ART DUBAI EDUCATION PROGRAMME MARCH 15-18, 2017 MADINAT JUMEIRAH
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ART DUBAI IS HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM, VICE PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER OF THE UAE, RULER OF DUBAI
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CONTENTS
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WELCOME TO ART DUBAI
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VISITING THE FAIR
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ART DUBAI 2017 GALLERIES
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ART DUBAI MODERN
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ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY
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ART DUBAI EDUCATION
WELCOME TO ART DUBAI
Art Dubai is an international art fair with roots in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The eleventh edition of Art Dubai takes place March 15-18, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This year’s edition will feature 93 galleries from 43 countries, reinforcing its position as the most global of art fairs and the preeminent platform to discover new artists, galleries and emerging trends. Alongside the contemporary gallery halls, guests will be able to discover Art Dubai Modern, the only platform dedicated to showcasing museum-quality works by modern masters from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Art Dubai also has the most extensive not for profit programming of its kind which includes Art Dubai’s Projects, focusing for the first time solely on performance art; Global Art Forum 11, the most significant annual arts conference in the Middle East and Asia which this year focuses on the trade of goods and ideas that shape–and reshape–the world; The Room a large scale immersive and performative daily gala dinner and the unveiling of the Abraaj Group Art Prize, the most significant art prize in the region which this year was awarded to Rana Begum whose commission will be presented alongside works by three shortlisted artists in an exhibition curated by Omar Berrada; in addition to the inaugural Art Dubai Modern Symposium, a series of talks and presentations focusing on Modern masters from the MiddleEast, South Asia and Africa who have been producing works throughout the twentieth century.
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VISITING THE FAIR
LOCATION Madinat Jumeirah, Al Sufouh Road, Umm Suqeim, Exit 39 (Interchange 4) from Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE OPENING HOURS Wednesday March 15 Art Dubai Ladies Preview*** 1-4pm Global Art Forum** 2.30-7pm VIP Opening* 4-9:30pm Thursday March 16 Global Art Forum** 2.30-7pm Art Dubai Programme and Gallery Halls 4-9:30pm Friday March 17 Global Art Forum** 2.30-5.30pm Art Dubai Modern Symposium** 2-6:30pm Art Dubai Programme and Gallery Halls 2-9:30pm Saturday March 18 Art Dubai Programme and Gallery Halls 12-6:30pm * By invitation only **Free and open to all ***Art Dubai Ladies Preview is held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of UAE Gender Balance Council, President of Dubai Women Establishment, and wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs UAE.
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ADMISSION
Tickets to Art Dubai can be purchased online or onsite during the fair at the Welcome Desks. Our public days are March 16-18, 2017. One-Day Pass: 50 AED (if purchased online) and 80 AED if purchased onsite Permanent Ticket (valid all days, March 16-18): 80 AED (if purchased online), 120 AED if purchased onsite Children 18 years old and under are admitted free of charge. University students can also enter free upon show of student ID.
ART FAIR ETIQUETTE PLEASE DON’T • Touch the works (for your own safety and that of the artworks). • Bring in any food, drinks or chewing gum to the gallery halls. These are strictly prohibited. • Use crayons, pens, markers or wet material in the gallery halls. • Lean on walls or pedestals, and do not use them as writing surfaces. • Run in the fair premises (to ensure your own safety and that of the artworks). • Bring oversized bags and backpacks in the gallery halls. PLEASE DO • Take photographs of the artworks and exhibitions. You can use #AD17 or tag @artdubai on Social Media. • Use only pencils for writing or sketching. • Silence your mobile phones and use a soft voice so that other visitors are not distracted. • Ask questions and engage with fair staff, gallery staff and others. • Bring your family and friends to the fair, and help spread the world and welcome the community.
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ABOUT ART DUBAI
Art Dubai is the leading international art fair in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The eleventh edition of the fair takes place March 15-18, 2017 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Art Dubai is held under the Patronage of HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE, Ruler of Dubai. Art Dubai Ladies Preview is held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of UAE Gender Balance Council, President of Dubai Women Establishment, and wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs UAE. Taking place each year in March, Art Dubai presents a select yet diverse line-up of 93 galleries from the UAE and around the world, across two programmes: Contemporary and Modern, devoted to masters from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia.
WHAT IS AN ART FAIR? Generally speaking, an art fair is a trade show—i.e. a place for people in the art world to network, to buy and sell artwork, and to exchange information. These art world professionals range from dealers and art advisors to collectors and curators. However, art fairs are so much more than that! Art fairs are wonderfully visual events that are open to the public, and allow them a chance to meet galleries, artists, curators and other art professionals on a personal and democratic level. Alongside this trade show are often not for profit programmes and parallel projects that exist to support individual artists and artist collectives that operate outside of the commercial market—allowing them the opportunity to showcase their work to a much larger public.
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ART DUBAI AIMS TO
• Be seen as an important meeting point for the various Middle Eastern, South Asian and African arts scenes • Play an essential role in connecting the international art community—from galleries and artists, to sponsors, patrons, collectors and public institutions—and offer the opportunity to engage with the most comprehensive line-up of artists from across the region and the world • Be a “fair of discovery”—Art Dubai hosts 93 galleries from 44 countries and over 500 artists and contributors representing 66 nationalities
THE ETHOS OF ART DUBAI Art Dubai is an international art fair with its roots in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, and is deeply committed to the development of the local UAE and regional art scenes by: • Having one of the largest non-commercial programmes of any global fair, including commissioned projects and performances, artists’ residencies, film, talks programmes and awards • Hosting the largest education programming of any such event worldwide, providing opportunities for children through to students, graduates, collectors and enthusiasts Despite the fact that it is recognised as one of the most globalised meeting points in the art world today, Art Dubai places an emphasis on maintaining its intimate, human scale while foregrounding quality and diversity. The Guide offers a starting point for visitors who wish to know more about Modern and Contemporary Art in the context of Art Dubai. The guide will draw upon a selection of artworks from each section at Art Dubai (Modern, Contemporary and Marker) to illustrate key features within Modern and Contemporary Art relevant to the international art scene within a regional context
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ABOUT MODERN ART
Modern Art (and Modernism) are loose terms given to a succession of styles and movements in art and architecture which dominated Western culture from the 19th century up to the 1960s and into late 70s and 80s in some regions. These terms are usually associated with the rejection of past traditions in a spirit of experimentation. The term ‘Modernism’ claims universality, yet derives from the particular context of Western Art history. As a specific period in the development of Western Art, it nurtured an avant-garde that went against the academic establishment supported by the state. Modern Art is often associated with a break with the art forms of the past, and stands for progressive innovation. Modern artists experimented with new ways of seeing, and the use of new and unusual materials. Movements associated with Western notions of Modern Art include Impressionism, Expressionism, Cubism, Surrealism, Futurism, Bauhaus, Pop Art, and Op Art. However this classification is not strictly applicable as such in other parts of the world as Modern Art movements in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia lead a slightly different path. Artists in those regions have started breaking traditions in the early 20th century, and their practices reflect their respective cultures as well as the history of their regions In the case of Arab artists, Modern Art helped to unite them in their desire to rediscover their heritage, which, although never absent as part of their inherited daily culture, was not immediately recognised or appreciated. However, their individual efforts to decipher its inherent symbolism led them to forge a historical language common to the whole region.1
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Source: http://www.encyclopedia.mathaf.org/en/essays/Pages/Record-orArab-Art-Again.aspx 13
South Asian artists, notably those in Pakistan, tended to draw upon wider Persian and Islamic cultural and religious contexts, whilst situating themselves as “modern cosmopolitans addressing the quandaries of the self in modernity”. Notice in Art Dubai Modern’s Grosvenor booth: elements of this can be seen in Chugtai’s paintings which referenced late colonialism and Mughal aesthetics; while Sadequain, on the other hand, developed his body of work from drawing upon Islamic calligraphy in the 1960s and 1970s.2 North African artists created work that was distinguished by drawing on the region’s signs and symbols, making use of these as metaphors for colonial policies which imposed foreign languages and cultures upon the region’s local inhabitants. Influenced by “a rich Islamic heritage as introduced to the region by Arabs in the 7th Century”, these artists had access to a multitude of symbols and visual language aids that helped to express themselves in an otherwise oppressive colonial and post-colonial era.3 On the other hand, Modern Art in the wider African continent became a reality not so much due to Westernstyle education but rather because of individuals to whom art as an autonomous practice became a medium for expressing their subjectivity and coming to terms with their sociopolitical circumstances.4 Contributing to this amalgamation of styles, focuses and traditions were the internationally educated artists that brought back Western models of Modern Art to their home countries—often causing a hybridity of movements and styles to occur. Keep this in mind when looking at the artworks on display in Art Dubai Modern, and use your eyes to investigate the works of art; what are they depicting? Who inspired them? Are they reminiscent of somewhere else? What role did music, poetry and literature play?
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Source: https://books.google.ae/books?id=QbrqCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA3&l pg=PA3&dq=modern+art+south+asia&source=bl&ot s=WNxRuyZhd6&si g=3tXd7FqftlCucjK27pNscYv-Uf0&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiE_qzN_ cnKAhUF9x4KHYovACg4FBDoAQg3MAU#v=onepage&q=modern%20art%20 south%20asia&f=false
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Source: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/nasp/hd_nasp.htm
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Source: Chika Okeke, Modern African Art, 2001
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ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART
Strictly speaking, the term “Contemporary Art” refers to art made and produced by artists living today, working and responding to a global environment that is culturally diverse, technologically advanced, and multifaceted. Questions such as “What is art?” and “What is the function of art?” are not new. When experiencing Contemporary Art, viewers are encouraged to use different criteria when looking at artworks. Instead of asking, “Do I like how this looks?” viewers might ask, “Do I like the idea this artist presents?” or “What was the initial aim or concept of the work, and has the artist fulfilled this?” Having an open mind goes a long way towards understanding, and appreciating, the art of our generation. An extensive range of media enables contemporary artists to reflect and comment on our ever-changing society. When engaging with Contemporary Art, viewers are encouraged to set aside questions such as, “Is a work of art good?” and focus on queries such as “Is the work aesthetically pleasing?”, placing a consideration on whether art is “challenging” or “interesting”. Contemporary artists may question traditional ideas of how art is defined, what art consists of, and how it is made creating a link that allows an exchange of information, whilst sometimes rejecting styles and movements.5
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Source: http://getty.edu/education/teachers/classroom_resources/curricula/ contemporary_art/background1.html 15
ART DUBAI 2017 GALLERIES CONTEMPORARY | GALLERY HALL 1 AND GALLERY HALL 2
* Solo or two-artist’s presentations 1x1 Art Gallery, Dubai* Ab-Anbar, Tehran Ag Galerie, Tehran* Agial Art Gallery, Beirut Aicon Gallery, New York Albareh Art Gallery, Manama* Sabrina Amrani, Madrid* Artside Gallery, Seoul Artwin Gallery, Moscow* Piero Atchugarry Gallery, Pueblo Garzón Athr, Jeddah Ayyam Gallery, Dubai / Beirut* Bäckerstrasse 4, Vienna Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York / Aspen Galleri Brandstrup, Oslo Martin Browne Contemporary, Sydney* Carbon 12, Dubai Carlier | Gebauer, Berlin Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai* Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / La Habana D21 Proyectos de Arte, Santiago* Dastan’s Basement, Tehran East Wing, Dubai* Experimenter, Kolkata Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai Galerie Imane Farès, Paris Selma Feriani Gallery, Tunis / London* MLF | Marie-Laure Fleisch, Rome / Brussels* GAGProjects, Adelaide / Berlin Galerist, Istanbul Green Art Gallery, Dubai Grosvenor Gallery, London* Gypsum Gallery, Cairo* Leila Heller Gallery, New York / Dubai Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London* Ikkan Art Gallery, Singapore* Inda Gallery, Budapest Galerie Iragui, Moscow* Kalfayan Galleries, Athens / Thessaloniki Khak Gallery, Tehran / Dubai 16
Galerie Dorothea van der Koelen, Mainz / Venice Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc, Paris* Galerie Lelong, Paris / New York Al Marhoon Gallery, Algeria Marlborough Gallery, New York / London / Barcelona / Madrid* Meem Gallery, Dubai* Kasia Michalski Gallery, Warsaw* Mind Set Art Center, Taipei Victoria Miro, London Mohsen Gallery, Tehran* NK Gallery, Antwerp* Galleria Franco Noero, Turin O Gallery, Tehran Ota Fine Arts, Tokyo / Singapore Pace Art + Technology, Menlo Park* Pechersky Gallery, Moscow Giorgio Persano, Turin Plutschow Gallery, ZĂźrich* Project ArtBeat, Tbilisi* Revolver Galeria, Lima* The Rooster Gallery, Vilnius* Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut* Sanatorium, Istanbul* Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg / Beirut Galerie Michael Sturm, Stuttgart Sundaram Tagore, New York / Singapore / Hong Kong Galerie Daniel Templon, Paris / Brussels The Third Line, Dubai* Upstream Gallery, Amsterdam* Vermelho, SĂŁo Paulo* Vigo Gallery, London* Waddington Custot, London Yavuz Gallery, Singapore* Zawyeh Gallery, Ramallah* Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery, Luxembourg Zilberman Gallery, Istanbul / Berlin
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ART DUBAI 2017 GALLERIES MODERN | GALLERY HALL 3 Agial Art Gallery, Beirut Mustafa Al Hallaj Aria Gallery, Tehran Sonia Balassanian / Garnik Der Hacopian ArtTalks | Egypt, Cairo Mamdouh Ammar / Mohamed Ghaleb Khater DAG Modern, New Delhi / Mumbai / New York Biren De / GR Santosh Elmarsa, Tunis / Dubai Abdelkader Guermaz / Aly Ben Salem Grosvenor Gallery, London Sayed Haider Raza Hafez Gallery, Jeddah Mohammed Ghaleb Khater / Abdel Hady El Wechahi Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai Zahoor ul Akhlaq / Anwar Jalal Shemza Gallery One, Ramallah Sliman Mansour Perve Galeria, Lisbon Manuel Figueira / Ernesto Shikhani Shahrivar Gallery, Tehran Masoud Arabshahi / Abolghassem Saidi Shirin Gallery, Tehran / New York Hadi Hazavei Tafeta, London Ben Osawe / Muraina Oyelami Le Violon Bleu, Tunis Ammar Farhat / Zoubeir Turki Wadi Finan Art Gallery, Amman Ahmad Nawash / Wijdan
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ART DUBAI MODERN GALLERY HALL 3
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ART DUBAI MODERN
Art Dubai Modern is devoted to modern art from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia, presented by regionally and internationally based galleries. Each exhibitor presents either a solo or two-person show, featuring work by modern masters from the twentieth century (up to the year 2000). Galleries showcase exhibitions by artists whose work has proven highly influential during the twentieth century and on later generations of artists, and focus on a particular period of thematic within an artist’s practice.
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ART DUBAI MODERN ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Art Dubai Modern is advised by a specialist Advisory Committee, made up of renowned curators and historians including: SAVITA APTE Art historian specialising in modern and contemporary South Asian art and former chair of The Abraaj Group Art Prize DR. IFTIKHAR DADI Currently associate professor in Cornell University’s Department of History of Art, and author of Modernism and The Art of Muslim South Asia (2010). He serves on the advisory boards of several academic journals and professional organizations CATHERINE DAVID Renowned curator with extensive experience in the Middle East, whose exhibitions include Documenta X, currently Deputy Director of the Musée National d’Art Moderne KRISTINE KHOURI Researcher and writer based in Beirut and co-founder of the History of Arab Modernities in the Visual Arts Study Group DR. NADA SHABOUT An art historian specialising in modern Arab and Iraqi art and Consulting Director of Research at Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
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TAFETA BOOTH M5 BEN OSAWE
Originally set up as an art-consulting outfit in 2005, TAFETA was re-constituted as a private art dealership specializing in 20th century and Contemporary African Arts in 2009. Located in Fitzrovia, London, TAFETA remains the leading purveyors of some of the most important 20th century artists of African extraction (Ben Enwonwu MBE, Ablade Glover, Susanne Wenger, Muraina Oyelami, Gebre K. Desta et al.) Continually seeking out new talent in the contemporary space, TAFETA has also placed younger emerging artists in important private and institutional collections.
Ben Osawe Owl 1970 Bronze 52 x 22 x 22 cm Courtesy TAFETA
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DAG MODERN BOOTH M4 BIREN DE
DAG Modern has been in expansion mode, as is evident from the pace at which it is increasing its footprint. Established in 1993 in New Delhi, it opened a second gallery in the city in 2010, in Mumbai’s historic Fort precincts in 2013, and on Madison Avenue in New York in March 2015. Ever since 2011, it has run a programme where it combines historic documentative and thematic shows with retrospectives.
Ben Osawe Untitled 1957 Oil on canvas 45.7Ă—56.4cm Courtesy of DAG Modern
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WADI FINAN ART GALLERY BOOTH M7 WIJDAN
Wadi Finan Art Gallery, established in 2008, sits as a major cultural vehicle locally and abroad. Seeking to drive an appetite for Middle Eastern visual arts and showcase the work of esteemed Arab artists internationally, Wadi Finan Art Gallery brings a heightened contemporary and modern aesthetic to its surrounding heritage, hosts public exhibitions, workshops and leads special community collaborations.
Wijdan Telal Sahrawyeh 1981 Oil on canvas 85x135cm Courtesy of the Artist and Wadi Fine Art Gallery
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GALLERY ONE BOOTH M15 SLIMAN MANSOUR
Gallery One is a Ramallah-based contemporary art gallery founded in 2014 by Samar Martha, an independent curator. The gallery presents a multidisciplinary array of solo and, occasionally, group exhibitions. Gallery One represents and promotes established and emerging contemporary Palestinian artists living in Palestine and abroad. The gallery breaks free from the local non-profit art sector of Palestine and the Middle East to an independent, commercial gallery context, as well as an exhibition space that bridges the gap between the artists and the public. Gallery One creates a market venue for Palestinian art, establishing a customer base for artists and their work.
Sliman Mansour Girl in the Village 1982 Oil on canvas 71x82.5cm Courtesy of Gallery One
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JHAVERI CONTEMPORARY BOOTH M12 ZAHOOR UL AKHLAQ
Jhaveri Contemporary was formed in 2010 by sisters Amrita and Priya with an eye towards representing artists, across generations and nationalities, whose work is informed by South Asian connections and traditions. In 2010, Amrita and Priya Jhaveri also produced Sir Anish Kapoor’s first-ever public exhibition in India, a landmark event in the country’s art world. Jhaveri Contemporary’s dedication to the creation of original scholarship, engendered through its carefully crafted shows, is one of the many ways in which the gallery distinguishes itself. Entwined with this philosophy is another guiding principle: showcasing the heterogeneous practices of long-celebrated luminaries as well as emerging talents, often in generously interrogative conversations.
