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INDIA IMPRINTS
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ndian art is making a move these days. The 2011 Venice Biennale
marked the countrys inaugural participation and recently, the Tate
announced the upcoming launch of an acquisition committee for
Indian art. In addition, this years India Art Fair, formerly known as the
India Art Summit, attracted an impressive line-up of 91 galleries half
of which were international and from 20 countries. This fair also drew
a number of art world power-players such as Tate Moderns Director
Chris Dercon, Indonesian collector Budi Tek and Art Dubai Fair
Director, Antonia Carver. Despite a recent decrease in prices after the
pre-nancial crisis boom, there is recognisable growth in the Indian
art market seen through the wealth of new collectors within India
and internationally, eager to tap into the excitement of the regions
art scene.
Art Dubai gets a taste of the
burgeoning Indian art scene through
the participation of four Indian
galleries and two international
spaces specialising in Indian art.
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iddle Eastern art had another good night at the fair;
Contemporary international works became a big draw
as the second eve brought some major sales.
Galleria Continua (A5) sold Egyptian Moataz Nasrs 2011 matches
on wood work, Khayameya, for $30,00040,000 to a private
collector from the region. Frey Norris Contemporary & Modern (A7)
sold British-American artist duo Kate Erics Never Even acrylic on
canvas work for $45,000 as well as a work on paper by the artists
for $6000 both to international collectors. London-based Green
Cardamom (A6) sold a work from Iranian Nazgol Ansarinias series,
Reections/Refractions, for $4500 to a Singapore-based collector.
Another good night for mid-range
work sets a steady pace for galleries.
Joana Vasconcelos. Montmartre. 2011. Handmade woollen crochet, ornaments
and polyester on canvas. 134 x 188 x 38 cm. Photograph by Atelier Joana
Vasconcelos. Image courtesy Galerie Nathalie Obadia, Paris/Brussels.
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The Pace Gallery (B14) couldnt be happier with their day, with
the sale of Chinese artist Zhang Huans seminal work, Skin, and
ash-based Tiger, as well as two works by Japanese artist Sugimoto
to collectors new to the gallery. Pace also stated reserves on works
by Keith Tyson at the time of press.
Works by conceptual Emirati artist Hassan Sharif drew a lot of
attention at Sfeir-Semler (B15); the gallery sold Spoons 3, a mixed
media sculpture to a UAE-based collector for an undisclosed sum.
Dubai-based Gallery Isabelle Van Den Eynde (B22) had to re-
hang part of its booth and reported sales of two works on paper
by French-Algerian artist Abdelkader Benchamma for between
$6600-14,500; seven collages by Iranian artist Rokni Haerizadeh
for $7000 each and a work by his brother Ramin.
Galerie Nathalie Obadias (B24) founder was all smiles having
sold 10 works to new collectors including a crochet piece by Joana
Vasconcelos entitled Montmartre for $92,500 to a European
collector and Still Life with Injected Fishes, a collage work by
Ramin Haerizadeh for $10,000, to a French
collector who had never seen the Iranian artists
work before.
Pilar Corrias (B3) continued to do well
with works by Iranian Tala Madani
and sold Slide Show to a member of
the UAE royal family as well as Four
Empty Cells for $28,000 to a Dubai-based
collector; the gallery also sold Asians Must
Eat Rice by Rikrit Tiravanija for $10,000 to
an Indian collector. New York-based Leila
Heller Gallery (A37) sold a work by Shiva
Ahmadi for $15,000, two works by Kezban
Arca Batibeki TigerTiger2 for $34,000
and Hairy Tale for $60,000 and numerous
works by Ayad Al-Khadi for between
$40,000-55,000 for larger works and
$5500 for smaller ones. All were sold to
Dubai-based collectors.
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Marshall, Media and
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media that we use in our
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physiologically rewires
our brains after a certain
amount of time," he said.
Douglas Coupland with Serpentine Gallery Co-
Director of Exhibitions and Programmes and Director
of International Programmes, Hans Ulrich Obrist and
Global Art Forum_6 Director and writer Shumon
Basar during the discussion Marshall, Media and Me.
One of the ACAP 2012 winners,
Wael Shawky at the discussion
Cabaret Crusades: History Through
The Eyes of Film and Literature. "I
am very fascinated with history, but
more so with the human nature of
how we record, interpret and write
history," he said.
Hans Ulrich Obrist at the
discussion Cabaret Crusades:
History Through The Eyes of
Film and Literature.
Curator Lara Khaldi
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Art Glossary Project
launch and talk.
"Translation can
be an incentive
or even an excuse
to invent new
forms, structures,
expressions, textures
and sounds in the
new language."
Presentation: Gwangju Biennale
A brunch hosted by Yongwoo Lee,
President of the Gwangju Biennale.
Global Art Forum_6
Valued: News and the Markets of Art
and Finance
Writer Georgina Adam in
conversation with author
Parag Khanna.
Global Art Forum_6
Power Less: Art vs Media Polemic (1)
A presentation by journalist
Negar Azimi.
Global Art Forum_6
The Breakup
Artist Michel Rakowitz in conversation
with curator Jack Persekian.
Public Access to Art Dubai

The Hatch
A series of artists' talks, lms and
video screenings.
Global Art Forum_6
Power Less: Art vs Media Polemic (2)
A presentation by Egyptian artist
Huda Lut.
Global Art Forum_6
Powerpointing
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Your Creative
Medium Potential: Victoria Camblin.
Performance: Kken Ergun
(Book a place on the tour at any of
the information desks)
Childrens Workshop: From Morocco
to the Moon
Moroccan artist Yto Barrada teams
up with Zid Zid Kids to create an
exploration area for children of lm
projections and ice cream.
(Sign up for daily childrens workshops
for 4 to 10 year-olds at the Projects Desk
in the Arena Foyer)
Tour: Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2012
Exclusive tour of Spectral Imprints by
ACAP 2012 Guest Curator Nat Muller.
(Book a place on the tour at any of
the information desks)
Book Launch: Edge of Arabia
Arena Foyer
Performance: Carlos Celdran
(Book a place on the tour at any of
the information desks)
Artist Talk: Nusra Qureshi
Sutton Gallery, B16
Marker - tour the curated section
of concept stands launched in
2011 which focus this year on the
Indonesian art scene.
(Book a place on the tour at any of
the information desks)
Artists Talk: Yto Barrada and
Zid Zid Kids
Artist Yto Barrada and Zid Zid Kids
discuss educational art projects.
Ballroom Foyer
Performance Night: Trace
Co-produced by Art Dubai
Projects and Trafc, the inaugural
Performance Night at Art Dubai
features an eclectic line-up of artists,
poets, musicians, academics, curators
and collectors.
(Last entrance is at 21:30. Please arrive
via the Mina ASalam entrance)
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WHAT IS ONES ART EDUCATION
INCOMPLETE WITHOUT?
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A group of friends with strong opinions on art, an
excellent connection to the Internet, an open mind,
an honest heart and a love for music.
Manal Al-Dowayan, Saudi artist
represented by Cuadro Fine Art
Gallery, Dubai
As an artist, I never stop learning. My education
and knowledge grow with each piece that I
produce. I think there is no standard education
in art. Some of the most interesting artists
throughout history were autodidacts.
Nadia Kaabe-Linke, Tunisian artist
represented by Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai
Already there has been a change in the perception
of art as a career for young people and the next
step is surely education. We all have a part to play
here. The museum projects, galleries, publications
and other partners around the region are
embracing this opportunity with workshops, small
courses and talks.
Hala Khayat, Specialist, Christies
Art education would be incomplete without
instilling in students the urge and desire to make
the world a better place; to infuse in them a
commitment, patience and curiosity to engage
with the world and through their practices, deal
with crucial issues at hand.
Alfred Tarazi, Lebanese artist represented
by The Running Horse, Beirut, B25
Ones art education is incomplete without spirituality.
The meditative process and repetition involved in
making art contribute to tension and beauty.
Ran Hwang, Korean artist represented by
Galerie Kashya Hildebrand, Zurich, B6
There are those who are perhaps geniuses and art
is their only form of expression; education for them
should provide a kind of playground and a support
for risk and innovation. There are others who want
to make a living as an artist and have that lifestyle;
schooling for them should be very disciplined and
provide intensive technical training.
Gonkar Gyatso, Tibetan artist represented
by Haunch of Venison, London/New York

