ART DUBAI EDUCATION GUIDE MARCH 20-23, 2019 MADINAT JUMEIRAH
HELD UNDER THE PATRONAGE OF HIS HIGHNESS SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID AL MAKTOUM, VICE-PRESIDENT AND PRIME MINISTER OF THE UAE, RULER OF DUBAI
CONTENTS
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WELCOME TO ART DUBAI
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ABOUT ART DUBAI What is an Art Fair? Art Dubai Mission Statement The Ethos of Art Dubai
RESIDENTS About the Residents Programme List of Galleries Map
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ART DUBAI EDUCATION Modern Symposium Children and Teens Campus Art Dubai Art Dubai Fellowship Internships Global Art Forum
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COMMISSIONS SOLAROCA Performances UAE NOW
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VISITING THE FAIR Location Opening hours Admissions Fair Etiquette
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ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY About Contemporary Art Art Dubai Contemporary Contemporary Art Selection Committee List of Galleries Map & Guide
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ART DUBAI MODERN About Modern Art Art Dubai Modern Modern Art Selection Committee List of Galleries Map
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BAWWABA About Bawwaba List of Galleries Map
WELCOME TO ART DUBAI
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WELCOME TO ART DUBAI Art Dubai is an international art fair with roots in the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. The 13th edition of Art Dubai takes place March 20-23, 2019 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. This year’s edition features 92 galleries from 42 countries, reinforcing the fair’s position as the most global of art fairs and the preeminent platform to discover new artists, galleries and emerging trends. Art Dubai’s new structure includes four main sections complementing each other, which will offer visitors greater access and deeper engagement with artists and galleries from non-Western geographies.
The new format positions the Contemporary section as the core section of the fair, with Modern presented alongside the Contemporary galleries, enabling an elevated understanding of the region’s art history. The inaugural Bawwaba gallery section, taking its title from the Arabic word for ‘gateway’, focuses on different geographies and viewpoints from new markets and features solo presentations of works produced specifically for the fair. The programme-cum-gallery section Residents, a project inviting international artists for a 6-8-week residency in the UAE to produce new work and immerse themselves in the local art scene, will see its second edition in 2019 and will specifically focus on Latin America.
Something I was preoccupied with whilst planning the fair is the notion of ‘the perception of others’: the lens through which we view others, and indirectly ourselves. By taking these artists out of their usual environment and existing arts them toprogramming adaptand Art Dubaicommunities, promotes regional art andchallenging artists by featuring a unique mix of commissioned in partnership with other regional institutions. Redefining the see role an art andworks, exchange in dialogue, we hope to fair should play, Art Dubai cultivates an ecosystem for art, education and thought leadership not just some exciting works but how their beyond the commercial aspects of the fair. perception of others, and the UAE, shifts. For the smart collector, these artworks Art Dubai also features the most extensive collateral programming of its kind, which includes verycomprising exciting pieces – completely new, Art Dubaiare Commissions of a series of performances throughout the fair and a shaped by and created in a new context.” large-scale immersive installation, by Brazilian artist collective OPAVIVARÁ! Other leading
contributors to Art Dubai’s programme are Global Art Forum 13: “School is a Factory?” the most PABLO DEL VAL, ART DUBAI significant annual arts conference in the Middle ARTISTIC East and Asia,DIRECTOR which this year addresses the urgent challenges and opportunities facing education today; and the annual Art Dubai Modern Symposium, which presents seminars examining how Beirut, Baghdad, Dakar and Lahore have contributed to the modern art scene.
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ABOUT ART DUBAI
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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 wonderful visual events that are open to the public, and allow 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.
