Alia Farid

In Lieu of What Is

Installation view, Alia Farid, In Lieu of What Is, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Alia Farid, In Lieu of What Is, view f. l. t. r. on Jug/Pitcher, Water Bottle, Juglet, Jerrican, Lota, all 2022, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Alia Farid, In Lieu of What Is, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Alia Farid, In Lieu of What Is, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Installation view, Alia Farid, In Lieu of What Is, view f. l. t. r. on Lota, Jerrican, Juglet, Water Bottle, Jug/Pitcher, all 2022, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel
Installation view, Alia Farid, In Lieu of What Is, view on Pipeline sling tapestry, 2022, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Photo: Philipp Hänger / Kunsthalle Basel

Exhibition poster for In Lieu Of What Is by Alia Farid, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Design: Studio Diadem

Exhibition poster for In Lieu Of What Is by Alia Farid, Kunsthalle Basel, 2022. Design: Studio Diadem

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Alia Farid (* 1985) contemplates colonial histories, cultural rituals, and the social dimension of architecture. For her first institutional presentation in Switzerland, the Kuwaiti Puerto Rican artist crafts a monumental installation of new work, bringing disparate sites in relation to each other so as to imagine a transregionalism that belies national boundaries drawn on land.

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