Part of Alserkal Art Week: A Wild Stitch
In the work of Majd Abdel Hamid, embroidery is an act of thinking. A relentless process that initially chased perfection but, over time, tempered into something more fluid, more accepting of unravelling. A practice that is still compulsive but that now resists the limitations of finality.
Over the last decade, Majd has sustained an ongoing habit of white-on-white embroidery. These works, a small selection of which surface in On White, trace a journey spanning more than a hundred pieces, each the result of long hours of meticulous labour.
Though not conceived as a single body of work, these fragments exist apart from Majd’s more visual imagery, which has included forms, figures, personal and political motifs. While intrinsically tied to him, these elements are absent from the non-representational white-on-white works, making this body a distinct and separate archive of his imagination. Shown together for the first time, they catalogue the minimal imprint of hands releasing energy into being.