Zahoor ul Akhlaq Plant in Pot I 1987 Acrylic on wood panel 91.44x60.96cm Courtesy of Jhaveri Contemporary 26
ELMARSA BOOTH M6 ALY BEN SALEM
Elmarsa was established in 1994 with the mission to generate interest in Arab art, inspire dialogue between cultural, social and artistic leaders. Elmarsa has contributed to the formation of a base for modern art, whilst driving new trends in exposition and collection by representing artists whose work indicates innovative directions in contemporary art. By remaining open to aesthetic as well as to market and creative trends, the gallery is helping to usher in a new era in art praxis.
Zahoor ul Akhlaq Plant in Pot I 1987 Acrylic on wood panel 91.44x60.96cm Courtesy of Jhaveri Contemporary 27
ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY GALLERY HALL 1
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ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY GALLERY HALL 2
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CONTEMPORARY
Art Dubai Contemporary is extraordinarily diverse. The 2017 fair features 77 galleries from 42 countries, from the world’s most influential galleries to dynamic young art-spaces. Likewise, the artists range from emerging and upcoming practitioners from lesser-known art capitals to household names. The works they present covers all artistic media— including painting, drawing, sculpture, installation, video, photography and performance. Always aiming to foreground quality and a curatorial approach, Art Dubai has a close relationship with its galleries: the artists they represent and the works they select reconfirming year-on-year the fair’s role as a site of discovery and diversity. Art Dubai Contemporary features commercial galleries working in the primary market and established for at least two years.
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ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY SELECTION COMMITTEE
All applications are reviewed by Art Dubai’s Selection Committee, comprised of gallerists and guest curators. The committee discusses each application, basing their final selection on the curatorial strength of the gallery exhibition programme and the gallery’s submitted proposal. ISABELLE VAN DEN EYNDE Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde, Dubai URSULA KRINZINGER Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna GLENN SCOTT WRIGHT Victoria Miro, London ANDRÉE SFEIR-SEMLER Sfeir-Semler, Hamburg / Beirut SAM BARDAOUIL AND TILL FELLRATH Guest curators
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DASTAN’S BASEMENT BOOTH C4 CURATED BY FEREYDOUN AVE
Dastan’s Basement (est. 2012, Tehran) is dedicated to exhibiting contemporary and modern Iranian art with a focus on emerging and experimental art. In addition to the Basement, the gallery’s newest space, Dastan+2 opened in October 2015 within walking distance of the Basement to showcase works by established Iranian artists and masters. Since the opening of the gallery, Dastan has continuously hosted pop-up curated exhibitions around the city of Tehran under the title Dastan Outside. It publishes artist books as well as monographs on Iranian art.
“Clues, References, and Favorite Things” Curated by Fereydoun Ave 2015 Installation View Courtesy of Dastan’s Basement
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EAST WING BOOTH B12 CÉDRIC DELSAUX
East Wing was founded in Doha, Qatar in 2012 as an international platform for photography, followed by the opening of a state-of-the-art gallery space in Dubai, UAE in 2014. East Wing curates and commissions contemporary photography projects from around the globe, working with emerging and established artists, while also providing vital support in the development of meaningful collections for those with a passion for photography, video and unique publications.
Cédric Delsaux The Falcon’s Hiding Place 2009 Photographic Image Lightbox 179.5X 135.4 x 9cm Courtesy of the Artist and East Wing
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GALLERY ISABELLE VAN DEN EYNDE BOOTH E6 HASSAN SHARIF
After establishing B21 Gallery in 2006, one of the first contemporary art spaces in the United Arab Emirates, Isabelle van den Eynde launched her eponymous space in Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue in 2010, representing a pluralistic roster of artists from the Middle East and North Africa. Through exhibitions, book publishing and international fair participation, the gallery prides itself on closely collaborating with its artists to create insightful, and often provocative presentations that challenge the conventions and ideologies related to the notion of art display and exhibition making.
