Bonnefanten Museum | Maastricht

Mounira Al Solh: A land as big as her skin | 07.06.2025 – 11.01.2026

Mit A land as big as her skin widmet das Bonnefanten Museum der libanesisch-niederländischen KünstlerinMounira Al Solh (*1978, Beirut) ihre erste umfassende Einzelausstellung. In ihren Arbeiten verknüpft sie zentrale Themen unserer Zeit – Feminismus, erzwungene Migration, Trauma, kulturelle Identität und Erinnerung – miteinem ebenso kraftvollen wie verspielten künstlerischen Ausdruck. Internationale Aufmerksamkeit erlangte Al Solhmit ihrem Beitrag zum libanesischen Pavillon auf der Biennale von Venedig 2024 sowie bei Artes Mundi 2023in Cardiff. Ihre Werke sind dringliche, gesellschaftlich relevante Auseinandersetzungen und machen Erfahrungensichtbar, die selten im Zentrum stehen.

Bonnefanten Museum | Maastricht

Mounira Al Solh: A land as big as her skin | 07.06.2025 – 11.01.2026

The Bonnefanten presents recent and new works by this versatile Lebanese-Dutch artist, who is gaining international attention. The exhibition includes her acclaimed contribution to the Lebanese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale (2024) and part of her work for the Artes Mundi Prize in Cardiff (2023). Among these installations, paintings, sculptures, and textile works flow, swirl, and move from one room to another. For this mid-career exhibition, Al Solh is creating several large new works. The exhibition reflects on a world where power abuse and oppression leave deep marks. Al Solh explores themes such as identity, migration, trauma, and inequality, influenced by factors like gender, origin, and social class.

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Mounira Al Solh, A Dance with her Myth, 2024, Collection Bonnefanten. Photo Federico Vespignani © LVAA
Mounira Al Solh, Silicone, Poppies and a Couple of Invisible Deffs, 2022, Collection Bonnefanten, acquired with the support of the VriendenLoterij. Photo Peter Cox
Mounira Al Solh, Passion Teapots and the Birth of Al Hamza, On Fire, 2019, Collection Bonnefanten, acquired with the support of the VriendenLoterij. Photo Peter Cox