Al Solh, I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous #107, 2012–, mixed media on legal paper.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SFEIR-SEMLER GALLERY, BEIRUT AND HAMBURG
Mounira Al Solh, I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous #81, 2012–, mixed media on legal paper.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SFEIR-SEMLER GALLERY, BEIRUT AND HAMBURG
Mounira Al Solh, I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous #100, 2012–, mixed media on legal paper.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SFEIR-SEMLER GALLERY, BEIRUT AND HAMBURG
Mounira Al Solh, I strongly believe in our right to be frivolous #177, 2012–, mixed media on legal paper.
COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SFEIR-SEMLER GALLERY, BEIRUT AND HAMBURG