Conceptual Saudi art comes to Britain – in pictures

Ahmed Mater's Evolution of Man (Lightbox, 2010) links Saudi Arabia's oil wealth to the rise of extremism.
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Attar (2012) by Abdullah Mohammed Alshehri, a young Saudi street artist based in Riyadh.
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Ahmed Mater's Artificial Light/Desert of Pharan (2012) shows how the glitzy redevelopment of Mecca has obscured its holy shrines.
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Resistance (2011) by Faisal Samra, a Bahrain-born Saudi artist who critiques mass media, advertising and political propaganda.
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Ahmed Mater's The Cowboy Code is made from thousands of toy plastic gun caps. It compares two codes of ethics, one from the Wild West, the other from the Islamic code.
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Illumination XV & XVI (2011). Ahmed Mater's Illumination series combines x-rays with the the decorative art of Islamic manuscripts.
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Abdulnasser Gharem's installation Message/Messenger (2010) questions the impact of Islam on the Middle East peace process.
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Street artist Sarah al-Abdali's Makkah stencil graffiti (2012) criticises the commercial redevelopment of Mecca.
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Manal al-Dowayan's series If I Forget You Don't Forget Me is an attempt to reconstruct memories of her father's generation, who worked in the Saudi oil industry.
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Maha Malluh's work explores the challenges of modernity facing Saudi Arabia, as in this piece, Food for Thought.
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Hala Ali and Lantian Xie's Approximate Feast (2012) is an interactive video that transforms when the viewer approaches.
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The Message by Ayman Yossri Daydban (2012) is based on story of the migration of Muslims from Mecca to Abyssinia.
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