TARIK AHLIP

INSCRIPTIONS

March 20 - April 18, 2026

Inscriptions is part of an ongoing research trajectory shaped by Ahlip’s study of West Asian political history in the post Ottoman era. The works emerge from a sustained engagement with historical revisionism, particularly the ways narratives are constructed, contested and reinscribed over time.

Influenced by historian Abdel Razzaq Takriti, Ahlip considers revisionism not as distortion but as a necessary act, one that reveals how histories are shaped through editorial force, especially in moments of conflict where propaganda and power intersect.

Materially, the works operate as formal and archival experiments. Using plaster, a material often associated with non structural architectural surfaces, Ahlip evokes the fragility and erosion of cultural and civic forms. Through an abbreviated architectural language, these works function as symbolic fragments, pointing to histories of interrupted and unresolved projects of self determination.

The title ‘Inscriptions’ reflects this process as an ongoing act of reinscribing overlooked perspectives into the fabric of historical understanding.