Phil Akashi at the Museum of Modern Art of Algiers

Former artist-in-residence Phil Akashi is currently participating to an exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art of Algiers (MAMA).

Al-Tiba9 hosts its 7th edition show in Algiers by a shared interest in the importance of the intersections between the Arab world and the western in the field of visual arts, performance and fashion design. The exhibition features 23 internationally established artists and art studios with works on the theme of light as manifestation of energy, paradox and the reconciliation of opposites. It also features selected emerging artists to introduce them to a wider global art scene around the world.

In the artwork from his Transgression series the artist incorporates multiple layers of languages* from East and West and uses light as a manifestation of spiritual energy. The compositions of Arabic, Chinese and English characters and hues of the artwork are revealed in the presence of ultraviolet light.
 

By doing so, he engages his audience with a reflection on unlimited tolerance, open-mindedness and positive reasoning. Between visible and invisible, between light and shadow, a new, expanded idea of calligraphy takes shape.

Exhibition: September 14 to Oktober 6, 2019

Venue: MAMA Modern Art Museum of Algiers, 25 Rue Larbi Ben M'hidi, Alger Ctre 16002, Algeria