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curators and acquiring discerning taste. But, there
is one thing you need to know: you are never
done with learning about art.
Florian Berktold, Director, Hauser & Wirth,
Zurich/London
MADE IN THE UAE
The DXB Store returns to Art Dubai this year
showcasing limited edition objects, artists multiples,
clothes and other design products, all of which are
designed and made in the UAE.
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Four Indian art galleries Chemould Prescott Road
(A24) from Mumbai; Experimenter Gallery
(A13) from Kolkata; Galerie Mirchandani +
Steinruecke (B2) from Mumbai and Seven
Art Limited (B28) from New Delhi present
a mix of Modern masters and rising
Contemporary artists from India.
In addition, two London galleries
specialising in Asian art
Grosvenor Vadehra Gallery
(B18), which is paying tribute
to the late MF Husain through a
mini-retrospective of some
of the artists most pivotal
works, and Aicon Gallery
(B21), presenting an
array of Indias Modern
and Contemporary artists
including Debanjan Roy, Angolie Ela
Menon, Raghu Rai and Ram Kumar, similarly, reveal
the artistic diversity in Indian art. There seems to be many
progressive-minded galleries in Dubai similar to what is
taking place in India, says Ranjana Steinruecke from Galerie
Michandani + Steinruecke which are exhibiting at the fair for
the rst time. Its a great feeling to take part in something
new and to build our identity through an artistic dialogue
with a region so close to India.
The works on display at these galleries bring together
Modern Indian Masters with esteemed Contemporary
names. Among the works on show is one by Adip Dutta
at Experimenter Gallery is an untitled stainless steel and
breglass sculpture resembling that of a carcass-like
archaeological discovery. However, upon closer investigation,
Continued from page 1 >
MUSEUMS OF
CONTEMPORARY ART
Devi Foundation, New Delhi
www.devifoundation.org
Kiran Nader Museum, New Delhi
www.knma.in
National Museum of Modern Art, New Delhi,
Mumbai and Bangalore
www.ngmaindia.gov.in

MOST HYPED
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS
Subodh Gupta, Bharti Kher, Jitish Khallat,
Ranbir Kaleka, Atul and Anju Dodiya and Raqs
Media Collective.
MODERN MASTERS
MF Husain, SH Raza and Francis Newton Souza.
NOTABLE ART COLLECTORS
Lekha and Anupam Poddar and Kiran Nader