Something I was preoccupied with whilst planning the fair is the notion of ‘the ART DUBAI AIMS TO perception of others’: the lens through Be seen as an important pointothers, for the various Middleindirectly Eastern, South Asian, Latin which wemeeting view and American and African arts scenes. ourselves. By taking these artists out of theirrole usual environment existing arts Play an essential in connecting the international artand community—from galleries and artists, communities, to adapt to sponsors, patrons, collectors andchallenging public institutions—andthem offer the opportunity to engage with the and most comprehensive line-upin of artists from across the region and theto world. exchange dialogue, we hope see not just some exciting works but how their Be a ‘fair of discovery’—Art Dubai is hosting 92 galleries from 42 countries and over 350 artists perception ofnationalities. others, and the UAE, shifts. and contributors representing 78 For the smart collector, these artworks are very exciting pieces – completely new, shaped by and created in a new context.” PABLO DEL VAL, ART DUBAI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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VISITING THE FAIR
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LOCATION Madinat Jumeirah, Al Sufouh Road, Umm Suqeim, Exit 39 (Interchange 4) from Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai, UAE
PUBLIC OPENING HOURS Wednesday, March 20 Art Dubai Ladies Preview* 1-4pm Global Art Forum 4-8pm VIP Opening** 4-9:30pm
Something I was preoccupied with whilst planning the fair is the notion of ‘the 4.15-8pm perception of others’: the lens through 2-9:30pm which we view others, and indirectly Friday, March 22 ourselves. By taking12-9:30pm these artists out of Art Dubai Programme and Gallery Halls their usual environment and existing arts Art Dubai Modern Symposium 12.30 – 6.30pm Residentscommunities, Talk challenging 6-30-7.30pmthem to adapt and exchange in dialogue, we hope to see Saturday, March 23 justandsome exciting works but how their Art Dubainot Programme Gallery Halls 12-6:30pm perception of others, and the UAE, shifts. *Art Dubai Ladies Preview is held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Manal bint For the smart collector, these artworks Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, President of UAE Gender Balance Council, President of Dubai are veryandexciting pieces – completely new, Women Establishment, wife of His Highness Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy shaped byof Presidential and created in a new context.” Prime Minister and Minister Affairs. Thursday, March 21 Global Art Forum Art Dubai Programme and Gallery Halls
** By invitation only
PABLO DEL VAL, ART DUBAI ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
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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 21-23, 2019. 1-Day Pass (valid one day, either March 21, 22 or 23): 60 AED if purchased online, 90 AED if purchased onsite 3-Day Pass (valid all days, March 21-23): 100 AED if purchased online, 150 AED if purchased onsite Children 18 years old and under are admitted free of charge. University students can also enter free upon showing their 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 into 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 #ArtDubai2019 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 word and welcome the community
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ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY
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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 everchanging 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.
ABOUT ART DUBAI CONTEMPORARY Art Dubai Contemporary galleries range from the established to the emerging. Audiences will be able to discover artists from galleries spanning across the world, including the largest exhibition of contemporary art from the region. 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 reconfirm 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.
SELECTION COMMITTEE Art Dubai’s Contemporary selection committee is comprised of the following gallerists: Isabelle van den Eynde, Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde Ursula Krinzinger, Galerie Krinzinger Glenn Scott Wright, Victoria Miro Andrée Sfeir-Semler, Sfeir-Semler Gallery
