ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo: David Stjernholm
Hands, gestures, poses. ihsan saad ihsan tahir’s artistic practice reflects how depictions of Arab bodies have been continuously feared and desired, appropriated and exploited—not unlike artworks or artefacts—by quoting ancient sculpting formats while reiterating these in contemporary industrial materials.
ihsan saad ihsan tahir (b. 1995, UK/DK) graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2025) and Goldsmiths University of London (2025), and lives and works in Copenhagen. Tahir has previously exhibited at institutions including Kunsthal Kongegaarden, Korsør (2026); SKAL Contemporary, Skagen (2025); 13 Vitrine, Lausanne (2024); Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus (2023; 2024); Collega, Copenhagen (2024); and All All All, Copenhagen (2023).
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, Photo: David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, Photo: David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo by David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo by David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo by David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo by David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo by David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo by David Stjernholm
ihsan saad ihsan tahir, TH8 BJIBK, Installation View, O—Overgaden, 2026. Photo by David Stjernholm
The exhibition is supported by Birgit Vibeke Tofts Mindefond, Axel Muusfeldts Fond, and 15. Juni Fonden
