Solo show
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Farah Al Qasimi: TAILSPIN
30 Jan 2027 — 1 Aug 2027 at Whitney Museum of American Art
· New York
Farah Al Qasimi: TAILSPIN takes its title from the featured video work, TAILSPIN. Filmed in between Michigan, West Texas, and the East Coast, the work traces the long-standing relationship between American industry, oil, car culture, and Arab immigration. Told from the perspective of a jinn, or spirit, the work combines fictionalized storytelling, documentary-style footage, and real testimony to explore the complexities of identity-building in post-9/11 America. The film unfolds through auto shops, living rooms, restaurants, and the swamplands of the Rouge River, revealing layered histories of migration, industry, community, and belonging. Farah Al Qasimi: TAILSPIN is organized by Drew Sawyer, Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography, and Kelly Long, Assistant Curator.
About the artist
Farah Al Qasimi
1991
Farah Al Qasimi is a photographer from the United Arab Emirates and Lebanon, living in Brooklyn, New York.
About the artist →About the venue
Whitney Museum of American Art
· New York
The Whitney Museum of American Art is a modern and contemporary American art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The institution was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a prominent American socialite…
