• Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim
  • Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim

3.13 | Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim

March 18th 2013

Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim uses unconventional found materials from his native Khorfakkan to create enigmatic sculptures of undefined forms. The sculptures reinforce his fascination with the prehistoric, in addition to shedding light on the contemporary disconnect from nature. The artist uses materials such as clay, leaves and wood, whichperhaps ought to be regarded as simple and unglamorous. Yet the increased urbanization in the UAE gives these banal items a transformative impact, paradoxically making them appear lofty and rarefied. The sculptures seem organic, as though they were natural forms that he has illuminated, rather than created. Indiscernible, they carry vague impressions of recognizable objects – bird feeders, fishing traps, totemic monuments, even limbs. The seemingly weighty and imposing constructions are in fact fragile and ephemeral, susceptible to wear and weathering. They elegantly capture the reciprocity of human intervention on nature, and nature’s intervention to disrupt human creation.