Hassan Sharif Cotton Rope 2016 Cotton rope, stainless steel and steel structure 700 x 200 x 200 cm Courtesy of the Artist and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde 34
GREEN ART GALLERY BOOTH C9 KAMROOZ ARAM
Green Art Gallery has been active in the region for nearly four decades. Starting from the late 1980’s in Homs, Syria the gallery opened in Dubai in 1995 with a program focused on Arab Modernism. Exhibitions included artists who have become today’s modern Arab masters, including Fateh Moudarres and Ismail Fattah. Green Art Gallery relaunched in 2010 as a contemporary art space with a program featuring a multi-generational mix of artists whose practices are rigorously researched, idea-led, and representative of our current moment. The gallery continues its focus on Arab modernism in the secondary market and holds regular historical exhibitions exploring the region’s rich artistic history.
Cédric Delsaux The Falcon’s Hiding Place 2009 Photographic Image Lightbox 179.5X 135.4 x 9cm Courtesy of the Artist and East Wing 35
GIORGIO PERSANO GALLERY BOOTH A6 NICOLA DE MARIA
Giorgio Persano began his establishment in the ‘70s with the galleria Multipli, focusing on international contemporary art – American Pop Art and Italian Arte Povera in particular. The gallery collaborates with well established artists such as Pistoletto, Zorio, Boetti and Calzolari. Since 1975, the gallery has been a creative, open space for discovering, experimenting and producing with creative strategies that go beyond the constricting exhibition criteria. The founder, Giorgio Persano, curates projects and production of the works while establishing a close collaboration with his artists.
Nicola De Maria Testa Che Sogna la Libertà 2016 Pigments on linen 260 x 150 cm Courtesy of the Artist and Giorgio Persano Gallery 36
AICON GALLERY BOOTH C17 RASHEED AAREEN
Aicon Gallery’s vision begins in the Indian Sub-continent but reaches outwards internationally. The gallery space in New York provides a unique platform for South Asian artists to exhibit in the United States. Along with in-depth, focused solo shows, the galleries present a programme of curated group exhibitions that are international in their scope and ambition. With critical exhibitions of work by emerging and contemporary South Asian artists, one of Aicon’s primary goals is to create a space for dialogue and cross-collaboration between the arts of India, Pakistan, and the West.
Rasheed Aareen MILAAP 2016 Wood and Paint 81.28×172.72×81.28cm Courtesy of the Artist and Aicon Gallery
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IKKAN ART GALLERY, PACE ART + TECHNOLOGY AND MARTIN BROWNE CONTEMPORARY BOOTH A9 TEAMLAB
Ikkan Art was founded in New York City in 1982 by Ikkan Sanada, a dealer and art consultant. In May 2011, Ikkan Art expanded to Singapore by establishing Ikkan Art Gallery with programmes that present museum quality artworks by international artists across a wide range of mediums including painting, sculpture, photography, video and new media art. Ikkan Art Gallery is credited for launching the career of teamLab, the Tokyo-based art collective, first in Singapore then at the global art market level with the collaboration of Pace Gallery, USA and Martin Browne Contemporary, Australia. Pace Art + Technology, founded by Pace President Marc Glimcher, is the gallery’s new program dedicated to collaboration with interdisciplinary art groups, collectives and studios whose works explore the confluence of art and technology. The program is an expansion of Pace’s longstanding commitment to artistic approaches that emphasize digital and technological methods. Founded in 1991 in Sydney, Martin Browne Contemporary is one of Australasia’s leading galleries. Initially focusing on contemporary Australian and New Zealand artists, more recently the gallery has expanded its interests to international video and new media artists and played a key role in developing the market for digital artworks in Australia and New Zealand. Martin Browne Contemporary is currently pursuing a strategic plan with a strong international focus.