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Addis Fine Art Addis Ababa / London Agial Art Gallery Beirut Aicon Art New York Akar Prakar Kolkata / New Delhi ANDERSEN’S Copenhagen Aspan Gallery Almaty ATHR Jeddah Galerie ATISS DAKAR Dakar Carbon 12 Dubai Galleria Continua San Gimignano / Beijing /Les Moulins / Havana Custot Gallery Dubai Dubai Dastan’s Basement Tehran ERTI Gallery Tbilisi Experimenter Kolkata Green Art Gallery Dubai Hafez Gallery Jeddah Leila Heller Gallery Dubai / New York Michael Janssen Gallery Berlin Khak Gallery Dubai / Tehran ANNA LAUDEL Istanbul Galerie Christian Lethert Cologne Galerie MAM Douala Meem Gallery Dubai Victoria Miro London / Venice Galleria Franco Noero Turin Orbital Dago Bandung Giorgio Persano Turin Primo Marella Gallery Milan / Lugano Project ArtBeat Tbilisi RONCHINI London The Rooster Gallery Vilnius Rosenfeld Porcini London SANATORIUM Istanbul SMAC Gallery Johannesburg / Cape Town / Stellenbosch
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Galeria Filomena Soares Lisbon Sprüth Magers Berlin / London / Los Angeles Walter Storms Galerie Munich The Third Line Dubai Zawyeh Gallery Ramallah Zidoun-Bossuyt Gallery Luxembourg Zilberman Gallery Istanbul / Berlin
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Piero Atchugarry Gallery Pueblo Garzón / Miami Ayyam Gallery Dubai Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde Dubai Gazelli Art House Baku / London Grosvenor Gallery London Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery London / Berlin In Situ - Fabienne Leclerc Paris Galerie Dr. Dorothea van der Koelen Mainz / Venice
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Galerie Kornfeld Berlin Galerie Krinzinger Vienna Lawrie Shabibi Dubai Ota Fine Arts Shanghai / Singapore / Tokyo Galería Seismasuno Madrid Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut / Hamburg Galerie Tore Suessbier Berlin TEMPLON Paris / Brussels VOICE Gallery Marrakech Wadi Finan Art Gallery Amman
OTA FINE ARTS SHANGHAI / SINGAPORE / TOKYO Masanori Handa (b. 1979) was born in Kanagawa, Japan and completed a BA in Fine Arts at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2003. He has held solo exhibitions in both Tokyo and Singapore, and also participated in various exhibitions including the Echigo-Tsumari Triennale in 2006 in Japan. In the title of Masanori Handa’s recent series, ‘nakakiyo no’ is extracted from a Japanese traditional poem which expresses a long, humid night. With many references to “bonkei”, the art of creating miniature landscape gardens, the works in this series are marked by perceptions of the blossoming and eternal.
Masanori Handa uramabuta no hana, 2017 Watercolour, oil pastel on paper 108 x 108 cm Courtesy of Masanori Handa and Ota Fine Arts
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THE ROOSTER GALLERY VILNIUS Tomas Daukša (b. 1988) is a young Lithuanian artist currently a postgraduate student of the Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania). Daukša’s work examines the relations between various systems and their elements. His research always leaves some space for mystery, omission, imagination and chance. The installation ‘No Limit” occupies a space ‘filled with Daukša’s moving, shining and noiseproducing artificial creatures. Viewed separately, each creature may seem cute- almost resembling a toy, an animal from a children’s cartoon or fairytale book. However, when all of the beasts are brought together, they move erratically and transform the space into a chaotic cacophonic environment.
Tomas Dauksa, Flores rugien (No limit), 2018. Courtesy to the Artist and The Rooster Gallery
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ZAWYEH GALLERY RAMALLAH Rana Samara (born 1985, Jerusalem) is a Palestinian artist and a graduate of the International Art Academy, Ramallah (2015). Samara’s contributions extend her enduring focus on daily experience, exchanging the domestic and bedroom scenes of her previous work for still more intimate landscapes: the dream-worlds of Gazan children, as recounted to her by the children themselves in a series of online workshops. In these paintings, the interiors of rooms melt and shift as perspective is thrown off-course; symbol lurks in the figures that drift on the canvases, but its sense escapes us, as hints of narrative are confounded by extraordinary vertical compositions. Samara’s work is thrown into relief: images recalling children’s toys and games become unsettling and strange. These paintings refuse the notion of simple palliatives for the traumas they play out.
Rana Samara Untitled, 2018, Acrylic on canvas 205 x 240 cm. Courtesy of Zawyeh Gallery
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ART DUBAI MODERN
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ABOUT MODERN ART Modern Art (and Modernism) are loose terms given to describe a succession of styles and movements in art and architecture which dominated Western culture from the 19th century up to the 1960s and into the late 1970s and 1980s 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.
