June 2015

Garden After: Jamal Tayara - Baroudy on Wednesday 24 June 1971 – Design Space The Flag Island Sharjah, United Arab Emirates In the light of the holy month of Ramadan, 1971-Design Space would like to invite you to the opening of Garden After, an exhibition which draws influences from descriptions of the Garden of Paradise in the Quran by Jamal Tayara- Baroudy. Garden After stems from Jamal Tayara-Baroudy's interest in the spiritual symbolism of the Abrahamic religions' notions of Paradise, specifically the descriptions that appear in the Quran. The work is an immersive and atmospheric experience, in the form of a fountain, wallpaper and floor patterns, alongside blue prints for prayer rugs. The installation radiates out from a central point, the river, pivotal...