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teamLab Flowers and People – Dark 2015 Interactive Digital Work. 3-8 channels (6 channels shown). Sound: Hideaki Takahashi, Endless Courtesy of the Artists and Ikkan Art Gallery, Pace Art + Technology and Martin Browne Contemporary
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ZIDOUN-BOSSUYT GALLERY BOOTH E8 THOMAS ZITZWITZ
Thomas Zitzwitz Untitled 2017 Acrylic on Canvas 180x170 Courtesy of the Artist and Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery
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GALERIE JANINE RUBEIZ BOOTH B6 ZAD MOULTAKA
Since its inception, Galerie Janine Rubeiz has endeavored to confront Lebanese audiences with its program of challenging contemporary art, consolidating the critical role that Beirut plays as a cultural melting pot in the Middle East. The gallery is committed to exhibiting diverse and recognized Lebanese artists, as well as hosting shows of important international artists. In 2010, the gallery moved to its current location in RaouchĂŠ. The Gallery holds strongly to the belief that cultural development is an integral part of the socio-political maturity of the country as it navigates through shifting political and cultural climates. The Gallery is proud to have the musician and artist Zad Moultaka nominated by the Ministry of Culture to represent Lebanon at the 2017 Venice Biennale.
Zad Moultaka Astres Fruitiers 2016 Photo printed on hahnemuhle photo rag 315 g Baryta 55.5x37cm Courtesy of the Artist and Galerie Janine Rubeiz
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EDUCATION AT ART DUBAI
Education has been the heart of Art Dubai since its launch in 2007; the fair now has the largest education programming of any such event worldwide, providing opportunities for children through to students, graduates, collectors and enthusiasts. Art Dubai Education includes our flagship community school Campus Art Dubai; Art Dubai Fellowship; artist-led children’s programmes; artists’ talks; the critically acclaimed Global Art Forum; and internships. Our education programming is run in partnership with Dubai Culture and Arts Authority and with the support of the Dubai Design District (d3). The fair attracts a high level of attendance from universities and colleges. CHILDREN & TEENS 2017 The Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program was launched at Art Dubai 2013. A partnership with The Cultural Office, the programme features artist-led workshops, tours and other projects, the programme provides access to skills and ideas for UAE-based children and teenagers aged 5-17 with the long-term aim to encourage young people to get involved and excel in the arts. The children’s programme is held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of UAE Gender Balance Council, President of Dubai Women Establishment, and wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs UAE. CAMPUS ART DUBAI Campus Art Dubai (CAD) is a school for artists, curators, writers, architects, designers and cultural producers based in the UAE. Meetings occur over weekends and feature courses, talks, workshops, taught and led by a local and international cast of academics, critics, curators and artists. The course provides a space for critical thinking and the exchange of ideas and skills, with participants encouraged to collaborate, debate and challenge. Campus Art Dubai’s programme is a highly competitive membership level open to serious career-oriented artists, writers and curators. Campus Art Dubai was led by Murtaza Vali, Uzma Z Rizvi and Lantian Xie, with an invited group of 42
international and local guest tutors, and focuses on the theme On Engagement: Rethinking Investment. Campus Art Dubai was hosted by a variety of UAE-based art institutions including A4 Space in Alserkal Avenue, Tashkeel, Dubai International Film Festival, The Third Line and Al Khazzan Park. INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME Art Dubai’s Internship Programme was initiated in September 2007. Since then over 500 students and recent graduates from 40 nationalities and 20 educational institutions have participated in the scheme and gone on to find further work experience opportunities and permanent placements within Art Dubai and its extensive network of partner organisations. One third of interns have been UAE Nationals and the remaining came from across the Arab World and elsewhere. Internships are typically intensive three-month placements during which participants engage in a particular area of the organization. ART DUBAI FELLOWSHIP Art Dubai Fellowship is a programme for exceptional writers working in the Arab world and beyond, coming together for a week-long series of intensive workshops during Art Dubai. Twenty-nine fellows have participated since 2011; together, they form a dynamic alumni group, with several continuing to collaborate and support each other, beyond their experiences on the programme. Led by writer and curator Tirdad Zolghadr, the 2017 programme has two new developments: the fellowship is now programmed over two years, and it will focus on ‘artists as writers’.
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