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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ART DUBAI MODERN Art Dubai Modern is devoted to modern art from the Middle East, Africa and South Asia. Art Dubai Modern presents museum-quality works by masters from the Middle East, South Asia and Africa, whose work has been influential throughout the 20th century. Overseen by a committee of leading academics and curators—Dr. Iftikhar Dadi, Catherine David, Vali Mahlouji and Dr. Nada Shabout—the section will present galleries with solo and collective exhibits.
SELECTION COMMITTEE Art Dubai’s Modern selection committee is comprised of the following academics and curators: Dr. Iftikhar Dadi Catherine David Vali Mahlouji Dr. Nada Shabout
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ART DUBAI MODERN F9 DAG New Delhi / Mumbai / New York D12 Dhoomimal Gallery New Delhi F6 Elmarsa Gallery Tunis / Dubai F7 Grosvenor Gallery London E9 Mark Hachem Paris / Beirut / New York D7 Hafez Gallery Jeddah D9 Gallery One Ramallah E10 Perve Galeria Lisbon D10 Sanchit Art New Delhi E7 TAFETA London E8 Ubuntu Art Gallery Cairo 23
ELMARSA GALLERY TUNIS/DUBAI A Tunisian native, Pierre Boucherle was a well-known figure at the forefront of the art scene in Tunisia during the French Protectorate. Starting at a young age with satiric illustrations in Tunisian newspapers, Boucherle achieved a strong and important body of work throughout his long career. Reminiscent of the Cubist aesthetic, his paintings are distinguished by the simplicity, accuracy and the rigorous bold outlines of his drawing. Boucherle lived between Tunis and Paris, where he participated regularly in major exhibitions. In 1936, he returned to Tunisia and founded the Group of Four with artists Corpora, Moses Levy, Jules Lellouche, which quickly became the Group of Ten, representing the avant-garde and professional trends in the arts. After World War II, he founded the Ecole de Tunis in 1949 with Tunisian artists such as Yahia Turki, Ammar Farhat who joined the group and exhibited, for the first time, as professional artists side by side with French artists.
Pierre Boucherle MosquĂŠe Oil on Canvas 60x72 cm Courtesy of Elmarsa Gallery
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PERVE GALERIA LISBON Ernesto Shikhani (1934-2010) is an indispensable name in the African art history, who belongs to a generation of artists that evolved in a context of the liberation struggles of the then Portuguese colonies. He began to devote himself to sculpture with the Portuguese master Lobo Fernandes at NĂşcleo de Arte, in Maputo, Mozambique, where he first began exhibiting his work in 1968. After his solo exhibition in 1973 in Lisbon, his work has been exhibited widely in Portugal, Switzerland, Spain, the UAE, and among other countries. Influenced by the historical background of his country, Shikhani established a new way of artistic creation, capable of assimilating and interpreting in his own way the relationships established between the colonizer and the colonized, by representing them mostly through monstrous beings. The artwork below marks the beginning of a more abstract, vibrant and positive language, denoting less concern with a political message and greater hope for the future development of his country.
Ernesto Shikhani (1934-2010, Mozambique) Untitled 1995 Mixed media on paper 46 x 36 cm Courtesy of Perve Galeria 25
UBUNTU ART GALLERY CAIRO Seif Wanly (1906 – 1979) was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He is one of the pioneers of Egyptian Modern Art with an artistry that progressed ahead of its time. He established an art studio with his younger brother, Edham, for the public and made immense contributions to the Egyptian art scene. His paintings and sketches reflect a visual timeline of his life events, travels and interests that range from depicting daily life nuances to capturing the movements of live entertainment. His works exhibit Cubist, Futuristic and Fauvist influences combined with his touch of bold colours and prominent compositions.
Seif Wanly Untitled Oil On Board 100x70 cm Courtesy of Ahmed El Dabaa 26
BAWWABA
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BAWWABA Bawwaba, meaning gateway in Arabic, is a new section of the fair that is showcasing works created within the last year or conceived specifically for the fair by 10 different artists from 10 different galleries. Bawwaba features works by artists from, based in, and/or focused on projects about Latin America, the Middle East, Africa and Central and South Asia.