ART FAIRS
India Art Fair, 2326 January 2013
www.indiaartfair.in
Art Chennai, Chennai, March 2013 (dates TBA)
www.artchennai.com
BIENNALES
Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Kerala, 12 December
2012mid-January 2013
www.kochimuzirisbiennale.org
the viewer beholds what is in fact a large hair clip. Chemould
Prescott Road shows London-based Pakistani and Indian
artist Shezad Dawoods My Fathers House, an acrylic on
vintage textile work exploring the artists investigation of
breaking down literal images to re-examine the visual make-
up of the world through various patterns. Suhasini Kejriwals
4.3-metre-high installation made from everyday objects such
as clothes, toys and cheap sunglasses on top and fruits and
vegetables on the bottom attempts to commemorate the
seeming socio-economic achievements of modern Indian
through a monumental and hierarchical structure at Seven
Art Limited. Another entry at the fair is young Dubai-born
Indian artist Ubik, who engages the public in a dialogue
about art fairs through an interactive installation using
fortune cookies containing imprints of his bank statements.
The installation comments on the changing state of nances
for artists in relationship to the nature of art fairs. Such
a mixed variety of artworks juxtaposed with the mini-
retrospective of late Modern Master MF Husain, depict a
country embedded within a conceptual and formal
artistic exploration.
In past years, Art Dubai has displayed work by leading
Indian artists such as Subodh Gupta, Jitish Kallat, FN Souza
and Anju and Atul Dodiya, among others. Global interest
in art from India is growing steadily, says Carver. The fairs
support by esteemed Indian art patrons and collectors is
indicative of its importance as a crucial hub in which to buy
and sell art from India. Among the fairs advisory board
sits esteemed art patron and collector Lekha Poddar and art
connoisseur Smita Prabhakar. In addition, Gallerist Shireen
Ghandy of Chemould Prescott Road, which has exhibited
at Art Dubai since its inception in 2007, is a member of the
selection committee, and lastly, Indian native and South
Asian art historian Savita Apte, is co-director of the fair. Art
Dubai was the rst art fair we participated in, says Ghandy.
Since then, weve gone on to participate in Art Basel, FIAC,
Art Hong Kong and India Art. The fair was the gateway. It
is seemingly this great blend of old and new, regional and
international which endows Art Dubai with its unique vision
and creative edge.
Adip Dutta. The Book of Pain. 2012.
Stainless steel and iron nails. 99.1 x 66 x
38.1 cm. Image courtesy the artist and
Experimenter, Kolkata.
INDIA IMPRINTS
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Beirut-based Galerie Janine Rubeiz (A28) sold two
works by Rim El-Jundi for between $8000-10,000 and
a piece by Lebanese artist Hanibal Srouji for $26,000 to
German and Lebanese collectors, respectively.
Zurich-based Kashya Hildebrand (B6) had a good
day with sales of two works on paper by Lebanese
artist Marwan Sahmarani to the British Museum and
Whimsical Dreams 1 by Korean artist Ran Hwang for
between $40,000-60,000.
Casablanca-based LAtelier 21 (B10) sold Love
Supreme, a 2011 photograph on Plexiglas by
Mohammed El-Baz for $10,000 and a mixed media
on canvas work by Fouad Bellamine for $30,000; both
pieces sold to Middle Eastern buyers. Pi Artworks (B11)
sold the rst ever circular work by Gulay Semercioglu
for between $30,000-40,000 to a collector new to the
gallery as well as Gaze Series, an oil-on-canvas by Irfan
Onurman for $40,000 to a Dubai-based collector.
Viltin Galeria (B31) sold Colour Code H3, a light box
that moves through a spectrum of colours, by German
light-sculpture artist Hans Kotter for $14,000 to a
European collector. Marianne Boesky Gallery (A23) sold
an untitled C-print by Anthony Pearson for $18,000.
Beirut's Agial Art Gallery (A16) sold an acrylic on canvas
work by Lebanese artist Nabil Nahas for $65,000. Selma
Feriani Gallery (A4) sold Burj Khaifa #2, a black-and-
white silver print by Ziad Antar to a UAE-based collector
for $14,000 and two editions of La Tour by the same
artist for $9600 and $10,500 to private collectors from
the region.
First-timer The Running Horse (B25) sold 14 works by
Lebanese artist Alfred Tarazi for between $2000-12,000
and Selective Memory by California-based Lebanese
artist Heba Kalache for $8000.
New York and London-based Aicon Gallery (B21) sold
three works by Saad Qureshi Reections for $12,000,
Between Oracle and Doubt for $4500 and Concussion
for $4500 to a French collector. It also sold a Debanjon
Roy work, Crushed 2, for $7500 to an international
collector. Tunisian Galerie El-Marsa (A25) saw the sale
of Isolation, an oil-on-canvas by Thameur Majri, for
$12,000 and Graphmes by Nja Mahdaoui for $80,000.
London gallery Rose Issa Projects (A8) sold three
works by Omar D one to a Swiss collector and two to
UK-based collectors, each edition was approximately
$13,000. The gallery also sold two works from Farhad
Ahrarnias Bury My Heart series, for more than $10,000
each to a local and regional collector along with two
works by Hossein Valamanesh, Shams 7 and Life Blood
5, to a Swiss collector for less than $10,000 each. Other
sales included a Baal (Mohamad Said Baalbaki) oil on
canvas work to a local collector for almost $30,000 and
ve editions of Hassan Hajjajs Hindiii series to regional
and international collectors for almost $10,000 each.
Atassi Gallery (A3), which is only showing works by
Fadi Yazigi, sold two ceramic plates for between $2500
3000, one mixed media on canvas work for $15,000
and three cigar boxes for $3000 each. All the works
went to private collectors from the Middle East.
Hong Kong-based Connoisseur Contemporary Gallery
(A39) sold Jim Morrison with Treble Meanings No 4
by Chan Yu for $20,000 and Bruce Lee with Treble
Meanings No 6 by the same artist for $30,000 to
separate UAE-based collectors.
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Hans Kotter. Colour Code H3. 2012. Plexiglas, slide, colour-changing led
lights, stainless steel. 200 x 13 x 13 cm. Single edition.
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nown to zoom around the citys roads in his red Ferrari, the late Indian Cubist artist MF
Husain found a home in Dubai during the latter years of his life. Residing in an apartment
complex in the upscale Emaar Towers, Husain was known to many in the city as Baba
Uncle. Nine months have passed since the artist died last June at the age of 97. Art Dubai
commemorates the late artist with a mini retrospective of Husains work organised by London-
based Grosvenor Vadehra Gallery.
Within the space's 40 square-metre booth are around 12 watercolour and oil paintings
including the artists signature horses made in the 1960s. Also on view is an 18-minute short
movie, Through the Eyes of a Painter, the rst lm directed and scripted by the artist, who also
experimented with lmmaking. This 1967 documentary is set in the Indian state of Rajasthan and
won a Golden Bear award at the Berlin Film Festival that same year. The works on display span
different periods from Husains career, from the 1950s through to the 1990s. Among them is a
1963 Untitled (Three Heads Rajasthan) oil on canvas work as well as Horses, a circa 1961 oil
on canvas piece highlighting the artists interest in stallions. Husains work has been exhibited at
every Art Dubai since 2007 with the artist himself attending several editions. Prices for the works
on show start at around $80,000.
Owais Husain, the artists youngest son, was especially touched by the commemoration. As a
son and an artist, it is very inspiring, he says. My father was an extremely generous person
this is the fruition of his work. Owais hopes to release his own documentary entitled Letters to
My Son About My Father next year. The lm was created over three years and traces his fathers
life in Dubai, London and Qatar. We were very similar but also very independent artistically, he
explains. Through the assimilation of various chapters of his life I learnt more about my father.
I was like a hungry child; I wanted to grow closer to him. The late artist also wrote letters to
Owaiss now six-year-old son. These writings reveal many thoughts and ideas pertinent to the
artist. Owais hopes the lm will act as a memoir for posterity as well as offer his son a glimpse
into his own father-son relationship. An intimate glimpse into the artists career, this special
retrospective showcases MF Husains pivotal oeuvre to international and local guests and links the
late artist once again to Dubai.
A mini-retrospective at London-based Grosvenor
Vadehra Gallery showcases paintings, photo prints
and a short documentary of the late Indian artist
MF Husain.
MF Husain. (Detail) Untitled (Three Heads-Rajasthan). 1963. Oil on canvas. 61.1 x 80 cm.
MF Husain. (Detail) Trio.1967. Oil on canvas. 53 x 89.5 cm. Both images courtesy Grosvenor Gallery, London.
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SPOTLIGHT ON SAUDI ART INSIGHT
Tate Modern Director on Edge of
Arabias latest show in Jeddah, We
Need to Talk, which ran from 20
January until 28 February this year.
We have been closely following the
development of Edge of Arabia through
its different presentations abroad since its
inception in 2008. Indeed, in the jigsaw puzzle
of the new art of the greater Middle East, this
piece an important edge was lacking. It is
important that in its fourth year, [We Need to
Talk, Edge of Arabias Jeddah show] is a home-
play for the edge. The great number of young
locals their curiosity and enthusiasm is
proof of that! Edge of Arabias organisers are
experienced art professionals, the proof is their
credibility both abroad and at home. This show
was the most mature so far through its themes,
choice of artists, interpretation and display. The
works of Maha Malluh, not in the least because
of her age; Ahmed Mater, because of its
pointed criticality; and of Manal Al-Dowayan;
deserve great interest and a following also in
Europe. The fact that there are very strong
works by strong women is an important sign.
The outspokenness and boldness of the works
of these three artists is striking, especially
set off against many decorative works in
the art of the greater Middle East. They give
us outsiders an unparalleled insight in the
psycho-social tensions read; contradictions
and paradoxes, which can be traced in the
Kingdom. The fact that most of these artists
have other professional careers is also evidence
of the fact that the greater Middle East is the
birthplace of a new type of Contemporary
art as well as a new role for Contemporary
art beyond the articiality and superciality
of new art markets. These artists are true
intellectuals with a great eye for form and
immanence. That the organisers of Edge of
Arabia went out of their way to show and tell
guests of the complexities and absurdities of
historical preservation in the country is proof
their openness and intelligence.
F
our young British artists toured 12 countries in the Middle East as part
of a cultural journey in 2002. A year later, they founded the Offscreen
Education Programme, which saw a series of international exhibitions
of works inspired by their grand voyage. But it was a chance encounter
with Contemporary Saudi artists in the Al-Meftaha Arts Village in Abha
in 2003, which shocked not only a member of the foursome, Stephen
Stapleton, but almost everyone else. He later took his ndings to cultural
organisations, patrons, magazines and pretty much all those who make
up the fabric of the Contemporary Middle Eastern art world. Of course
eyebrows were raised. Saudi art? Did the genre even exist? Was it any
good? More importantly, how long of an expiration date did it have?
The fact of the matter is that Contemporary Saudi art, like the Kingdom
it originates from, was a victim of stereotyping and was also insular, but
it had not been forgotten, nor was it disregarded. One of its primary
supporters, who is widely recognised as the patron of Saudi artists, is
HRH Princess Jawaher Bint Majid Bin Abdulaziz Al-Saud. In 1999, she
established the Al-Mansouria Foundation, which seeks to promote Saudi art
through the staging of exhibitions in the Kingdom and overseas. Princess
Jawaher comes to every single show we stage, says Mohammed Haz of
Jeddahs Athr Gallery (A1) an institution which, since its establishment in
2008, continues to serve as a catalyst in the Saudi art scene. In 2001, the
Foundation acquired a studio for artist residencies at the Cit International
des Arts in Paris. There may have been a lull post 9/11 around the world
and in Saudi, but it didnt deter the Kingdoms artists. Saudi art was good,
it just needed to be guided and promoted, adds Haz.
Stapleton and artists Ahmed Mater and Abdulnasser Gharem the
former a physician and the latter a lieutenant colonel in the Saudi army
established Edge of Arabia (EoA), an organisation which seeks to promote
