Meditation Room
Like many of Mohammed Sami's works, Meditation Room presents what appears to be a domestic interior fraught with mystery and dread. "You sense something but you're not able to name it," the artist explains. Paired with the lighting and the stage-like space in front of the door, the head-on perspective lends a dramatic air, implying the possibility of a presence just behind the door. A vivid, blue-green carpet appears buckled in the foreground, indicating a recent disturbance. The poster of an unidentified man in a military uniform might indicate that the work is set within Sami's home country of Iraq.
Artwork Details
- Title: Meditation Room
- Artist: Mohammed Sami (Iraqi, born Baghdad 1984)
- Date: 2022
- Medium: Mixed acrylic media on canvas
- Dimensions: 9 ft. 2 1/4 in. × 90 1/4 in. × 1 1/2 in. (280 × 229.2 × 3.8 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Gift of Jeff Magid, 2025
- Object Number: 2025.280
- Curatorial Department: Modern and Contemporary Art
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