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Opening today, the comprehensive retrospective is a global first for the leading contemporary artist Ahmed Mater Photograph of Ahmed Mater ©Ela Bialkowska. Courtesy of Ahmed Mater and GalleriaConƟnua. Pictured in front of ‘Tesla Coil’ executed in 2017 © Courtesy of Ahmed Mater Known for his bold documentation of Saudi Arabia’s rapidly evolving social, economic, political, and religious dynamics, artist Ahmed Mater is not one to shy away from complexity.

With his art functioning as a vehicle for communication, Mater has used photography, film, sculpture, and performance to map out the Kingdom’s cultural changes and their resulting impact on its communities, establishing himself as an influential creative voice addressing these transformations for a global audience. Today, that multifaceted visionary practice finds a home at Christie’s London, where an exhibition titled Ahmed Mater: Chronicles has been unveiled with more than 100 of his works on display until August 22. “It is especially poignant for me to exhibit in London,” the artist said in a statement, pointing out that nearly 20 years have gone by since he first presented his work outside Saudi Arabia at the British Museum in 2005.



Never before has there been a mid-career retrospective of this kind dedicated to the physician-turned-creative either. Major milestones from the past decade now on view include his unseen early abstract painting, pieces from his celebrated Illumination series which bridges the .

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