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With a touch of mysticism, humor and absurdity, Khalaf’s work honors nature while simultaneously examining our modern (estranged and absurd) relationship to it. Nature has evolved with fire as an essential force in the vitality and renewal of habitats. Fire reinvigorates the soil and offers a kind of rebirth in the growth of vibrant new life. Using fire as her natural, metamorphic element, Khalaf’s work extends beyond annihilation into the generative and transformative possibilities offered by fire. Together, the works emerge and exist as the genesis after the burn.

Born and raised in Iraq …