art, both from and within the Kingdom. Its rst show at the Brunei
Gallery in Londons SOAS in 2008 attracted 13,000 visitors and good
It isnt a recent phenomenon, but it is a phenomenon nonetheless:
Contemporary Saudi art is making headlines.
Left: Hamza Sera's installation at Edge of Arabia's We Need to Talk in Jeddah, January 2012. Image courtesy Edge of Arabia. Right, Michael Govan. 2010, Museum Associated/LACMA.
news travelled fast. A year later, Abdullah Al-Turki came on board as the
organisations Creative Director; a series of exhibitions in Europe and the
Middle East were subsequently staged. More good news travelled. And in
2010, EoA participated at the Global Competitiveness Forum in Riyadh,
where Michael Govan, CEO and Wallis Annenberg Director of the Los
Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), met some of the organisations
artists. It was a combination of a certain isolation and traditional terms of
environment where you become an artist; and yet, the language that the
artists were speaking was quite knowing, says Govan, whose organisation
acquired a video work by Gharem soon after. LACMAs Linda Komaroff
went on to attend EoAs Berlin show in the same year and commissioned a
work by Mater (the piece is part of LACMAs Gifts of the Sultan exhibition
staged in 2011 and currently on show in Doha). Whats so interesting is
that LACMA is an encyclopaedic museum, and here we are, an American
institution, which organised an exhibition of Islamic art that travelled to the
Middle East, adds Govan.
In the last year or so, monographs on Mater and Gharem were
published. Saudi participated through a National Pavilion for the rst
time at the Venice Biennale in 2011. EoA artists donated works in aid of
the organisations education programme through Christies Dubai; the
auction made Gharem a record-breaking living Arab artist with $842,500
achieved for his Message/Messenger installation. [By donating the
proceeds to EoA], I made sure that everything I didnt have or experience
as a child museum visits, art books etc was given to the next generation
of artists, says Gharem. Works by EoA artists were exhibited through a
collateral event at the last Venice Biennale; some are showing at the British
Museums Hajj: Journey to the Heart of Islam. Saudi artists have been
picked up by international galleries theres talk of Maha Malluh being
added to a London gallerys stable; Ayman Yossri Dayban is represented by
Athr but also by Londons Selma Feriani Gallery (A4) and Dubais Cuadro
Fine Art Gallery where hes just completed a residency and is holding a
show. Saudi artists are questioning the world around them in a mature
way, says Cuadros Bashar Al-Shroogi. They are conceptualising artwork
at a very contemporary level and producing artworks at global standards.
This was profoundly evident in EoAs January show in Jeddah, We Need to
Talk, which many have suggested is the organisations best to date.
The question is where to from here almost light years away from
Al-Meftaha Arts Village in Abha? Let Saudi artists keep doing what
theyre doing, the quality already shows, says Komaroff; the success of
these artists will enable the next generation to produce art. Theres no
stopping Al-Turki, who cites greater output and a more involved Saudi
audience keen on nurturing a creative economy; the organisation is yet
to announce the appointment of a new curator before their next show in
London in October this year. My advice is to speak to the environment;
education is key, adds Govan; In Saudi I think theres an openness to
create an environment for thinking and exchange among artists. Haz,
Al-Turki, Al-Shroogi and many more of their peers are doing just that:
cultivating the seeds of a genre thats gaining solid momentum.
A view of Manal Al-Dowayan's installation, My Name, at Edge of Arabia's We Need to Talk in
Jeddah, January 2012. Image courtesy Edge of Arabia.
Ahmed Mater, German artist Wolfgang Tillmans and Tate
Director Chris Dercon at Mada'in Saleh, a World Heritage
Site in Saudi Arabia. Photography by Myrna Ayad.
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is the eleventh month in the solar calendar. Bahman was a famous
cinema that was destroyed during the 1979 Islamic Revolution.
And, as we have been told, Bahman cigarettes are the preferred
brand of Irans intellectual circles. Through
the interweaving of several pasts by the
overlapping of ongoing decorative forms,
destroyed cultural sites and intangible
social modes, Bakhshi succeeded
in constructing a poignant and
complex commentary on both, the
material and the political realities of
an ever shifting reality that is based
on his own experience of living in
post Revolutionary Iran.
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EXCAVATING THE PAST, ILLUMINATING THE PRESENT
Paradise Row Gallery (B29)
Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin -
The Prestige of Terror
Broomberg and Chanarins set of prints were created in Cairo
in 2010 for an exhibition at the Townhouse Gallery that
commemorated an artist collective that was founded in Cairo
on 19 January 1939 and called itself Jamaat Al-Fann Wal-
Hurriyyah. (The Art and Liberty Group) The Group comprised of a
core number of intellectuals and artists who aligned themselves
primarily with Surrealism. While many of the artists who were
afliated with the Group did not work in a Surrealist style, they
seem to have been attracted, or at least sympathetic towards
Surrealisms leftist revolutionary project. Through the Groups
activities, artists could implement a number of both, creative and
political projects alike, that resonated with a rejection of what
they perceived as an imported salon-like artistic academicism
endorsed by an oppressive Colonial/Monarchic regime and a
conservative middle class bourgeois morality. The duo reprinted
several slogans or statements they excavated from some of the
groups publications on a printing press from the same period and
presumably on the same paper on which the original pamphlets
were printed.
Gallery Etemad (B9)
Mahmoud Bakhshi
The work by Mahmoud Bakhshi at Etemad is another manifestation
of a larger project entitled Wall. It is made of hundreds of real
cigarettes. At rst, the geometrical construct of the work seems
reminiscent of a traditional aesthetic expression common in many
of the regions architectural and decorative art forms. Yet, the artists
premeditated choice for transforming them into building blocks
tells of a more complex semantic. Bahman, the cigarettes brand,
Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin. (Detail) Excerpt from The Prestige of Terror (A Cloud
Passing Over Cairo). 2010. Ink on paper. 28 x 21.5 cm. Edition of eight plus two artist
proofs. Image courtesy Paradise Row, London.
Mahmoud Bakhshi. (Detail) Untitled. 2011. Straws.
50 x 50 x 16 cm. Image courtesy Etemad Gallery,
Tehran/Dubai.
Aicon Gallery (B21)
MF Husain The Mirage
The timely tribute to late Indian artist MF Husain staged by the
Grosvenor Vadehra is a noteworthy endeavor. Yet, an unassuming
gem lies at Aicon Gallery, tucked in a corner, almost unnoticed.
The 1960 abstract work stands out as
a pointer to a short-lived phase during
a period mostly known for the artists
more iconic horses. The work manages
to elude the prevalent rhetoric that
has framed the at times reductionist or
Western-centric discourse surrounding
the artists work. This painting posits
the case for a re-investigation of a less
explored aspect of the artists work and
makes for an argument that maybe there
is something more to search for in his
collective opus.
Curators Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath take us on a tour of Art Dubai and highlight their favourite pieces.
Looking at things from a curatorial perspective, both describe their picks as falling under the theme of looking
to the past to understand the present. As a common thread developed, the works dual nature of straddling
two worlds creates a unique rhythm when walking through the fair.
Galerie Krinzinger (B1)
Kader Attia Modern Geneology
Attias collages, Modern Genealogy, are part of the artists larger
concern with the question of the interrelatedness of colonialism
and modernity. The architectural quality of the collages themselves
allude to the aesthetic of modernist architecture, or to be more
exact, a more economic rigid manifestation of it in the type of
community buildings that were constructed in the suburbs of
Paris to accommodate the incoming waves of mostly Algerian
and African immigrants from the 1950s to the 1970s. Kaders
references to the banlieues evident, his clusters of individuals
dwarfed by images of the Expositions Coloniales emphasise the
continuity between colonial modernity and current economic,
political and cultural realities amongst immigrant communities
scattered along the North South Mediterranean axis. The work
contests with the dominant historiography by which modernity
has been inscribed as a Western construct that was aped, to a less
successful extent, by the colonised periphery.
Kader Attia. (Detail) Modern Genealogy #1. 2011. Collage. 36 x 47 cm.
Grey Noise (A10)
Mehreen Murtaza Crisis Apparations
We think theres a beautiful blend between fact and ction, framing
and representation and an intervention of things that exist and
the elements the artist adds on top to add a level of complexity to
the story and add all these references to ideas such as conspiracy
theories and historiography. What is very interesting is that it
refers to how the geography and boundaries of the region were
created by powers that werent from the region. The lines were
drawn, the histories were written, the boundaries were set without
keeping in mind the local. In a sense, the crisis refers to the crises
that continue to current day. They tell a story as a whole but tell
individual stories as well. In a way, the artist is an archaeologist and
an archivist that is constructing a story that oscillates between not
only ction and myth but also reality.
Mehreen Murtaza. (Detail) Ottoman Flags Fly Over the Nabi Musa for the Last Time, in
1917. 2012. Inkjet print on Hahnemhle photo rag. 16.51 x 21.59 cm. Edition of four plus
one artist proof.
Alexander Gray Associates (A22)
Hassan Sharif and Luis Camnitzer
Its hard to pick a specic piece in this installation; it is more about
an art dialogue. The artists have much in common Sharif was a
pioneer in the UAE while Camnitzer was a pioneer in Latin America;
theyre both very conceptual artists, and for lack of a better saying
theres a fantastic dialogue. These are two artists who grew up in
completely different places where it was uncalled for them to create
Conceptual art and they were making work that was so Avant-
garde and visionary. Put them together and you could even have
a hard time telling which piece is by which artist. Theres a certain
fragile and ethereal quality to the way the works sit in a three-
dimensional space, it's very unassuming and whispers to you. The
more time you spend with it, the more layers it reveals you have to
allow time to share the space with the works.
Alexander Gray Associates at Art Dubai.
MF Husain. The Mirage. 1960. Oil on board. 121 x 76
cm. Image courtesy Aicon Gallery, London.
BE PART OF
MODERN. CONTEMPORARY.
ABU DHABI ART.
7 - 10 November 2012
Saadiyat Cultural District
Abu Dhabi, UAE
abudhabiartfair.ae
Applications now open for modern and
contemporary art and design galleries.
Application closing date: 1 May 2012
For more information call +971 2 406 1501
or email abudhabiartfair@tdic.ae
Organised by:
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ART FOR ALL
LESS THAN $5000:
1. At Green Cardamom: Nazgol
Ansarinia. (Detail) Reections/
Refractions (Second Trial Session
for Egypts Dictator in Cairo Hosni
Mobaraks Second Trial Session
Behind Closed Doors). 2011.
Newspaper collage. 40 x 60 cm
(framed). Image courtesy the artist
and Green Cardamom, London.
Price: $4400
Iranian artist Nazgol Ansarinas Reections/Refractions series
explores the various patterns that can be found in news, and how
these pre-planned xed systems are interpreted through popular
media. She takes these articles from various newspapers in Tehran,
cuts them out and re-assembles them to recreate a different
pattern, says Green Cardamoms Hammad Nasar.
2. At Espace Kettaneh-Kunigk
(Tanit): Zena El-Khalil. Double
Trouble. 20078. Mixed media
on wood. 25 x 5 x 25 cm. Image
courtesy, Espace Kettaneh-Kunigk
(Tanit), Beirut/Munich.
Price: $3000
For her work Double
Trouble, Lebanese artist
Zena El-Khalil draws
inspiration from the revolutionary Arab Spring. She is very
conscious of the socio-political context of the Middle East, says
gallerist Naila Kettaneh Kunigk. The artist asked me to precisely
bring affordable small-scale works to Art Dubai because she wants
her pieces to be distributed to a wider public.
3. At Atassi Gallery: Fadi Yazigi.
Untitled. 2012. Ceramic plate.
Diameter: 40 cm. Image courtesy
Atassi Gallery, Damascus.
