Meet the Artist — Monira Al Qadiri

Meet the Artist — In its' new video series Haus der Kunst presents young artists.

Who is Monira Al Qadiri?
An interview with one of the most important contemporary artists of the Gulf region about her life and art.

Al Qadiri has created a multi-part sculpture group and a new virtuoso film for this show. Its title, “Holy Quarter,” refers to the world’s largest desert region, the “Empty Quarter” situated between Saudi Arabia, Oman, Yemen and United Arab Republic. In the visual arts Al Qadiri’s work serves as a seismograph for a forced globalized world.