Hakim Sweets
16.250 QAR
Artist Name: Salma Al Naemi
Dimensions: 80 x 90 cm
Mediums Used: Acrylic on Canvas
Frame: No Frame
This artwork captures Hakim Sweets in Souq Waqif as a symbol of living heritage and collective memory. By assembling multiple photographic perspectives into a single composition and reinterpreting them through acrylic painting, the artist transforms a familiar commercial space into a layered visual narrative. The overlapping angles reflect the rhythm of daily life in the souq movement, repetition, and continuity while emphasizing the shop as a cultural landmark rather than a single moment in time. The work explores how places of everyday exchange become repositories of memory, tradition, and identity, preserving the spirit of the market through a contemporary artistic lens.
Artist Biography
is a Qatari visual artist whose practice explores the emotional and perceptual dimensions of abstraction. Working across painting, mixed media, ceramics, and sculptural surfaces, Alnaemi moves fluidly between abstraction, pop art, surrealism, and figurative elements, using each medium as a distinct language for expression. Her artistic journey began through daily, intuitive practice and evolved into a sustained exploration of color, form, and inner experience. Drawing inspiration from nature, human emotion, and fleeting moments of everyday life, her work seeks to reveal what lies beneath surface appearances memory, sensation, and psychological rhythm. Alnaemi has participated in exhibitions at Qatar University and Katara Cultural Village and is currently expanding her practice through exhibitions and collaborations facilitated by WEYA Art and MO Gallery. Alongside her studio work, she is engaged in art education, viewing artistic practice as both a personal inquiry and a shared cultural dialogue.
