Fatma Abdulhadi
Fatma Abdulhadi’s installation What Remains… Stay as Long as You Can includes printed mesh panels and basil plants. It creates a quiet, garden-like space filled with an atmosphere full of fragrance, shade, and silence.
The basil reminds her of family rituals passed down from her mother. Visitors are invited to pause and remember. The work tries to preserve what is fading: the smell of basil, lost memories, and inner emotions.
Abdulhadi creates her own printing colors with pigments from plants and natural materials. With her drawings and printing technique on silk, she tells stories rooted in memory and emotion that reflect on care and connection.
What Remains… Stay as Long as You Can, 2025, Silkscreen print on transparent mesh, steel suspension structure, basil, Dimensions variable, Courtesy of the artist. Commissioned by Taipei Biennial 2025. The work was originally presented in the Islamic Arts Biennale 2025. This work has been made possible with the generous support of Diriyah Biennale Foundation.