A3 856G Mandaue City Kristoffer Ardeña (Philippines, 1976) A17 Aicon Contemporary New York Adeela Suleman (Pakistan, 1970) A5 Galerie Anne-Sarah Bénichou Paris Chourouk Hriech (France, 1977) A1 Canvas Gallery Karachi Hamra Abbas (Kuwait, 1976) A15 Guzo Art Projects Addis Ababa Wanja Kimani (Kenya, 1986) A7 Gypsum Cairo Gözde İlkin (Turkey, 1981) A13 Galerie Emmanuel Hervé Paris Sérgio Sister (Brazil, 1948) A9 Jhaveri Contemporary Mumbai Shezad Dawood (UK, 1974) A19 Perve Galeria Lisbon José Chambel (São Tomé & Príncipe, 1969) A11 Vermelho, São Paulo Marcelo Moscheta (Brazil, 1976)
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CANVAS GALLERY KARACHI Hamra Abbas was born in Kuwait in 1976. She received her BFA and MA in Visual Arts from the National College of Arts, Lahore in 1999 and 2002 respectively before going on to the Universitaet der Kuenste in Berlin where she did the Meisterschueler in 2004. Abbas’ artistic practice draws from a myriad of sources and takes a diversity of forms. Unrestrained by media, she takes an investigative approach to produce a diverse and holistic body of work addressing notions of cultural history, sexuality, violence, ornamentation, devotion and faith. In the last few years Abbas’s primary investigation has been to employ the visual language of religion and contemporary acts of devotion to address transformation and individual experience within a changing society. Following a long stretch shuttling between her hometown Lahore and Boston, her recent move back to Lahore has greatly influenced her work.
Hamra Abbas Everyday Waterfall 1, 2019 Marble, Lapis Lazuli 1.5’x 2’ Courtesy of the Artist 30
GUZO ART PROJECTS ADDIS ABABA Wanja Kimani is a visual artist based in Cambridgeshire, UK. In 2017, her video work was part of the exhibition ‘Landscapes of the Body’ at Art Paris Art Fair, France. In 2018, she participated in Laboratoire Agit’Art’s exhibition at the 13th Biennial of Contemporary African Art in Dakar and was shortlisted for the Mother Art Prize (UK). Kimani’s practice weaves visual histories, which explore and reflect upon the fragility of memory, the imagination, loss and trauma. Her work functions as a medium by which the artist and participants are able to understand the past and locate the present. She imposes elements of her own life into public spaces, acting as both author and character.
Wanja Kimani It’s Not You, It’s Me(still), 2018 Video (8m 13s) Courtesy of Guzo Art Projects
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JHAVERI CONTEMPORARY MUMBAI Shezad Dawood was born in London in 1974 and trained at Central St Martin’s and the Royal College of Art before undertaking a PhD at Leeds Metropolitan University. Dawood is a Research Fellow in Experimental Media at the University of Westminster. He lives and works in London. Dawood works across disciplines; film, painting, neon, sculpture and more recently virtual reality to deconstruct systems of image, language, site and narrative. Using the editing process as a method to explore both meanings and forms, his practice often involves collaboration and knowledge exchange, mapping across geographic borders and communities. Through a fascination with the esoteric, otherness and science-fiction, Dawood interweaves histories, realities and symbolism to create richly layered artworks.
Shezad Dawood Encroachments I (Jinnah), 2018 Acrylic and mixed media on canvas 139 x 119 cm Courtesy of the Artist and Jhaveri Contemporary 32
RESIDENTS
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RESIDENTS Art Dubai 2019 will feature the second edition of Residents, dedicated to solo presentations from invited galleries whose artists take part in a 6-8 week residency in the UAE. For the 2019 edition, Residents will focus on Latin America. The programme encourages artists to immerse themselves in the local art scene and create a body of work which merges their distinct artistic practice with their surroundings. Residents is supported by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation.
