Ali Cherri at Art Basel Qatar

• Almine Rech PRESENTS Ali Cherri at Art Basel Qatar​
  ART BASEL QATAR
   Venue M7: Msheireb Downtown Doha, QatarART BASEL QATAR
  SOLO PRESENTATION BY ALI CHERRIBooth M102Through February 7
  Almine Rech presents 'Becoming Animal' by Ali Cherri.
  The Lebanese artist has assembled a body of work that explores the blurry lines between humanity and animality, engaging with the idea of what it means to "become animal." Drawing from philosophy, Cherri blends myth, sculpture, and symbolism to challenge how we see ourselves in relation to animals. His poetic works evoke vulnerability, instability, and interconnectedness.
  
  Explore FurtherAli CherriTHE SUMMONER (GRAFTING), 2026Bust in sculpted sandstone, Ayutthaya, 16th-17th century
  Stone fountain head, concrete, steel, and acrylic – Unique
  72 x 34 x 28 cm, 28 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 11 in
  Inquire hereAli CherriDO I BELONG, 2026Watercolor on paper – Unique
  45.3 x 35.5 x 4 cm, 18 x 14 x 1 1/2 in (each, framed)
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  Venue M7: Booth M102
  
  
  ABOUT THE ARTIST
   ALI CHERRI
  Exploring different geographies of violence in his native Lebanon but also in the broader region, Ali Cherri (b. 1976, Beirut) is a Paris-based artist with two decades of artistic practice spanning across film, performance, sculpture – in clay and bronze –, drawing, and installations, interrogating the ways in which political violence disseminates into people's bodies and the physical and cultural landscape.
  
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  ON VIEW IN NEW YORK
   Almine Rech New York, TribecaLAST WATCH BEFORE DAWNThrough February 28
  The exhibition unfolds as a meditation on fragile bodies caught within immovable systems – where watchfulness corrodes into exhaustion, and history reveals itself not as past tense, but as an unrelenting present.
  – Terence Trouillot, senior editor of Frieze
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  Images: 1. Excerpt from video by Sunny Dave. 2. Ali Cherri, THE SUMMONER (GRAFTING), 2026 – Bust in sculpted sandstone, Ayutthaya, 16th-17th century – Stone fountain head, concrete, steel, and acrylic – Unique – 72 x 34 x 28 cm, 28 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 11 in – Photo: Nicolas Brasseur. 3. Ali Cherri, Do I Belong, 2026 – Watercolor on paper – Unique – 45.3 x 35.5 x 4 cm, 18 x 14 x 1 1/2 in (each, framed) – Photo: Nicolas Brasseur. 4. Fair floor plan. 5. Portrait of Ali Cherri, 2024 – Photo: Dmitry Kostyukov. 6. Installation view of Ali Cherri's solo exhibition 'Last Watch Before Dawn,' on view at Almine Rech New York, Tribeca from January 16 to February 28, 2026 – Photo: Dan Bradica.
  2026. © Ali Cherri. Courtesy of the Artist and Almine Rech.
  
   
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