Artdayme: The most extensive presentation of works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection to date is on view in Sharjah following its debut at Deichtorhallen Hamburg in October 2022.

In the Heart of Another Country explores the concept of home, of longing and belonging. Drawing inspiration from the late artist and author Etel Adnan’s landmark memoir, In the Heart of Another Country (2004), the exhibition charts sentiments of longing, memorial and homecoming through a constellation of artworks that unfold across borders, both real and imagined.

The exhibition brings together more than 150 artworks by over 60 artists. Works from the Sharjah Art Foundation Collection included in this choreographed scenography span from 1935 to the present and have traversed routes from Colombo to London, from Cairo to Zanzibar through to the foothills of Mount Tamalpaïs in California, and back again. What unites these myriad artworks, and their makers, is the emirate of Sharjah, which has historically served as a site of encounter and exchange amongst artists and intellectuals, fostering an ongoing space for the diasporic imagination to come to life.

In the Heart of Another Country: The Diasporic Imagination Rises is organised by Sharjah Art Foundation and Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, and curated by Dr Omar Kholeif, Director of Collections and Senior Curator, Sharjah Art Foundation.

Participating Artists: Mohamed Abdrassul, Bani Abidi, Ahmed Omar Addow, Etel Adnan, Novera Ahmed, Latif Al Ani, Halil Altindere, Rushdi Anwar, Minam Apang, Rasheed Araeen, Dana Awartani, Sonia Balassanian, Thuraya Al-Baqsami, Lothar Baumgarten, Richard Bell, Semiha Berksoy, Huma Bhabha, Huguette Caland, CAMP, Tony Chakar, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Tiffany Chung, Thomas Demand, Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian, Simone Fattal, Meschac Gaba, Marcos Grigorian, Andreas Gursky, Abbas Habiballa, Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige, Rokni Haerizadeh, Adam Henein, Lubaina Himid, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim, Kamala Ibrahim Ishag, Hayv Kahraman, Mohammed Kazem, Ali Kazim, Amal Kenawy, Omer Khairy, Helen Khal, Anuar Khalifi, David Koloane, Bertina Lopes, Tala Madani, MARWAN, Ibrahim Massouda, Ahmed Morsi, Farhad Moshiri, Fateh Moudarres, Hamid Nada, Amir Nour, Nika Oblak & Primož Novak, Nam June Paik, Michael Rakowitz, Marwan Rechmaoui, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Mohan Samant, Mona Saudi, Hassan Sharif, Anwar Jalal Shemza, Ahmed Shibrain, Lionel Wendt, Kamal Youssef, Akram Zaatari, Fahrelnissa Zeid.

See some of the works of this exhibition published by Sharjah Art Foundation: