Watch Before You Fall is a statement directed at women as they enter the public sphere in Saudi Arabia today. These words carry a prediction that anticipates an act before it happens; a prophecy based on the inference of having no control over the fate of our next step — where women are asked to “watch” as they fall.
In this painting AlDowayan uses the representation of women legs that appear to emerge from the floor. This legs have not fully emerged, just slightly, but they seem ready to kick out to jump through.
