Rheim Alkadhi’s Work Is Being Shown in the UK for the First Time at the ICA

The ICA is hosting Templates for Liberation, making it Rheim Alkadhi’s first exhibition in the UK. The show explores the consequences of war and colonialism in present-day Iraq and the surrounding region through sculptures made from tarpaulins of cross-border industrial vehicles, representing the environmental and sociopolitical violence the country experienced. The exhibition also includes a reading room filled with archival documents that reference colonial borders, resource extraction and ethnic categorisation, alongside counter-histories of rebel individuals and groups pushing back against colonial narratives.