Sharjah Art Foundation presents Body Quotidian, a new exhibition bringing together works by Laila Majid and Inaam Zafar, exploring the human body and its presence in contemporary life through metaphor, material and symbolism. The exhibition runs from 13 June to 20 September 2026 at Gallery 6, Al Mureijah Square, Sharjah.
Majid’s works unfold through quiet acts of perception. In Steam 07 (2026), a misted bathroom mirror becomes both surface and image, where reflection, light and the viewer merge into an ambiguous domestic moment. Her sculptural series Blinds (2026) continues this focus, with latex forms casting a warm, bodily light that recalls partitions within intimate interiors. In Chaser (2025–ongoing), playful sculptures made from faux fur, feathers and tinsel evoke movement, desire and instinct, drawing from the language of cat toys.
Zafar’s practice turns toward absence, decay and transformation. Works such as Mourners (2026) suggest bowed, gathered forms in collective grief, suspended between figuration and abstraction. Elsewhere, familiar objects shift into uncanny readings: a street lamp becomes lunar in Bent Moon (2025), while To See and Not See (2025) reveals shifting readings between object, face and symbol.
Together, the two practices explore how light, material and gesture shape bodily experience, revealing the quiet, everyday moments through which we see and inhabit the world. Esquire Weekly highlighted choice.
