📍OPEN STUDIO SOPHIA BSIRI We are delighted to present the work of the early career Tunisian artist Sophia Bsiri, a culmination of her research at our Artist Residency Program at L'Atelier Selma Feriani Gallery. As she started experimenting in the atelier, her research focused primarily on barbed wire and its origins; coming from an organic and natural root that over the years took the symbol of oppression of massive security in the streets. With an affinity for sharp and bulky materials, she turns nails, the sharp tool intended to hang or to carry a form, into its own subject as if it’s a dot or line on a drawing. Bsiri reflects on analog photography, the density of colours, lights and shadows through her paintings which combine both charcoal drawing and spray paint. She navigates between these classical assets by combining them with her new research, exploring the potential of the materiality and omits in defining raw tools for her work. 🗓OPENING Friday 4 November at 5pm 📣Visit us through Monday 7 November 📍L’Atelier Selma Feriani Gallery, Bhar Lazreg 🔗Link in bio for exact location