“Sophia Al-Maria: Black”

The 21st-century Arab world with all of its complexities and contradictions is the focus of the work of this Qatari-American artist, writer and filmmaker who marks her U.S. museum debut with a new series of videos inspired by Gruen transfer— a term in shopping mall design that describes the way malls are deliberately laid out to confuse consumers and make them more susceptible to making impulse buys.