LONDON – Christie’s fine art and luxury auction house unveils highlights from the forthcoming
mid-career retrospective of leading Saudi contemporary artist Ahmed Mater, taking place at
Christie’s headquarters in London from 17 July – 22 August. Featuring more than 100 works
spanning paintings, drawings, photography, sculpture, video, and installation from his artistic
career to date, Ahmed Mater: Chronicles represents an odyssey into the artist’s visionary
practice.
Curated by Dr Ridha Moumni, Chairman, Christie’s Middle East and Africa, the exhibition will
highlight the major milestones of Mater’s career, from unseen early abstract paintings, to the
celebrated Illumination series, as well as pivotal works from the Desert of Pharan project. The
artist’s site-specific commission, for Wadi AlFann, AlUla, will take centre stage with sculptures
and studies related to the Ashab Al-Lal project, alongside new works such as Magnetism
Book, presented to the public for the first time.
Magnetism Book a new work from the artist’s ‘Magnetism’ series revealed for the first time.
Executed in 2024.