A
diverse range of UAE art and artists – from emerging to established talents –
pervade the programming of Abu Dhabi Art’s fifth edition through design, visual
and performance art.
Works
by Khalid Al Banna, Afra
bin Dhaher, Lamya Gargash, Mohammed Kazem, Dr. Najat Makki, Fatema Al Mazrouie,
Abdul Qader Al Rais, Hoor Al-Qasimi, Hassan Sharif, and Hussain Sharif, along
with pieces by Sheikha
Alyazia Nahyan Al Nahyan will be exhibited throughout the
multiple platforms of Abu Dhabi Art 2013, including the fair element as well as
its surrounding public programme.
Abu
Dhabi Art’s Design
Programme
returns this year with a focus on architecture, a major discipline that has an
important and long-standing connection with the region, inspiration found from
the early wind-towers through to today’s contemporary high-rises. The Abu Dhabi Art Design Souq will be held inside a
specially-designed mobile structure, hosting demonstrations and interactive
displays by a range of artists including Mohammed
Mandi, Azza
Al Qubaisi and
artisans from Intangible Cultural Heritage, and designers from the UAE and
abroad, highlighting different notions of sustainability, handicraft, and the
unique materiality and aesthetics of the UAE.
The
Abu Dhabi Art
Design Programme continues to
support and promote young UAE artists through the Wings Project, a unique initiative that
invites emerging artists and designers to recreate the Abu Dhabi Art ‘wing’
logo in their own style. Winners for the Wings Projects 2013 are: Maryam Al Fahim, Khalid Mahmood,
Kaltham Al Marzouqi, Rahma Al Mehairbi, Eman Al Raesi and Mariam Al Shamsi. Their
winning designs will be exhibited across the international platform throughout
Abu Dhabi Art’s branding and merchandise sold in Abu Dhabi Art’s boutique store
Artyfact. Products
will also be sold from Emirati designers Hajer
Abdullah Al Tenaiji, Hajer Hamad Al Hajri, Hessa and Fatima Al Joker, Hind Al Jeraishi,
Luluwa Khalfan Almehairbi and Shaima Abdul Rahman Al Marzooqi.
The
new performing arts platform, Durub
Al Tawaya, presents
a synthesis between daily life in Abu Dhabi and artistic events of performance,
public art and installations. Durub
Al Tawaya refers to the Emirati term tawaya (points of respite
where desert travellers could find underground water springs). These sites will
present a series of activities and performances around the city from artists
and poets including Afra
Al Dhahri, Zeinab Al Hashmi, Salem Al Qassimi, Hamdan Al Shamsi,
Aita Ben Masaaoud, Nora
Noman, Mobius Studio designers Hadeyeh Badri, Hala Al-Ani, Riem Hassan and
an evening of poetry
will run in collaboration with
UAE Writers Union.
“Abu
Dhabi’s cultural landscape has evolved over the last five years, due in
consideration to the constructive progression and driving force of Emirati
talent. This has contributed significantly to the development of our society we
live in today through substantial research efforts and hard work,” says HE Mubarak Hamad Al Muhairi,
Director General, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority.
“With
founders of art societies, conceptual artists and thinkers, international
gallery and biennale participants, a cultural setting was established. The next
generation, through inspiration and guidance, has contributed to the essence of
the art scene in the UAE. Abu Dhabi Art provides the platform to showcase these
talents, side by side with established Emirati and global artists, designers
and performers. Talent from the Emirates enhances Abu Dhabi Art and reflects
the culture and heritage of the county alongside the current climate of
contemporary art.”
An
Abu Dhabi Art Interview
will be held in the form of a round-table discussion with interns from the 2013
UAE National Pavilion at la Biennale di Venezia. Called Venice Internship - The Future, the
talk will include
a short introduction to the programme, personal experiences by recent
participants, and a look at what lies ahead, followed by a Q&A with the
audience and speakers Munira
Al Sayegh, Moza
Al Matrooshi, Ahmad
Al Areef and Mohammed
Al Serkal.
In
addition, a panel called Full
Artist Circle during Abu Dhabi Art and as part of the upcoming Emirati Expressions
exhibition brings together artists who participated in the past two Emirati
Expressions: Abdul Qader
Al Rais, Dr. Najat Makki, Jalal Luqman, Sumayyah Al Suwaidi and Mattar bin
Lahej. It will be moderated
by Reem Fadda the Associate Curator, Middle Eastern Art, Abu
Dhabi Project, Solomon R. Guggenheim
and Venetia Porter,
Curator Islamic and Contemporary Middle Eastern Art, British
Museum. The artists on this panel share a history of education, mentorship and
efforts to establish a solid infrastructure for the arts in the UAE. This Full
Artist Circle will bring together multiple voices to trace the correlations and
variations between their practices and experiences, discuss the challenges and
opportunities ahead, and outline the important historical points in the history
of art in the UAE.
The
next edition of Emirati
Expressions which opens on 30 October and runs throughout Abu Dhabi
Art under the heading Realised,
presents commonalities in visual languages and art practice of Emirati artists,
highlighting a linked history of connected experiences. The participating
artists are Abdullah Al
Saadi, Ebtisam Abdulaziz, Layla Juma, Mohammad Al Mazrouei, Mohammed Ahmed
Ibrahim and
Mohammed Kazem. The 2013 exhibition is the latest in the Emirati Expressions series, and is
curated by Reem Fadda,
Associate Curator for Middle Eastern Art, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Project, with Maisa Al Qassimi,
Programmes Manager, Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and is held at Gallery One, Manarat Al
Saadiyat.
Abu Dhabi Art organised by Abu Dhabi Tourism &
Culture Authority is an annual platform for modern and contemporary art and
design to be held from 20-23 November 2013. The event is sponsored by Julius Baer, the leading Swiss private banking
group with a focus on serving and advising sophisticated private clients. Abu
Dhabi Art is held at Manarat Al Saadiyat and the iconic UAE
Pavilion on Saadiyat Island.
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