Art Basel Qatar 2026: Qatar

For the inaugural Art Basel Qatar, we present 'Fractured Moment' by Rashid Rana. The work serves the illusion of a frozen moment by presenting a sequence of static images drawn from CCTV footage, produced on wallpaper, of a night sky in Gaza. Influenced by Kazimir Malevich's 'Black Square', he recomposes the idea, mounting the images on an expansive, immersive scale engulfing the viewer's field of vision. Recording time precisely as it unfolds: the sombre night sky is lit up by intermittent bursts of air strikes which leave behind a sea of darkness in their wake. While apparently motionless, the atmosphere is continuously reconfiguring itself as the camera captures each moment. Overwhelmed by an asymmetric war, the inky, canopy devoid of stars bears testimony to lost hopes, buried dreams of an oppressed people.