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JD Malat Gallery Dubai presents The Unsaid Remains Remembered, a solo exhibition by Paris-based emerging artist Sophie-Yen Bretez. In this new body of work, Bretez captures moments when one space becomes another, when times overlap, and when memory persists as life shifts forward 鈥� what she calls a 鈥渄ramaturgy of passage,鈥� unfolding across bold, large-scale compositions and shaped canvases that extend her exploration beyond the traditional frame.

This exhibition marks a significant evolution in Bretez鈥檚 practice. Known for challenging the traditional male gaze through her striking female figures, she has adapted her visual language for Dubai by shifting her exploration of vulnerability and presence beyond the body toward objects, reflections and landscapes.

A knife, a clock, or a cup can carry an intensity as charged as the figure itself. Reflections in glass, bite marks on fruit, or a half-cleared table all hint at what is absent. This more suggestive approach brings new depth to her work, creating paintings that are less literal but full of atmosphere.

With expressive contrasts of colour, textured surfaces, and glazes that intensify light, Bretez invites viewers to slow down, look closely, and contemplate on where fragility and strength can be found.