Price: $25003000.
Syrian artist Fadi Yazigis
one-man show at Atassi
Gallerys booth features
works inspired by the
current political events of
his homeland. All the works on show comprise the classic Yazigi
motifs and trademark colours, says gallerist Mouna Atassi. His
untitled ceramic plates aim to shed light on his ability to apply his
signature style on various media, be it canvases, plates, cigar boxes
or sculptures.
4. At Jogja Contemporary: Agus
Baqul Purnomo. Allahu Akbar
#2. 2011. Acrylic on canvas. 150
x 200 cm.
Price: $2800
Indonesia artist Agus
Baqul Purnomos piece
Allahu Akbar #2 examines
the importance of Islamic prayers in the daily life of Indonesian
Muslims. We wanted to bring sometimes that is a strong link
between the Middle East and Indonesia Islam, says Jogja
Contemporarys Valentine Willie.
$5,000 TO 25,000
1. At Rose Issa: Hassan Hajjaj.
(Detail) Dot 2 Dot. 2011. Metallic
lambda print. 111.8 x 76.2 cm.
Image courtesy the artist and
Rose Issa Projects, London.
Price: $12,000
Moroccan artist Hassan
Hajjajs works at Rose Issa
Projects booth are layered
with visual references to the
relationship between the tradition and modernity of his homeland.
Dot 2 Dot is an example of a playful and fun work by Hajjaj, says
the gallerys Omar Mazhar. Here he juxtaposes a variety of found
objects such as empty meat cans with an image of a Moroccan
woman to create his own form of Orientalism.
2. At Alexander Gray Associates:
Luis Camnitzer. (Detail) Untitled.
1968. Etching on paper. 66 x 63.5
cm. Image courtesy Alexander
Gray Associates, New York.
Price: $19,000
Luis Camnitzers Untitled
1968 etching on paper
work is imbued with the
word sun repeated four times in a visual descent. It is typical of
the late 1960s work by the German-born Uruguayan Conceptual
artist, said the gallerys Alexander Gray. It is from a series of prints
which are also housed in the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in
New York.
3. At Artspace: Zakaria Ramhani.
(Detail) Faces of the Other
38. 2010. Acrylic on canvas.
240 x 240 cm. Image courtesy
Artspace, Dubai.
Price: $24,000
Moroccan artist Zakaria
Ramhanis Faces of the
Other 38 uses intricate Arabic calligraphy to portray the human
face. This work goes more in-depth visually than the artists
previous oeuvre found through the multitude of vibrant colours
used to portray and lighten the mood of the numerous faces
within the piece, says Artspacess Sossy Dikijian.
4. At Pilar Corrias Gallery: Shazia
Sikander. (Detail) Prolonged
Exposure to Agitation (9a). 2009.
Ink and gouache. 45.7 x 35.6
cm. Image courtesy Pilar Corrias
Gallery, London.
Price: $25,000
Pakistani artist Shazia
Sikanders Prolonged
Exposure to Agitation
(9a) is part of a series which merges Persian miniature guration
with abstract formations imbued with a biological semblance.
This is a beautiful and intricate work on paper by this pioneer in
Contemporary Pakistani art, says the gallerys owner Pilar Corrias.
Similar pieces by the artist can be found in the collection of the
Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York.
MORE THAN $50,000:
1. At Agial Art Gallery: Louay
Kayyali. (Detail) View from Ras
Baseet. 1976. Oil on canvas. 100
x 80 cm. Image courtesy Agial Art
Gallery, Beirut.
Price: $85,000
Syrian Modern artist Louay
Kayyalis oil on canvas
work View from Ras Baseet
is perfectly in line with
the booths curatorial theme of trees. I wanted to examine the
perception of a tree by Arab artists, says Agial Art Gallerys Saleh
Barakat. The piece has a fantastic pedigree and it a true collectors
item. The Aleppo-born artist passed away two years after the work
was produced.
2. At Galeria Filomena Soares:
Jean-Marc Bustamante. Ozelot.
2011. Silk-screen on Plexiglas
and metal frame. 150 x 150 cm.
Edition one of one plus one artist
proof. Image courtesy Galeria
Filomena Soares, Lisbon.
Price: $65,000
Inspired by architectural
space, French sculptor and
photographer Jean-Marc Bustamantes portrays landscapes in his
oeuvre. He always starts with photography and develops the piece
from there, says Galerie Filomena Soares Bruno Muireas. This
mixed media work is from a new series, which is why we thought it
would be perfect for Art Dubai.
3. At Carbon 12 Gallery: Andre
Butzer. (Detail) Apfel und Birnen
(Apples and pears). 2010. Oil
on canvas. 80 x 60 cm. Image
courtes Carbon 12, Dubai.
Price: $20,000-26,000
This work by German
artist Andre Butzer is a fun
and animated piece typical
of the artists trademark anarchic visual codes. Its one of the
highlights of our stand, said the gallerys Kourosh Nouri. The
work announced a new series of works in Butzers oeuvre called
N Paintings.
4. At Connoisseur Art: Oscar Satio
Oiwa. (Detail) Mangrove. 2008.
Oil on canvas. 227 x 333 cm.
Image courtesy Connoisseur Art,
Hong Kong.
Price: $90,000
Brazilian-born Japanese
artist Oscar Satio Oiwas
Mangrove is imbued with
natural motifs referencing
the Brazilian landscape.
The work is typical of the
artists oeuvre which seeks to transform scenes from Contemporary
society into an imaginary and poetic apocalypse, said the gallerys
Hannah Chin.
The sixth edition of Art Dubai offers art collectors a wide spectrum of both artworks and price brackets.
Gallery Isabelle Van Den Eynde
I Put It There, You Name It
Until 3 May
A group show featuring works by Iranian artists Ramin
Haerizadeh, Rokni Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian,
the gallery space has been structured by the artists
in order to offer an interactive exhibition. In form of
collages, the works on display create narratives inspired
by the artists personal experiences and perceptions. They
aim to blur the boundaries between the artists and the
audience through the presentation of contextualised
observations which could be shared by all.
For more information visit: www.ivde.net
Etemad Gallery
GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS NO NEWS
Kamran Diba
Until 24 April
Paris-based Iranian artist and architect Kamran Dibas
solo exhibition of recent works features a series of
paintings based on recent news footage derived from
international media. The Front Page series, for example,
depicts abstracted newspaper articles while Narratives
addresses the worlds of cinema, crime, art and sport
and the installation GOOD NEWS BAD NEWS NO NEWS,
tackles the inability of certain broadcasting news outlets to
communicate their stories globally.
For more information visit: www.galleryetemad.com
Carbon 12
Restless Violence
Sara Rahbar
Until 28 April
This exhibition presents 10 works by Iranian artist Sara Rahbar
stemming from two new series, War and Confession of a Sinner.
Rahbars work draws inspiration from cultural memory and ideological
symbols and comprises vintage textiles and collected objects. As
a result, the work deconstructs both personal history and historic
momentum. Each work on show is titled after a short poem and is
characterised by an acute hint of German Romanticism.
For more information visit: www.carbon12dubai.com
Lawrie Shabibi
Black is the New White
Nadia Kaabi-Linke
Until 28 April
Work by one of the 2011 Abraaj Capital Art Prize
winners Tunisian artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke is presented
in this exhibition exploring themes related to the
socio-cultural context of the Middle East and North
Africa. The works on display are inspired from historic
buildings in Tunis, dilapidated walls, desert bugs,
traditional attire and shadow and light. Kaabi-Linke
aims to expose the state of ambiguity and inner conict
currently facing modern Middle Eastern society.
For more information visit: www.lawrieshabibi.com
Green Art Gallery
Brute Ornament
Until 5 May
Curated by Murtaza Vali, this exhibition features
works by Iranian-born New York-based Kamrooz
Amran and Pakistani artist Seher Shah. The pieces on
show explore the conicted relationship between the decorative tradition of ornament and
Western modernism, revealing the evolution of both styles throughout art history. This two-
person show suggests a dialogue between Islamic iconography and Modernist theory.
For more information visit: www.gagallery.com
A look at this months exhibitions in Dubais
Alserkal Avenue.
DUBAI HIGHLIGHTS
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ts been said that you use your body in performance
art because you feel its the best way to connect with
yourself. Do you feel it is the most honest medium for
you?
When I made performance art 20 years ago using my body,
I felt that the body can know, can generate feelings, that it
includes spirit and soul and that I can, through performance
art, know how all of this works together. When Im performing,
I always want to forget life and reality and separate my soul
and my body. Performance art is the most honest medium;
it is the most direct expression for me. At the time, only my
body was my art; any other material sculpture, painting or
anything else felt too distant. But Ive changed since; I lost
the harmony because with age. When I was younger, my body
had a lot more energy and harmony.
While Skin, your 1997 work at The Pace Gallery booth
is composed of 20 photographs, it also strikes as a
performance piece.
It is a performance piece. When I made it, I had no money to
buy materials to make art with and so I tried to create art in a
very simple way. This piece is really just an idea, its just me; its
just myself. People always change both on the outside and the
inside. Buddhists say that life changes everywhere and at every
moment and this is what I was trying to express. Physically, you
can see a lot of changes through my face and my gestures, but
Im also trying to say that Skin is about life, that we dont know
what happens tomorrow. I just want to nd the truth in my
performances.
Your performance pieces Original Sound of 1995
involved you placing earthworms in your mouth and
in the 1994 12 Square Metres, you covered your skin in
honey and allowed ies to swarm over your body in a
public toilet. Do you still think about these experiences?
I think that this is life; that this is my life. Its art from life. With
Original Sound, the worm comes from the earth and for me,
people are the same they come from the earth and they go
back into the earth.
Your early performance pieces dealt with the difculties
of living in China. When you moved to New York, they
were more exible, so to speak. Does China ever leave
you?
I was born in China, worked in Beijing for eight years, lived in
New York for another eight and have been living in Shanghai
for six. China is my country, my land, my earth; I am planted
there and those seeds that are planted in China cant grow in
the USA its a different culture, a different system. Without
China, theres no me. But both countries are important to me.
Living in New York allows me to see my culture and my art
from a distance like the sides of the earth, I can see one side
better when I go away and this is very important for me. My
performances look like sculptures in a way theyre very quiet
and beautiful, like paintings. I think this is the more traditional
Chinese form. A lot of young artists always ask me which way
their art is headed and I always answer that their direction
their way is in their name, birth date and birthplace. For
example, my name is Zhang Huan, its my identity, its who I
am; I was born in 1965 this birth date means Im living now,
so my art has to reect this time, today. I was born in China,
meaning my art should reect my culture and my country. This
is my philosophy.
You once said the body is proof of identity, the body is
proof of language.
The body for me is the most beautiful thing; it gives off the
best feelings, more so than any other thing. It doesnt matter
whether the body is older, younger, a Western man or an
Eastern woman it is the best material. Using the body means
I can understand myself, my soul, my feelings and see my heart
and my life. Today, the way I continue to try to understand my
body is by playing golf in the morning and walking backwards
every night at a distance of two kilometres and over two hours;
its good for the mind and good for the back. Also walking
backwards means I go back to history to understand history,
we need to go back in order to go forward. It allows me to
relax and think a lot.
Whats it like seeing your own works at Paces booth?
First, I thought its unbelievable that these are my works! Its
been a long time since Id seen these pieces and seeing them
again was a very strong feeling for me. Its strange to see my
artwork here because in a sense, they were babies in my studio
and now theyve grown up.
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Internationally renowned Chinese artist, Zhang Huan, comes to Dubai,
his rst ever visit to the Middle East. In addition to holding a talk with
Michael Govan of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art on 21 March,
Huans works are shown through The Pace Gallery (B14).
ALSERKAL AVENUE
ANNOUNCES EXPANSION

