Alia Ali

ALIA ALI

Frequencies Galerie—Peter—Sillem 4 November–16 December 2023 Frankfurt

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‘Motion is emotion. Everything gives off waves of energy, otherwise called frequencies. They are the very fibre of our being.’ Alia AliIn her fourth solo exhibition with us, Alia Ali presents vibrant and energetic new work. Full-body portraits are more common in this exhibition, often appearing to be in motion, and the formats vary greatly. For the first time, Alia Ali also ventures into sculpture — her hand-carved works made of Lapis Lazuli re-imagine millennia-old artefacts from her home country Yemen and are part of her ‘Yemeni Futurism’ project.

Alia Ali (Arabic: عاليه علي) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-US multi-media artist whose work explores cultural binaries, challenges culturally sanctioned oppression, and confronts the dualistic barriers of conflicted notions of gender, politics, media, and citizenship. Working between language, photography, video, textile, and installation, Ali’s work addresses the politicisation of the body, histories of colonisation, imperialism, sexism, and racism through projects that take pattern and textile as their primary motif.

Ali is currently expanding her practice by drawing on stories from Yemen including the nostalgic past of Queen Belquis of Saba (also known as the Queen of Sheba). By investigating histories of the distant past, she addresses the realities of the dystopian present in order to carve out spaces for radically imagined possibilities for the future in what has evolved to be Yemeni Futurism.

Ali is a graduate of Wellesley College and the California Institute of the Arts. She lives and works in and between New Orleans, Paris and Jaipur and is the recipient of the prestigious ARTSY Vanguard Emerging Artist Award and is a NIKON Global Ambassador.

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Installation Views

Exhibition view: Alia Ali, Frequencies, Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt (4 November–16 December 2023). Courtesy Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt.

Exhibition view: Alia Ali, Frequencies, Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt (4 November–16 December 2023). Courtesy Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt.

Exhibition view: Alia Ali, Frequencies, Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt (4 November–16 December 2023). Courtesy Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt.

Exhibition view: Alia Ali, Frequencies, Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt (4 November–16 December 2023). Courtesy Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt.

Exhibition view: Alia Ali, Frequencies, Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt (4 November–16 December 2023). Courtesy Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt.

Exhibition view: Alia Ali, Frequencies, Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt (4 November–16 December 2023). Courtesy Galerie—Peter—Sillem, Frankfurt.

Selected Works

Stranded in a Sea of Eye Popping Poppies by Alia Ali contemporary artwork print

Alia Ali Stranded in a Sea of Eye Popping Poppies, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
167.5 x 117 x 7.5 cm
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Posing in Pop by Alia Ali contemporary artwork print textile

Alia Ali Posing in Pop, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
167.5 x 117 x 7.5 cm
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Drown in my Eyes of Poppy Fields by Alia Ali contemporary artwork print textile

Alia Ali Drown in my Eyes of Poppy Fields, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
167.5 x 117 x 7.5 cm
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Inspiral by Alia Ali contemporary artwork mixed media photography print textile works on paper

Alia Ali Inspiral, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
113 x 90 x 7.5 cm
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Long by Alia Ali contemporary artwork mixed media photography print textile works on paper

Alia Ali Long, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
185 x 82.5 x 7.5 cm
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Collar Up by Alia Ali contemporary artwork print textile

Alia Ali Collar Up, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
168 x 82.5 x 7.5 cm
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Dreamer by Alia Ali contemporary artwork print textile

Alia Ali Dreamer, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
117 x 168 x 7.5 cm
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Serpentine by Alia Ali contemporary artwork print textile

Alia Ali Serpentine, 2023 Pigment Print on Canson Photo Rag, mounted, framed with Rajasthani handprinted cotton
168 x 82.5 x 7.5 cm
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Strike by Alia Ali contemporary artwork mixed media photography print textile works on paper

Alia Ali Strike, 2023 Pigment Print, mounted, framed with handprinted cotton from Rajasthani
53 x 86.5 x 7.5 cm
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Slate Hand by Alia Ali contemporary artwork print textile

Alia Ali Slate Hand, 2023 Pigment Print, mounted, framed with handprinted cotton from Rajasthani
53 x 86.5 x 7.5 cm
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Maryam 5023 by Alia Ali contemporary artwork sculpture

Alia Ali Maryam, 5023 Afghani Electric Blue Lapis Lazuli, hand carved by master carvers in Jaipur
36 x 20 x 20 cm
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Incense Burner 5023 by Alia Ali contemporary artwork sculpture

Alia Ali Incense Burner, 5023 Afghani Electric Blue Lapis Lazuli, hand carved by master carvers in Jaipur, Rajasthan
18 x 18 x 18 cm
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Belquis 5023 by Alia Ali contemporary artwork sculpture

Alia Ali Belquis, 5023 Afghani Electric Blue Lapis Lazuli, hand carved by master carvers in Jaipur
20 x 20 x 5 cm
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About the Artist

Alia Ali (Austria, 1985) is a Yemeni-Bosnian-American multi-media artist. Having traveled to sixty-three countries, lived in seven and grown up among five languages, her most comfortable mode of communication is through image and multi-sensory mediums. Her extensive travels have led her to process the world through interactive experiences. As a child of two linguists, Alia believes that the interpretation of verbal and written language has dis-served particular communities and presents more of a threat than a means of understanding.  

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Founded in 2017 the Frankfurt-based Galerie—Peter—Sillem focuses on contemporary international photography, exhibiting both emerging and well-established artists from all around the globe. The gallery—a member of the Association of German Galleries and Fine Art Dealers (BVDG)—also performs an advisory role for private and corporate photography collections.

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