A Monograph on the
Public Art & Spatial Poetics of
Rashid Al Khalifa — Volume I

Public Art & Spatial Poetics Volume 1 marks a key stage in Rashid Al Khalifa’s transition from painting toward spatial exploration.

The works presented here extend beyond the flat surface, introducing convex forms that engage light, reflection, and the surrounding environment. Geometry becomes a central language, structuring compositions that shift with the viewer’s position and movement.

Through controlled colour, surface tension, and subtle optical effects, the works establish a dialogue between presence and perception. The circle, often embedded within the square, emerges as a recurring motif, suggesting both containment and expansion.

This volume captures an early moment in the artist’s move toward dimensionality, where the painting begins to operate as an object. It lays the foundation for subsequent developments in which space, structure, and viewer interaction become integral to the work.  

ArtBahrain 2026

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A Monograph on the
Public Art & Spatial Poetics of
Rashid Al Khalifa — Volume II

Public Art & Spatial Poetics Volume II advances Rashid Al Khalifa’s exploration of space into fully realized structural and environmental forms. Building on earlier convex works, the practice shifts toward parametric systems, where geometry is constructed rather than depicted. Modular aluminium elements generate layered compositions that interact dynamically with light, colour, and shadow.

In these works, structure becomes fluid, producing changing visual fields that respond to movement and perspective. The viewer is no longer external but enters into a spatial dialogue with the work, experiencing it as an environment rather than an object.

This volume reflects a mature phase in the artist’s development, where form, material, and perception converge. It situates his practice within a broader investigation of space as an active and immersive condition, extending the language of painting into architecture and experiential form.

ArtBahrain 2026

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Rashid Al Khalifa.
Full Circle

Full Circle brings together key works by Rashid Al Khalifa, reflecting a moment of return and consolidation within his artistic practice.

The publication revisits recurring motifs, particularly the circle, which operates as both form and concept across different phases of his work.

Here, the circle is no longer only embedded within the composition but emerges as a defining structural and spatial element. Through refined materials, controlled surfaces, and precise geometry, the works articulate a dialogue between presence and absence, interior and exterior.

This volume situates itself within the continuity of the artist’s development, where earlier explorations are revisited and redefined. Rather than repetition, it presents a process of refinement, bringing past and present into alignment.

As part of the archive, Full Circle marks a point of reflection, resolution, and ongoing transformation.

Rizzoli, New York, 2020

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