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ne of Dubais foremost art districts, Alserkal Avenue,
has witnessed steady growth since its inception in 2007
through the vision and support of Emirati Abdelmonem
Alserkal. Following this new investment scheduled to begin
in the next few months with 2014 as an expected completion
date the district will be able to accommodate more galleries
as well as artist studios. The expansion will include 62 new units
and an events centre large enough to house 1000 guests in an
estimated 92,000 square-metre-space.
The area currently houses over 10 Contemporary art galleries
including Ayyam Art Centre, Carbon 12, Etemad Gallery,
Isabelle Van Den Eynde Gallery, Green Art Gallery, Satellite,
Lawrie Shabibi, Mojo, Gulf Photo Plus and the Salsali Private
Museum, all of which are located on one avenue, allowing
the public to explore the work of artists from across the globe
within a one-block radius. This month also sees the arrival of
new galleries and creative spaces to Alserkal such as La Galerie
Nationale, Grey Noise Gallery, Barakat Gallery, Showcase Gallery
as well as Lammtara Pictures and FN Designs. Two galleries from
Alserkal Avenue Green Art and Isabelle Van Den Eynde will
participate in this years Art Basel. .
Alserkal Avenue, the art district
located in Dubais Al-Quoz
industrial area, will double
in size following yesterdays
announcement of a $13.6 million
development project.
Abdelmonem Alserkal.
Photography by Sophia Dadourian.
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22 MAR 2012 I CANVAS DAILY I ISSUE 3 I ART DUBAI EDITION
5 MINUTES WITH...
THREE WORDS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF DUBAI:
Modern. Interesting. Different.
MY FIRST IMPRESSION OF DUBAI WAS: Good.
THE ARTWORK I WOULD ROB A BANK FOR IS: One of Francis
Bacons Pope paintings.
ARTISTS ID LOVE TO HAVE LUNCH AND DINNER WITH: Lunch with
Andy Warhol and dinner with Francis Bacon.
FIVE PREREQUISITES FOR SURVIVAL IN THE ART WORLD: Knowledge of
art history. An open mind. A good network. A smart phone. An iPad.
MY BIGGEST ART WORLD GOOF WAS: Not taking Francis Alys
seriously in 1991.
LOOKING BACK AT MY CAREER IN THE ART WORLD, I WISH I HAD:
Moved to New York in 1991.
IN THE ART WORLD, ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO: Discover an artist.
I WAS LOST FOR WORDS WHEN: I saw the Guernica.
THE ART WORLDS BIGGEST CRIME IS: The VIP Art Fair.
ONE OF THE ART WORLDS GREATEST UNSUNG HEROES IS:
Betty Tompkins.
IF THERE IS ONE ERA I WOULD GO BACK TO, IT WOULD BE: The 1960s.
YOU WOULD BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT: I called my goldsh Larry.
IT WOULD MAKE MY MOTHER PROUD TO KNOW THAT: I sold to
Stephanie Seymour.
AT ART FAIRS, I WISH THEY WOULD SERVE: Good food.
I FEEL LIKE A CHILD AGAIN WHEN: I drink.
THE MOST THOUGHT-PROVOKING QUESTION I HAVE EVER BEEN
ASKED IS: Is it all by the same artist? at a group show.
IF I HAD TO SUMMARISE, I WOULD SAY THAT ART IS: Great fun.
RODOLPHE JANSSEN
FOUNDER OF EPONYMOUS
GALLERY (A33)
THREE WORDS THAT COME TO MIND WHEN YOU THINK OF DUBAI:
Indulgence. Contradiction. Sand.
THE ARTWORK I WOULD ROB A BANK FOR IS: Three Love Songs by
Adel Abidin
ARTISTS ID LOVE TO HAVE LUNCH AND DINNER WITH: Both meals
with German artist Matthias Bitzer.
FIVE PREREQUISITES FOR SURVIVAL IN THE ART WORLD: Patience.
Patience. Patience. Patience. Patience.
MY BIGGEST ART WORLD GOOF WAS: I had no idea who Mario
Testino was when he walked into my gallery.
LOOKING BACK AT MY CAREER IN THE ART WORLD, I WISH I HAD:
Looked at the bigger picture.
IN THE ART WORLD, ITS NEVER TOO LATE TO: Pull a crazy.
I WAS LOST FOR WORDS WHEN: I met Shirazeh Houshiary.
THE ART WORLDS BIGGEST CRIME IS: Ignorance.
ONE OF THE ART WORLDS GREATEST UNSUNG HEROES IS: Hanif,
the gallerys handler/cleaner/driver.
IF THERE IS ONE ERA I WOULD GO BACK TO, IT WOULD BE:
Surrealism, it looked liked so much fun.
MY BIGGEST VANITY IS: Shoes.
YOU WOULD BE SHOCKED TO KNOW THAT I: Studied computer science.
IT WOULD MAKE MY MOTHER PROUD TO KNOW THAT: We got
into Art Basel.
AT ART FAIRS, I WISH THEY WOULD SERVE: Gummy bears.
I FEEL LIKE A CHILD AGAIN: Regularly.
THE SILLIEST QUESTION I HAVE EVER BEEN ASKED IS: What kind of
things do you sell?
YASMIN ATASSI
DIRECTOR, GREEN ART GALLERY
(A30)
Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion
and Architecture
Contribution by Jill Gasparina,
Glenn O'Brien, Taro Igarashi, Ian
Luna and Valerie Steele
Publisher: Rizzoli International
Publications
Edited by Ian Luana
This coffee table book presents the
fashion and architectural beauty
created by Louis Vuitton. Consisting of 400 pages lled with
numerous glossy coloured photographs, it illustrates the
inspiration and design process of the collections with shots
of limited edition products, photo shoots and fashion
shows. Merging fashion and art, the book details various
collaborations from an elite assortment of artists, designers
and photographers.
Price: AED 445/$121
The Phaidon Atlas of 21st
Century World Architecture
Edited by Phaidon Editors
This tome comprises the greatest
works of 21st century architecture
constructed since 2000 in
countries all over the world.
Featuring works by emerging
architectural talents alongside
internationally recognized
architects, projects have been
chosen through an expert panel
and specialist advisors. The publication presents a variety of
building types, ranging from single houses, cafes and
wineries to museums, airports and embassies, as well as
specially commissioned maps and graphic data of architectures
global contexts.
Price: AED 575/ $157
A look at some of the publications available at the Jashanmal bookstore.
LIBRARY
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question I am often confronted with regarding my
profession is: Why can Contemporary art be difcult to
grasp? The way to approach this question requires some
consideration as the possible answers are always evolving. Some
of the underlying reasons are perhaps because Contemporary art
has to do with our current context, the here and now. Perhaps
we do not yet have enough distance to enable a retrospective
understanding? Yet one could also propose that we are in a period
of a paradigm shift in which Contemporary art is already part
of art history. Proposing a perspective on an understanding of
Contemporary art is at the core of the profession of curating.
Curating is increasingly about the mediation of ideas, be it
through the medium of exhibitions, publications or symposia. It
can be perceived as a gateway to Contemporary art, to artists and
the presentation of their practices. In the art scene, we are indeed
witnessing symposia and publications for which the concept has
been developed by curators in dialogue with artists. Similarly,
editors are increasingly taking on the role of curators with regards
to publications on art and culture.
These developed concepts offer insights into the workings and
underlying subject matters that feed the art world. Contemporary
art not only pertains to our context, our contemporaneity, but
in addition to offering its representation, it allows for reection
and criticality. These reections permeate through an array of
disciplines, be it music, literature, politics or society at large. Art
being an integral part of our visual culture offers new ways of
seeing the world in which we live in.
In my view next to following the developments of artistic
practice and engaging in dialogue with peers this is one of
the aspects I nd fascinating about Contemporary art: through
art, one can gain understandings of different disciplines and
the interdisciplinarity of art becomes more evident. There is a
constant process of education and of re-evaluating our acquired
knowledge that is worthy of noting. Contemporary art challenges
my perceptions, my understandings and requires me to widen the
scope to expand my knowledge of different disciplines. Perhaps
one of the things to bear in mind with Contemporary art is that it
enables us to perceive in a way that we have not experienced nor
considered before.
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UNDERSTANDING CONTEMPORARY ART
From 2224 March, the Artbus departs from Dubai's Souk Madinat Jumeirah at 10 am where passengers will be able to
visit Art Dubai. Routes included are the Al-Quoz Route, DIFC Gate Village, Downtown Dubai Route and the Jumeirah/
Bastakiya Route. Galleries included in this tour are 1x1 Art Gallery, Ara Gallery, Art Connection, Art Sawa, Art Space, Ayyam
Art Centre Ayyam Art Gallery, Carbon 12, Cartoon Art Gallery, Cuadro Fine Art Gallery, Etemad Gallery, Fann-A-Porter, Fn
Designs, Funoon, Gallery Isabelle Van Den Eynde, Green Art Gallery, Grey Noise, Gulf Photo Plus, Hamail Art Galleries,
Hunar Gallery, Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, Marsam Matter, Mojo Gallery, Opera Gallery, Pro Art Gallery, Salsali Private Museum,
Satellite, Shelter, SIKKA Art Fair, Tashkeel, The Courtyard Gallery, The Empty Quarter, The Farjam Collection, The Majlis
Gallery, The Pavilion, The Third Line, The jamjar, Total Arts, Trafc and XVA Art Hotel.
Tickets priced at 50 AED.
For more information call +971 43417303 or email artbus@artinthecity.com
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LISTINGS
ABU DHABI
Abu Dhabi Festival
11 March 6 April
Various venues
Organised by the Abu Dhabi Music and
Arts Foundation, this is a classical arts event
featuring music, dance, painting
and sculpture.
Tel: +971 26510300
www.admaf.org
Twitter @abudhabi_fest
DUBAI
Art Couture
2 30 March
Art Contemporary 2012
Works by Gerald Huber, Corine Pagny and
Cynthia Reta Richards on show.
Tel: +971 46010101
www.artcoutureuae.com
Gulf Photo Plus
4 March 15 April
Soul Rebel
Rare photographs capturing Reggae legend
Bob Marley through the eyes of award-winning
photojournalist David Burnett.
Tel: +971 438545
www.gulfphotoplus.com
Twitter @gulfphotoplus
Tashkeel
6 March 30 April
Mawtini
Works by local and UAE-based artists who
explore the concept of home.
Tel: +971 43363313
www.tashkeel.org
Twitter @tashkeel
Artspace
7 March 5 April
Yousef Ahmed
A new selection of works by the renowned
Qatari artist.
Tel: +971 43230820
www.artspace-dubai.com
Twitter @artspace
Total Arts Gallery
19 March 30 April
Sinking Ship
An exhibition of works by Iranian artists Dariush
Zandi and Shaqayeq Arabi.
Tel: +971 43475050
www.courtyard-uae.com
Hunar Gallery
10 31 March
Group Exhibition
This exhibition comprises works by Emirati artists
including Abdul Rahim Salim, Musab Al-Rais,
Asma Al-Ghurair and Mona Al-Khaja.
Tel: +971 42862224
www.hunargallery.com
Twitter @HunarGallery
Ayyam Art Centre (Al-Quoz)
12 March 26 April
The Samawi Collection II
This show's second edition presents over
60 artworks from the private collections of
Ayyam's Khaled and Hisham Samawi.
Tel: +971 43236242
www.ayyamgallery.com
Twitter @AyyamGalelry
Meem Gallery
12 March 30 April
Art Morocco
Works by Moroccan Masters Mohammed
Melehi, Ahmed Cherkaoui and Jilali Gharbaoui
on show.
Tel: +971 43477883
www.meem.ae
Twitter @MeemGallery
Salsali Private Museum
12 March22 March
Magical Nights, Exhibition of Auction
Highlights
Highlights from Magic of Persias upcoming
Dubai auction.
Tel: +971 43809600
www.salsalipm.com
Twitter @SalsaliPrivateM
Sikka Art Fair
15 25 March
Bastakiya
Sikka's second edition features an entirely
commissioned programme of new work by
Emirati and UAE-based artists.
Tel: +971 507383932
www.sikkaartfair.ae
Twitter @SikkaArtFair
The Majlis Gallery
15 February 25 March
Microcosms Within the Macrocosm:
Elements of a Bigger Picture
This exhibition showcases works by Lynette
Ten Krooden.

