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At Salma Sarriedine in NYC, Ridikkuluz's "KLAB" Turns Hellhounds on War and Genocide
Ridikkuluz's solo show "KLAB" at New York's Salma Sarriedine takes its name from the Arabic word for "dogs." Its paintings use vicious hounds to confront the Gaza genocide and the post-9/11 War on Terror.
By NBT Editors · 2026-10-14
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Salma Sarriedine, a New York gallery, is presenting "KLAB," a solo exhibition by the artist Ridikkuluz. The title is the Arabic word for "dogs."
The paintings center on vicious hounds, snarling and hunting. Through that single figure, the artist addresses two intertwined subjects: the genocide in Gaza and the War on Terror that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001. State and military violence is rendered as an animal that bites and pursues.
The gallery gives the show its own page on its website, listed under Exhibitions alongside the gallery's other programming.
The choice of an Arabic title matters. In Arabic, calling someone a dog can be an insult, and that charged sense of the word meets the image of hounds on the attack, turning attention to how war and its victims are spoken about as much as to the violence itself.
In a city where news of the Middle East and its wars is part of daily life, a painting show is a quieter way to confront the subject, and a chance to see how one artist does it.
