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Inverted - Circle Facade

Inverted - Mesh Facade

Inverted - Sheikh Zayed Road Giants #2

Inverted - Linear Facade #1

Inverted - Arabesque Facade

Inverted - ZigZag Facade

Inverted - Spiral Facade

Inverted - Dubai Reflections #1

Inverted - Dubai Reflections #3

Inverted - Dubai Reflections #2

Inverted - Futuristic Spire

Inverted - Geometric Facade #1

Inverted - Futuristic Facade #1

Inverted - Futuristic Facade #2

Inverted - Geometric Towers

Inverted - Dome Nexus #2

Inverted - Geometric Facade #2

Inverted - Wahat al Karama

Inverted - Curve Facade #1

Inverted - Burj Khalifa Cityscape

Inverted - Downtown Dubai

Inverted - Sheikh Zayed Road Facades

Inverted - Central Bus Depot

Inverted - Louvre Abu Dhabi

Inverted - Dubai Marina

Inverted - Burj al Arab

Inverted - Al Ain Palms #1

Inverted - Al Ain Palms #2

Inverted - Grand Mosque Colonnade

Inverted - Grand Mosque Interior

Inverted - Qasr al Watan Chandelier

ABOUT THIS SERIES:

Inverted is an experimental photography series inspired by the modernist and futuristic architecture of the Middle East. Through the use of negative imagery, the series portrays an architectural wonderland of bold color fields, abstraction, and close-up views which give us just a glimpse of the inhabitants’ lives. In a 2022 interview with Widewalls Magazine about his solo exhibition of the series Andrew explains:

“Inverted makes use of very bold negative color imagery and close-up details and patterns. The intent is to shift the viewer’s perception of the mundane, in order to see it in a new way. The close-up facades of these Modernist buildings in Abu Dhabi, Dubai or Sharjah offer a glimpse of the lives of the inhabitants. They are occupied spaces, and that humanizes the series a bit. Often the balconies of these 1970’s and 1980’s buildings have lots of personal effects on them…laundry hanging out to dry, exercise bicycles, carpets, baby strollers, etc. When looked at in the negative (inverted) realm they take on all kinds of beautiful hues and become enticing and enigmatic objects to behold. This is not me colorizing the scene, but the exact opposite of the positive perception of the scene…”

Inverted has been published at DesignBoom, Harper’s Bazaar Art, Artsy, and in the Style section of CNN Arabic. The series was awarded a silver medal at the 2020 International Photography Awards and was awarded an Honorable Mention at the 2020 Prix de la Photographie in Paris. A selection of large-scale photographs from Inverted were included in a solo exhibition “Andrew Prokos: New Abstraction” at Xposure International Photography Festival in February, 2022. The solo exhibition travels to GalleryX in Sharjah, UAE, where it will be on view from September 2 – 30, 2022.

Installation View of Andrew Prokos: New Abstraction

Installation View of Inverted series in Andrew Prokos: New Abstraction

Installation View of Dome Nexus #1 in Andrew Prokos: New Abstraction

Installation View of photographs from Inverted in Andrew Prokos: New Abstraction