Beyond All Measures

Shaikha Al Mazrou’s Beyond All Measures (2023) is a newly-commissioned wall piece that explores color theory and materials through the process of metal oxidation. Using this technique on brass sheets, Al Mazrou has created a gradient of colors reminiscent of those seen on a horizon, inviting the viewer to contemplate the line at which the earth’s surface and the sky appear to meet.

Traditionally associated with landscape painting, the horizon, the artist explains, might be interpreted metaphorically as a boundary or a threshold, a point where different realities intersect. It can also symbolize the confines of our perception and the ways in which our understanding is shaped by external forces.