Opening of the second gallery space in Paris

We are happy to announce the opening of the second gallery space in Paris in vibrant Komunuma Art District with the solo show ‘Sour Things’ by Mirna Bamieh.

 

Mirna Bamieh inaugurates NIKA Project Space in Paris with a timely presentation of new and recent works from her Sour Things series. Renowned for her socially engaged work, Bamieh is the founder of the Palestine Hosting Society, a live art project and platform she established in 2018 to preserve Palestinian recipes on the verge of disappearing.

 

In the upcoming exhibition, titled Sour Things, Bamieh explores the politics of disappearance and memory through recent works, including The Pantry (2024), a co-commission between NIKA Project Space and the Het Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands. In the installation, Bamieh uses fermentation to reflect on displacement, uprooting, and the loss of space. She creates a liminal space where preservation is possible but fermentation is not, symbolizing both internal and physical dislocation.

 

Image: Komunuma, Paris. Photo by Manuel Abella. Courtesy of Komunuma