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The Cheating Hand of Randomness takes as its thematic thread the common methodological approaches of the featured artists, whose practices involve varied iterations of spontaneous gathering, and deliberate assembly. A preoccupation with vast landscapes devoid of human inhabitants further connects the artworks, which seemingly reflect a post-anthropocene world, at times brooding and melancholic, at others playful and serene.

In a series of ten new, small-scale acrylic on canvas paintings, Tamara Al Samerraei engages in a minimalist rendering of alien landscapes. Vast vistas display opaque …