Tarek Al-Ghoussein's "Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Salaha Gassar)", part of his Odysseus project to document Abu Dhabi's 215 islands. Here he stands amid nesting cormorants. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Kuwaiti-Palestinian artist Tarek Al-Ghoussein, who has died at the age of 60 in New York, in Abu Dhabi's Warehouse 421 in November 2018. Reem Mohammed / The National
Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Hami Roha Gassar), 2016. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's Abu Dhabi Archipelago – Island Making (2015), shown at the MEI Art Gallery in Washington. Photo: MEI Gallery
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Abu Dhabi Archipelago, (Marawah), 2015. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Abu Dhabi), 2018. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Abu Dhabi Archipelago, (Ramhan), 2015. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's 'Odysseus' series featured in a 2021 exhibition, 'Between the Sky and the Earth: Contemporary Art from the UAE', in Washington DC. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al Ghoussein, '(In)Beautification-No.2581' (2012). Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line, Dubai
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Al Sawaber 5003_2015-2017_Digital print_21 x 28 cm. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line
Untitled 4, 2009, From the D II series, Inkjet Print. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line and Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
Tarek Al-Ghoussein photographed Abu Dhabi's islands for his Odysseus project. This is Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Al Alia) – the first photograph he shot in five months due to the Covid pandemic. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein said this is one of his favourite images from his series K Files 735, 2013, which was shown at the Kuwait Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Gassar 2). Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's K Files consists of eight photographs he shot himself inside the stock market, a dilapidated palace, a football field, an old school and beside Kuwait's first oil well with the famous water towers spiking the horizon in the distance. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line
Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Al Habel Al Abyad). Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's "Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Salaha Gassar)", part of his Odysseus project to document Abu Dhabi's 215 islands. Here he stands amid nesting cormorants. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Kuwaiti-Palestinian artist Tarek Al-Ghoussein, who has died at the age of 60 in New York, in Abu Dhabi's Warehouse 421 in November 2018. Reem Mohammed / The National
Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Hami Roha Gassar), 2016. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's Abu Dhabi Archipelago – Island Making (2015), shown at the MEI Art Gallery in Washington. Photo: MEI Gallery
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Abu Dhabi Archipelago, (Marawah), 2015. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Abu Dhabi), 2018. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Abu Dhabi Archipelago, (Ramhan), 2015. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's 'Odysseus' series featured in a 2021 exhibition, 'Between the Sky and the Earth: Contemporary Art from the UAE', in Washington DC. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al Ghoussein, '(In)Beautification-No.2581' (2012). Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line, Dubai
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Al Sawaber 5003_2015-2017_Digital print_21 x 28 cm. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line
Untitled 4, 2009, From the D II series, Inkjet Print. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line and Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York
Tarek Al-Ghoussein photographed Abu Dhabi's islands for his Odysseus project. This is Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Al Alia) – the first photograph he shot in five months due to the Covid pandemic. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein said this is one of his favourite images from his series K Files 735, 2013, which was shown at the Kuwait Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2013. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line
Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Gassar 2). Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's K Files consists of eight photographs he shot himself inside the stock market, a dilapidated palace, a football field, an old school and beside Kuwait's first oil well with the famous water towers spiking the horizon in the distance. Photo: courtesy the artist and The Third Line
Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Al Habel Al Abyad). Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Tarek Al-Ghoussein's "Abu Dhabi Archipelago (Salaha Gassar)", part of his Odysseus project to document Abu Dhabi's 215 islands. Here he stands amid nesting cormorants. Photo: Tarek Al-Ghoussein