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A Gentil Carioca Rio de Janeiro Laura Lima (Brazil, 1971) Piero Atchugarry Gallery Pueblo Garzón/Miami Verónica Vázquez (Uruguay, 1970) Barro Buenos Aires Nicanor Aráoz (Argentina, 1981) Ruth Benzacar Galería de Arte Buenos Aires Luciana Lamothe (Argentina, 1975) Casa Triângulo São Paulo Rodolpho Parigi (Brazil, 1977) Galleria Continua San Gimignano / Beijing / Les Moulins / Havana José Manuel Mesías (Cuba, 1990) Instituto de Visión Bogotá Mazenett Quiroga: Lina Mazenett and David Quiroga (Colombia, 1989 and 1984) Mendes Wood DM São Paulo / Brussels / New York Luiz Roque (Brazil, 1979)
G12 Galeria Pilar São Paulo Flora Rebollo (Brazil, 1983) G3 Galería Revolver Lima / Buenos Aires Jerry B. Martin (Colombia, 1976) G9 Galería Servando Havana Luis Enrique López-Chávez (Cuba, 1988) G4 Galeria Luisa Strina São Paulo Alexandre da Cunha (Brazil, 1969) Resident Supporters: G15 BAIT15 G6 Tashkeel Warehouse421
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CASA TRIÂNGULO SÃO PAULO Rodolpho Parigi was born in 1977. Lives and works in São Paulo. Parigi works with drawing, painting and performance. He creates drawings and paintings in variable scales that explore the possibilities of a sci-fi universe. Composed by different types of hybrid figures based on ideas of bodies, fauna and flora elements, his works reveals the boundaries between the material and the artificial world.He participated in important exhibitions and artistic residencies. Recent group exhibitions include: Pinacoteca do Estado (São Paulo), Museum of Modern Art of Bahia (Salvador) and EAV Parque Lage (Rio de Janeiro).
Rodolpho Parigi La danse, 2018 Oil on canvas 290 x 500 cm
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GALLERIA CONTINUA SAN GIMIGNANO / BEIJING / LES MOULINS / HAVANA José Manuel Mesías (Cuba, 1990) is a Cuban artist specializing in painting, drawing, installation and video. After graduating from the Academy of Fine Arts San Alejandro, he became a professor of academic drawing at the Culture House in his hometown, Old Havana. One of his most important individual projects was the exhibition The Origin of Symmetry at Havana’s Center for Art and Design in 2012. His works have been exhibited widely across the US, Europe and South America. Mesías uses his immediate environment as a source of inspiration, both in terms of subject, concept and material matter. His work finds its roots in the history and contemporary context of Cuba. In addition, Mesías takes notable moments from history and re-contextualizes them, combining them with contemporary moments and more intimate occurrences.
José Manuel Mesías The dementia of the seamstress, 2016-2018 Fabric album. Singer sewing machine, lace fabric, thread, motor, carretes, pulleys Variable dimensions Courtesy of the Artist and Galleria Continua
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GALERIA PILAR SÃO PAULO Flora Rebollo, 1983, lives and works in São Paulo, Brazil, she graduated in Fine Arts from the University of São Paulo. Among her main exhibitions, highlights are Burubu at Galeria Pilar and meta-in-proto-pluri-sin-preter-en-forme at Centro Cultural, São Paulo. In her practice, Rebollo employs a number of graphic features that results in large-scale compositions that are unique in their prolific use of both electric and muddy colors and elusive shapes that create abstract compositions.
Flora Rebollo Untitled, 2017 Graphite, marker, colored pencil, pastel, spray and oil bar on paper 210 x 200 cm Courtesy of Galeria Pilar 38
EDUCATION
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ABOUT THE EDUCATION PROGRAMME 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; a year-round internship programme; artists talks; the critically acclaimed Global Art Forum and the Modern Symposium. MODERN SYMPOSIUM Art Dubai’s 2019 Modern Symposium presents all-day seminars led by distinguished curators and scholars including Nada Shabout, Catherine David, Elvira Dyangani Ose and Iftikhar Dadi. The masterclasses will feature in-depth seminars on Beirut, Baghdad, Dakar and Lahore, and will examine the ways in which each respective city has contributed to the modern art scene while also exploring how political and cultural factors have impacted and reshaped history.
