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Mahdi Al Jeraibi — Three Desktops (From the Dialectic Series)
Mahdi Al Jeraibi

Three Desktops (From the Dialectic Series)

2024

"Three Desktops (From the Dialectic Series)" by Mahdi Al Jeraibi presents a mixed media composition utilizing repurposed school desk tops as both subject and substrate, transforming familiar educational objects into vehicles for artistic inquiry. The work's tripartite structure engages with themes of dialectical thinking, likely exploring tensions between learning, memory, and societal structures through the symbolic weight of these functional everyday items. By elevating humble school furniture to fine art status, Al Jeraibi invites viewers to reconsider the objects that shaped their formative experiences and their role within larger cultural narratives.

Medium
mixed media on wood, original school desk tops, in three parts

🔨 Auction Lot

Modern & Contemporary Middle East

October 22, 2024

Estimate: $30,000$50,000

Lot 27

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Mahdi Al Jeraibi, Three Desktops (From the Dialectic Series), 2024

"Three Desktops (From the Dialectic Series)" by Mahdi Al Jeraibi presents a mixed media composition utilizing repurposed school desk tops as both subject and substrate, transforming familiar educational objects into vehicles for artistic inquiry. The work's tripartite structure engages with themes of dialectical thinking, likely exploring tensions between learning, memory, and societal structures through the symbolic weight of these functional everyday items. By elevating humble school furniture to fine art status, Al Jeraibi invites viewers to reconsider the objects that shaped their formative experiences and their role within larger cultural narratives.

Medium
mixed media on wood, original school desk tops, in three parts
Year
2024
Seen at
Sotheby's, New York, London, Hong Kong, Paris

Related themes

Dialectical thinking, Philosophical Inquiry, Emirati Artist, Minimalist Aesthetic, Mixed Media, Conceptual Art, Office Furniture, Installation Art, 21st Century, Contemporary