GCC artists explore Ramadan during COVID-19

GCC artists explore Ramadan during COVID-19

BENGALURU: In Omani artist Mahmood Al-Zadjali's latest artwork "More Precious Than Gold,“ he photographs a woman eating a samboosa. Viewers may overlook the mundane act of eating and choose instead to focus on the aesthetic of the woman being photographed.

"During Ramadan, food turns into an obsession. Refraining from it during the day turns it into a desire,“ writes Al-Zadjali on his Instagram account. He goes on to explain that, since people rarely make traditional Ramadan fare like luqaimat and samboosa through the rest of the year, come the holy month these delicacies are regarded as "more precious than gold.“

Bahraini artist Essa Hujeiry combines photography and digital work. (Supplied)

Al-Zadjali's tongue-in-cheek photograph was part of last year's online art exhibition "Ramadan in Quarantine,“ hosted by the Khaleeji Art Museum (KAM), the region's first digital art museum dedicated to showcasing the work of emerging artists in the region.

Since its launch on International Museum Day last year, KAM has held three online group exhibitions “” "Khaleejis In The Time of Corona,“ "Ramadan in Quarantine,“ and "Art for Change“ “” and hosted two solo digital shows.

KAM's founders, Emirati sisters Manar and Sharifah Al-Hinai, are also the team behind Sekka Magazine, an online arts and culture