CHILDREN & TEENS 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 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. The Sheikha Manal Little Artists Program features lead artist Sally Curcio for its 2019 edition. “Creating New Worlds” invites children to explore cityscapes and re-imagine urban landscapes through the use of miniatures and prototypes. The workshops motivate invention, cooperation, new perspectives, and exploration of how different materials can be composed to create new imagined environments. The Discovery Tours will also return in 2019, led by UAE-based and international artists. Specially designed for children between the ages of 5 to 17, the tailor-made tours enable young people to discover key pieces around the fair, with the works being brought alive via thematic activity maps and the storytelling of the guides.
CAMPUS ART DUBAI Campus Art Dubai (CAD) is an intensive six-month seminar and residency programme that provides Emirati and UAE-based artists with the opportunity to develop their practices under 40
the mentorship of world renowned tutors and to showcase their work during Art Dubai. 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 7.0 is led by writer/curator Murtaza Vali, anthropologist Uzma Z. Rizvi and Guest Curator Munira Al Sayegh. The intensive six-month seminar and residency programme titled “Mirror Mirror on The Wall: Contemporary Art And The City”, focuses on introspection, reflection and self-critique. The group examined and interrogated the role of artists and artist communities within the city. The programme explores the history of urban design, performance art in and of landscape, gentrification, and artist community building. At the culmination of the pedogeological portion of the programme, Augustine Paredes, Mohamed Khalid, Jumairy and Dima Srouji engaged in a 2-month residency alongside the artists in the Residents programme. Specifically looking at Dubai, the artists were invited to think of their relationship with the city and how the city’s fabric tied back to them as artists. The interrogations raised prompted the artists to pursue their responses and mergences through their artworks. The show brings to life the research done highlighting questions, experiments and realizations through the CAD 7.0 programme. The Dubai Culture & Arts Authority is the Strategic Partner of Campus Art Dubai. Campus Art Dubai is supported by Fondazione Cultura e Arte.
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. Thirty-one 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 2019/20 Fellowship is programmed over two years, and focuses on ‘artists as writers.’ Fellows Yaminay Chaudhri, Lantian Xie, Rachel Dedman and Dima Hamadeh will address issues of hands-on writing techniques including conceptual concerns of a more sweeping nature. How to make the best of the shifting relationship between image and language? What is the role of artist writing within the overall moral economy of Contemporary Art? The Fellowship programme is supported by Julius Baer 41
INTERNSHIP PROGRAMME Since Art Dubai’s internship programme was initiated in September 2007, over 650 students and recent graduates from 40 nationalities and 20 educational institutions have participated in the traineeship and internship programmes offered. Many of our interns have gone on to find further work experience opportunities and permanent placements within Art Dubai and its partner organisations. Traineeships are typically intensive three-month placements during which participants engage in a particular area of the organisation. In 2017, Art Dubai launched its One-Month Internship Programme. The one-month internships give participants an introduction and overview of Art Dubai. Participants rotate across various departments within Art Dubai, developing skills that relate to the overall planning of the fair.
GLOBAL ART FORUM Entitled “School is a Factory?”, and programmed by editor/writer Victoria Camblin and curator/ writer, Fawz Kabra, Global Art Forum 2019 addresses the urgent challenges and opportunities facing education today. The two-day forum takes place 20-21 March 2019, “School is a Factory?” follows on from last year’s theme of automation to ask leading questions such as: What should education prioritise in the coming decade? How should humans be taught in the age of accelerated mechanisation? Is the notion of ‘learning for life’ just an opportunistic tagline? Will higher education escape the ghetto of elitism? Do past experiments in education have something to teach today? And, will we need humans to teach humans anymore, anyway?
