S Folding Blanket
- Artist: Farah Al Qasimi
- Date: 2016
- Medium: Photograph, inkjet print on paper
- Dimensions: image: 883 × 677 mm
- Museum: Tate Modern
- Collection record: Tate Modern website
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About this artwork
This is the S Folding Blanket by Farah Al Qasimi. It’s a 2016 photograph turned ink‑jet print on paper that captures a New York shop owner arranging bright, floral blankets in her store. The image sits in the Back and Forth Disco series, a playful exploration of everyday places that blur the line between public and private space. Al Qasimi isolates the moment, highlighting the hidden beauty in the city’s visual noise. Fabrics and textures hide the exact location, creating a sense of in‑betweenness and disorientation that echoes the movement of people between the UAE and the United States, where the artist lives. The print invites you to pause, notice the ordinary, and feel that subtle tension between familiarity and mystery.
See it in person
S Folding Blanket is in the collection of Tate Modern on Bankside, London — free to enter. Point your phone at any artwork there and audioguide.london plays a free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
