Fear is an all-powerful human emotion with the ability to influence our thoughts and actions. Muslim-Australian artists present solo exhibitions at Pataka Art Gallery and Museum in Wellington, New Zealand from 27 August 2017 to 21 January 2018. Abdul-Rahman Abdullah’s sculptural work fills a room with ornate glass chandeliers that, through a haze of refracted light reveal a pack of wild black dogs. Khaled Sabsabi’s six channel video installation ‘We Kill You’, suspended from the gallery ceiling, takes a hard look at the effects of war on people. Abdul Abdullah will show paintings and embroidered fabric works, portraits of returned Australian military personnel. Together the artists explore oppression and the power of real and imagined threats.
Khaled Sabsabi, We Kill You (installation detail), 2016. Courtesy the artist and Pataka Art Museum, New Zealand
