‘On the Road’ art expo from Dec 8

Albareh Art Gallery is organising a solo exhibition of Bahraini artist  Zuhair Al Saeed from December 8 to 30 on its Adliya premises. The exhibition titled ‘On the Road’ displays the latest works of the award-winning artist  Al Saeed.  

Through the show, Al Saeed reflects the message of his 2013 exhibition, B+.  More than two years on, Al Saeed revisits his message of unbounded optimism in his latest solo show, a grittier, more mature body of work where the artist has come to a realisation that the journey is fraught with difficulty.  

This time, he acknowledges the need for perseverance, with a defiant protagonist who emerges successful but battle-scarred. This is nowhere more apparent than in the choice of materials that Al Saeed incorporates into his art with worn tires competing for space with other found objects.  

Born in Bahrain in 1980, Zuhair Al Saeed belongs to a younger generation of upcoming Bahraini artists.  

His art is inspired by social and environmental issues and he describes his work as being rooted in his everyday reality.  He studied fine arts at the University of Bahrain and his work has been showcased at different venues in Bahrain, Kuwait, Morocco, Qatar and the UAE. 

His works have been collected by the Bahrain National Museum, HSBC Bank, the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Bahrain, and the Museum of Contemporary Art in Kuwait. Al Saeed is the winner of the 2008 Zain Dream Innovation Initiative, and in October of this year, he received the Palme d’or at the Visual Arts Forum in Doha, Qatar. For more information contact the organisers at +973 17717707 or email at art@albareh.com