Emirati artist Afra Al Daheri, whose work is part of The Farjam Foundation’s latest exhibit that runs until today, is often inspired by her upbringing here in the UAE. It sometimes also features in her artworks. Take, for instance, the piece ‘Absent Yet Present’, which is showing at the ‘Concepts and The Divine Abstract’ exhibition in DIFC during Art Week. It is part door from her childhood, part abstract concept.
She says: “It was one of the pieces that took the longest in my studio because I had collected the part of the door piece. from my family’s house in Al Ain.”