The V&A and Art Jameel have announced further exhibition details of the shortlisted projects for the 7th edition of the Jameel Prize, the V&A’s international award for contemporary art and design inspired by Islamic tradition. The triennial competition, founded in 2009 and worth £25,000, focuses this year on moving image and digital media.
The shortlisted artists for Jameel Prize: Moving Images are Sadik Kwaish Alfraji, Jawa El Khash, Alia Farid, Zahra Malkani, Khandakar Ohida, Marrim Akashi Sani, and Rami Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian (as a collective). All of the artists engage with aspects of Islamic culture, society and ideas, and their relevance to contemporary life. The winner of the Prize will be announced on 27th November 2024, after which an exhibition of the finalists’ work will be displayed at the V&A South Kensington opening on 30th November 2024 and running until 16th March 2025.
About the exhibition
Spanning film, sculpture, photography, installation, sound, performance, and VR, the finalists’ works engage with issues relating to water, ecology, landscape, and spirituality, and the ways in which extractive industries and political dynamics shape the environmental and social fabric of the Middle East and South Asia. The artists address how history is written – examining the making of monuments and their deconstruction through acts of iconoclasm, and the forging of alternative approaches to museums and collections. Many works offer personal testaments to community, resilience, and connection, with hand-drawn animation and photography used for powerful storytelling.
Press release from Art Jameel
Image: Sadik Kwaish Alfraji. A Thread of Light Between My Mother’s Fingers and Heaven. 2023. Video. Image courtesy of the artist