15 March 25 March
Off the Wall
Works by international and national artists
on show.
Tel: +971 43536233
www.themajlisgallery.com
Twitter @majlisgallery
Mottahedan Projects
15 March 15 June
Without Hope Without Fear
Inaugural show presents works by Reza
Aramesh, Carroll Dunham, Barnaby Furnas and
Tala Madani, among others.
Tel: +971 43805525
www.mottahedan.com
The Pavilion Downtown Dubai
17 31 March
Annual Banner Commission: Flea-Ing Me
Egyptian-Lebanese artist Lara Baladi's
40-metre banner wraps around the corner
of the buildings faade.

17 March 30 June
Living with Video
Curated by Chantal Crousel, the show presents
video works by nine Contemporary artists.
Tel: +971 44477025
www.pavilion.ae
Twitter @PavilionDubai

Gallery Isabelle Van Den Eynde
17 March 3 May
I Put It There, You Name It
Group show featuring mixed media works
by Iranian artists Ramin Haerizadeh, Rokni
Haerizadeh and Hesam Rahmanian.
Tel: +971 43235052
www.ivde.net

Design Days Dubai
18 21 March
Downtown Dubai
The fair's rst edition features collectible and
limited edition furniture and projects presented
by international and regional galleries.
Tel: +971 43842000
http://designdaysdubai.ae
Twitter @DesignDays

Toby Art Projects
18 31 March
The Michael Haddi Exhibition
JAMM hosts its inaugural exhibition in
Dubai featuring works by French/Algerian
photographer Michel Haddi.
Tel: +44 7899795432
www.jamm-art.com
The Third Line
18 March 19 April
Lebanese Rocket Society
Lebanese artists Joana Hadjithomas and
Khalil Joreige present three new works which
continue their ongoing research on the
Lebanese Rocket Society.
Tel: +9714 3411367
www.thethirdline.com
Twitter @thethirdline
Showcase Gallery
18 March 18 April
Nothing Beats the Blunderbuss
The gallery inaugurates its new location with
works by British artist Amartey Golding.
Tel: +971 43488797
www.showcasedubai.com
Twitter @showcasedubai
FN Designs
From 19 March
Sketch
An evening of live sketch and art marking
with all creations produced available for
immediate sale.
Tel: +971 43488515
www.fndesigns.blogspot.com
Twitter @FannDesigns
La Galerie Nationale
19 March
The gallery inaugurates its new space through
rare objects and furniture spanning the early
20th century to the 1970s.
Tel: +971 43549212
www.galerie-national.com
The Farjam Collection
19 March 19 June
Girl's Night
Solo show of photographs, drawings and mixed
media pieces by Iranian artist Shirin Aliabadi.
Tel: +971 43230303
www.farjamcollection.org
Twitter @FarjamMuseum
The jamjar
19 31 March
The Tension of Balance
Rebecca Rendell presents new works following
her residency programme.
Tel: +971 4 3417303
www.thejamjardubai.com
Twitter @thejamjar
Mojo Gallery
19 March 10 April
Terra Incognita: Unmapped Identities
A collaboration between Indian photographer
Binu Bhaskar and Angolan painter Alex
da Silva.
Tel: +971 43477388
www.themojogallery.com
Twitter @MojoGallery
Courtyard Gallery
19 March 19 April
The Other Body
Show presents works by Saudi artist Zaman
Jassim inspired by the human form.
Tel: +971 4 3479090
www.courtyardgalerrydubai.com
Twitter @CourtyardG
Art Sawa (DIFC & Al-Quoz)
19 March 19 April
Figure Out: Contemporary Turkish Art
Group exhibition features work by 19
Contemporary Turkish artists.
Tel: +971 4 3408660
www.artsawa.com
Twitter @ArtSawa
Grey Noise
19 March 22 April
Truth of the Matter
The gallery's inaugural show in Dubai features
works by Ehsan Ul-Haq and Iqra Tanveer.
Tel: +971 501752080
www.greynoise.org
Twitter @GreyNoiseDXB
Etemad Gallery
19 March 24 April
Good News Bad News No News
Iranian artist and architect Kamran Diba's
abstracted actual news articles.
Tel: +971 4 346 8649
www.galleryetemad.com
Twitter @etemadgallery
Carbon 12
19 March 28 April
Restless Violence
Iranian-American artist Sara Rahbar presents 10
new works from two new series.
Tel: +971 43406016
www.carbon12dubai.com
Twitter @Carbon12gallery

