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In celebration of the holy month of Ramadan, Katara Cultural Village Foundation is proud to present a group show exhibition of artists whose works explore notions of their faith. In keeping with a month that promotes deeper contemplation, cleansing and new beginnings, “Show of Faith” seeks to stimulate the spirit and also to raise questions of whether being brought up and living either within or in close proximity to the seat of Islam, Makkah and Medinah may affect the spiritual essence of the artists’ work, whether as worshippers themselves, or as witnesses to the millions of worshippers that flood in each year from all the around the world. Through his series Ihramat, Ayman Yossri explores the concept brotherhood, equality and individuality using the context of Hajj as a metaphor for life. Young Saudi artist Basmah Felemban’s Jeem stems from being in a country whose Wahhabi Islamic traditions promote ritual and daily practice, her artwork reveals a deeper mystical contemplation of the hidden aspects of the religion. Ibrahim Abumsmar’s Blackstone is a work whose concept is drawn from historical hadith, as a reminder of how to apply lessons from these stories to our daily life today. Upcoming artist Musaed Al Hulis’s The Sleep of the Wicked is a dark caution against corruption and immorality, prompting the viewer to always heed the consequences of their actions, and reminding one that life is ephemeral and that our deeds define our future in the unknown hereafter.