25/08/2026
“Issa has described the question as a medium: a material as tangible as wood, metal or photography. Once posed, it is put to the test. It may change shape, even begin to undermine the assumptions that made it possible in the first place. What at first appears to be a game of identification gradually reveals itself to be something else: an invitation to take a stance. Another posture.”
Words by Laura Vallés Vílchez (). Read the full essay on Issa’s upcoming solo exhibition, ‘A Game, or So You May Think’, now available on our website.
Iman Issa’s exhibition opens during APERTURA, Gallery Weekend Madrid (Arte Madrid), on Thursday, 10 September, from 1:30–10 pm, at carlier | gebauer, Madrid.
Shown: Iman Issa, Animal Masks for Tribunal Scene, details, 2022
from the series Surrogates, variable dimensions. Photo © Andrea Rossetti