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ABOUT THE COMMISSIONS PROGRAMME Art Dubai Commissions, as part of the fair’s extensive not-for-profit programme, gives artists from across the world the opportunity to develop dynamic site-specific works for the grounds of the fair. ART DUBAI COMMISSION: SOLAROCA For its 2019 edition, Art Dubai has commissioned renowned Brazilian artist collective OPAVIVARÁ! to create an interactive, site-specific work at the heart of the fair on Fort Island. Their installation, entitled ‘SOLAROCA’, will consist of a beach-like environment under the shade of an oca (a Brazilian indigenous house) and combine a typical Brazilian beach-setting with traditional Middle Eastern elements. The work will serve as a backdrop for visitors to mingle and invite an intercultural dialogue. OPAVIVARÁ! is an art collective from Rio de Janeiro, who develops actions in public spaces of different cities, galleries and cultural institutions, proposing inversions in the use of urban space, through the creation of relational devices that provide collective experiences. Since its creation in 2005, the group has been an active participant in the Brazilian contemporary art scene. They participated in the 32ª São Paulo Biennial 2016 and in 2017 had a performance at the Guggenheim Museum in New York and exhibitions in Vienna, Lisbon, Leverkusen and Nice.
PERFORMANCES The performance programme for the 2019 edition of Art Dubai, developed by contemporary art institution Kunsthalle Lissabon, is a celebration of togetherness. Founded in 2009 by curators João Mourão and Luís Silva, it celebrates its tenth anniversary this year with a series of collaborative projects with several international partners. Through a series of performances taking place during the fair, it explores the unifying aspects of people gatherings, such as dances, processions and festivities. These kinds of communal celebrations are not only a chance to have fun, but they are also powerful tools to think about the world around us. Through bright colour, engaging movement and music, the spectator and participator join in the moment to let go and enjoy themselves, whilst also experiencing a new way of understanding. A Walk Into The Night Carnival artist Marlon Griffith (Born in Trinidad Tobago, 1976) has developed a version of his A Walk into the Night specifically for Art Dubai. Taking the aesthetics of Trinidadian carnivals and West African shadow puppets as a starting point, the piece stages both a large-scale celebratory procession and a magical play of light and shadow that will enact several narratives 44
associated with the recent history of Dubai. The performance is a collaboration with the Philippine Business Council-Dubai & the Northern Emirates, the Philippine Consulate General and the Filipino Community in Dubai, involving 120 performers as well as music composed by a local musician. A Walk into the Night is supported by the Philippine Business Council-Dubai & the Northern Emirates (PBC-DNE), the Philippine Consulate General in Dubai (PCG) and the Filipino Community. Muted Situation #2: Muted Lion Dance Samson Young (Born in Hong Kong, 1979) is an artist primarily working in the medium of sound performance. In his Muted Situation #2: Muted Lion Dance, Young reimagines the traditional Chinese lion dance, whereby performers mimic a lion’s movements to bring luck and fortune. In place of the usual percussive music, the dancers will perform to a soundtrack made of unusual sounds such as the intense breathing of the performers, rattling of the lion costume, and the stomping of the feet. With this, the audience is forced to reimagine the aural experience of watching this dance. Muted Lion Dance is part of larger body of work in which the artist proposes a series of sonic situations. UAE NOW Curated by Munira Al Sayegh, UAE NOW is a new segment of Art Dubai exploring the country’s independent local artist-run platforms. These collectives and community groups offer a crucial counterpoint to the public and commercial sectors and add an essential layer to the local contemporary art ecosystem. UAE NOW highlights the depth in these organisations and their place in the evolving landscape, bringing to the fore the important contribution of grassroots platforms and the underground in creating new ways of thinking, theory and artistic movements. The participating platforms include, Bait 15, Banat Collective, Jaffat el Aqlam, PAC (Public Art Collective) and Daftar Asfar. These platforms have been invited to showcase their respective institutions in their way of choice and it is hoped that their introduction to the fair will act as a counter narrative, creating a symbiotic push and pull between institutional and non-institutional thinking and action.
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