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A glitched green sculptural figure beside a weathered skull form in the exhibition

2025 · Talal Al Najjar and Salem Al Suwaidi

Mesh & Mayhem: 35mm Photo Album

Mesh and Mayhem lived in the digital — meshes, simulations, surfaces multiplying without end. We chose to remember it on film. Shot on analogue, grain against pixel, these frames hold the exhibition the way memory does: imperfect, slowed down, already becoming something else.

Mesh & MayhemOpening Night35mm

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Gallery visitors, including one in a bright green sculptural costume, talking beside paintings and a wall-sized photographic mural
Talal Al Najjar and Salem Al Suwaidi posing together in front of one of the exhibited paintings
An artist kneeling on a dark studio floor surrounded by printed photographs, a glue gun, and a paint-splattered canvas
Guests mingling at the Mesh & Mayhem opening, with a large green sculptural figure in the foreground
Two guests posing together at the opening, one in a printed halter top and blue trousers
Two guests laughing in front of the exhibition's wall text, one wearing a checkered keffiyeh-style headscarf
Two guests raising wine glasses in front of the exhibition wall text crediting Salem AlSuwaidi and Talal Al Najjar
Guests laughing and chatting around the DJ booth
Close-up of the DJ's hands adjusting a Pioneer DJ mixer
A guest in a keffiyeh laughing with others in front of the exhibition wall text and framed artworks
Three guests talking outside at night, with DIFC's lit storefronts in the background
Three men posing together for a portrait indoors
Two guests posing close together for a photo
A guest photographing a display case of small sculptures in a dark gallery corner hung with paintings
A group of four guests posing together outside at night near illuminated signage
The DJ, headphones around her neck, sitting with a guest in glasses in front of the exhibition wall text
Guests petting a small white dog at the party
A group of guests smiling and holding drinks in a hallway
Two guests smiling for a photo at night, with the Nahaté restaurant sign lit up behind them
A guest in a keffiyeh giving a peace sign in front of a large sculptural skull
Two guests posing with arms around each other, lit by camera flash
Two seated guests, one wearing tinted glasses, looking at the camera
Three guests posing together in the gallery, with a sculptural skull visible behind them
Guests laughing and reaching out to high-five in front of the exhibition wall text
Three guests posing beside the wall text about artist Talal Al Najjar
A gallery room with paintings on the walls and a glowing green sculptural figure displayed on illuminated pedestals
An artist arranging printed photographs and a yellow-painted canvas on a studio floor
Two guests laughing together outside at night
Three guests posing in front of a large sculptural skull and a row of small running figurines in a red display case
Guests gathered in a hallway beside a tall totem-like sculpture
The DJ smiling over her shoulder at the decks, headphones around her neck
A guest laughing and posing with hands raised on a staircase
Four guests posing together in front of small alien-like sculptural figures mounted on the wall
A crowded gallery room with guests talking beneath a large sculptural skull