Lawrie Shabibi
19 March 28 April
Black is the New White
Works by Tunisian artist Nadia Kaabi-Linke focus
on contradictions and inner conicts regarding
the Middle East.
Tel: +971 43469906
www.lawrieshabibi.com
Twitter @LawrieShabibi
XVA Gallery
19 March 30 April
Toy Story
Iranian artist Morteza Zahedis fascination with
toys and how they can be used as forms of
expression.
Tel: +971 4 358 5117
www.xvagallery.com
Twitter @XVAGallery

Green Art Gallery
19 March 5 May
Brute Ornament
Curated by Murtaza Vali, the show presents
works by Kamrooz Aram and Seher Shah.
Tel: +971 43469305
www.gagallery.com
Twitter @greenartgallery
Ayyam Gallery (DIFC)
19 March 26 April
The Throne
Othman Moussa's rst solo in Dubai reveals
pieces of inanimate objects reecting Syrian life.
Tel: +971 4 3236242
www.ayyamgallery.com
Twitter @AyyamGallery
Cuadro Fine Art Gallery
19 March 9 May
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Seven solo shows by Manal Al-Dowayan, Jaffar
Al-Oraibi, Athier, Nadine Kanso, Roberto Lopardo,
Aidan Salakhova and Ayman Yossri Daydban.
Tel: +971 4 369 3575
www.cuadroart.com
Twitter @CuadroArt
Trafc
19 25 March
Launch of The State
This sociohistorical forum investigates print
and audio-visual experiences and how they
transition into mediated online forms.

22 March
Trace
Co-produced by Art Dubai Projects and
Trafc, the inaugural Performance Night
at Art Dubai features an eclectic line-up of
artists, poets, musicians, academics, curators
and collectors.
Tel : +971 43470209
www.viatrafc.org
Twitter @viatrafc
1x1 Art Gallery
20 March 18 April
Terrestrial Bodies
This group show presents works by Indian artists
Anju Dodiya, Chittrovanu Mazumdar, Jagannath
Panda, Mithu Sen and Shibu Natesan.
Tel: +971 43411287
www.1x1artgallery.com
The Empty Quarter
20 March 30 April
Women on the Verge
Works by Middle Eastern female photographers
presenting a personal view of the regions social
and political instability.
Tel: +971 43231210
www.theemptyquarter.com
SHARJAH
Maraya Art Centre
14 19 March
Migrasophia
Curated by Sara Raza, this is the rst show on
Contemporary art practices in the post-Soviet
terrain of Central Asia to be staged in the UAE.
Tel: +971 65566555
www.maraya.ae
Twitter @MarayaArtCentre
Sharjah Art Foundation
8 March 12 May
What Should I Do to Live Your Life?
Introduces work by seven international artists
whose works are placed in a space which was
originally a family home.

16 March 16 May
Portrait of a Territory
Curated by Christine Macel, the show presents
new works by Lebanese photographer Ziad
Antar.

17 March 19 March
March Meeting 2012
The annual meeting of artists, art
professionals and institutions surveys the
present situation, future aspirations and
relationships between artists and institutions.

17 March 25 March
1395 Days Without Red
Movie screening by ejla Kameri and Anri Sala
in collaboration with Ari Benjamin Meyers.

18 March 18 May
Farther Than the Eye Can See
Works by Kuwaiti-born artist Basma Al-Sharif
from her residency project.
Tel: +971 65444113
www.sharjahart.org
Twitter @SharjahArt
Sharjah Museums
20 March 31 May
Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist
Traces El-Salahis journey of ve decades from
his time in Sudan to his self-imposed exile in
the UK, Qatar and the USA.

21 March 15 July
Owen Jones: Islamic Design, Discovery
and Vision
Architect and designer Owen Joness
meticulous study of objects and architecture
of India, Turkey and Moorish Spain.
Tel: +971 65197233
www.sharjahmuseums.ae
Twitter @Sharjahmuseums
Barjeel Art Foundation
24 March 28 September
Alienation
The works on show tackle the idea of alienation
and marginalisation.
Tel: +971 65566555
www.barjeelartfoundation.org
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WATER TERRACE
ABRAAJ CAPITAL ART
PRIZE 2012
ANOTHER BOOKSTORE
ART DUBAI BEACH
BRASSERIE
CARTIER NATURELLEMENT
DXB STORE
GLOBAL ART FORUM_6
FORUM-FORUM
JUMEIRAH EATERIES
SKYWARDS
TERRACE TALKS
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MARAYA MARKER
Fayal Baghriche
Nothing More Real
Yto Barrada with Zid
Zid Kids
Morocco to the Moon
Carlos Celdran
Livin' La Vida Imelda:
Arts and Culture,
Disco, True Story
James Clar and UBIK
Study for Oil and
Water
Curatorial Delegation
Radio for Example
(R22)
Kken Ergun
The Hatch
Setu Legi
Pseudophobia
Magdi Mostafa
Elements of the
Unexpected
Trace: A Performance
Night for Art Dubai
Deniz ster
Somewhere in the
middle of two;
southwest of one, and
north of the other
UBIK
Portrait of an
Artist through
his Statements
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ARENA GALLERIES
A1 Athr Gallery
A2 D Gallerie*
A3 Atassi Gallery
A4 Selma Feriani Gallery
A5 Galleria Continua
A6 Green Cardamom
A7 Frey Norris Contemporary
& Modern
A8 Rose Issa Projects
A9 Galerie Perrotin
A10 Grey Noise
A11 Bischoff/Weiss
A12 Aidan Gallery
A13 Experimenter
A14 Kalfayan Galleries
A15 Carbon 12
A16 Agial Gallery
A17 Cardi Black Box
A18 The Third Line
A19 Galeria Filomena Soares
A20 Ark Galerie*
A21 Aaran Gallery
A22 Alexander Gray Associates
A23 Marianne Boesky Gallery
A24 Chemould Prescott Road
A25 Galerie El Marsa
A26 Biasa ArtSpace*
A27 Galerie Canna*
A28 Galerie Janine Rubeiz
A29 Artside Gallery
A30 Green Art Gallery
A31 Galerie Chantal Crousel
A32 Arndt
A33 Galerie Rodolphe Janssen
A34 Ayyam Gallery
A35 Jogja Contemporary*
A36 X-ist
A37 Leila Heller Gallery
A38 Tashkeel
A39 Connoisseur Contemporary
A40 Espace Kettaneh Kunigk
(Tanit)
A41 Hosfel t Gallery
A42 October Gallery
JOHARA GALLERIES
B1 Galerie Krinzinger
B2 Galerie Mirchandel +
Steinruecke
B3 Pilar Corrias
B4 Goodman Gallery
B5 Artspace
B6 Galerie Kashya Hildebrand
B7 Nettie Horn
B8 Galerie Hussenot
B9 Gallery Etemad
B10 L'Atelier 21
B11 Pi Artworks
B12 Hunar Gallery
B13 CRG Gallery New York
B14 The Pace Gallery
B15 Sfeir -Semler
B16 Sutton Gallery
B17 Galerie Teresa Anchorena
B17 Galeria Ana Maria Stagno
B18 Grosvenor Vadehra
B19 Galerie Piece Unique
B20 Priska C. Juschka Fine Art
B21 Aicon Gallery
B22 Gallery Isabelle Van
Den Eynde
B23 Bolsa De Arte
B24 Galerie Nathalie Obadia
B25 The Running Horse
Contemporary Art Space
B26 Laura Bulian Gallery
B27 Lombard Freid Projects
B28 Seven Art Limited
B29 Paradise Row
B30 Platform China
B31 Viltin Galeria
*Participating in MARKER,
a section of concept stands
focusing in 2012 on Indonesia.
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