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SUMMARY:Déjà Vu
DESCRIPTION:Described as “the UAE’s first collaborative gallery exhibition”\, this 14-day selling show features more than 50 artists represented by 20 of the UAE’s leading contemporary art galleries. \nThe intention is to provide a commercial opportunity for the galleries\, which have been impacted by current events. The exhibition has been curated\, however\, and is themed: it “unpacks the incongruity and inanity of repeated cycles in three streams — the uncanny as it presents in historical mismatching and memory glitches; historical absurdity; and linguistic slippage”. \n‘The uncanny’ aims to examine the surrealism that pervades moments of ‘déjà vu’\, looking into the gap between the real and the perceived\, the conscious and the imagined. \n‘Historical absurdity’ explores Karl Marx’s classic assertion that history repeats itself “first as tragedy\, second as farce”. Specifically\, the show considers the geopolitical tensions faced by people here\, and how their memories are altered in the face of new struggles – “often experienced as glitched familiarity or mis-memory”. \nAnd ‘Linguistic slippage’ looks at how language becomes an unreliable tool for correspondence\, connection\, and factual record in the face of conflicting narratives\, “leaving the foundations of communication unstable and untrustworthy”. \nThe featured artists include Samira Abbassy\, Sadik Alfraiji\, Nabil Anani\, Ammar Al Attar\, Mirna Bamieh\, Lubna Choudhary\, Samuel Fosso\, Anahita Razmi\, Larissa Sansour\, Mithu Sen\, Seher Shah\, Slavs and Tartars\, Lantian Xie\, and Raed Yassin. \nParticipating galleries: Gallery Isabelle\, The Third Line\, Green Art Gallery\, Lawrie Shabibi\, Ayyam Gallery\, Carbon12\, 1×1 Art Gallery\, Grey Noise\, Zawyeh Gallery\, Efie Gallery\, Taymour Grahne Projects\, Aisha Alabbar Gallery\, Waddington Custot\, Leila Heller Gallery Dubai\, Firetti Contemporary\, Satellite\, Iris Projects\, NIKA Project Space\, Tabari Artspace\, and Total Arts. \nThe exhibition has been curated by Kevin Jones\, Artistic Director at Alserkal; Nada Raza\, Director of Alserkal Arts Foundation; and Zaina Zaarour\, Curator & Manager of Programmes at Alserkal Avenue. \nTo 8 May. \nAbove: Amir Khojasteh\, A Man\, Burning (2023: image courtesy of Carbon12 and the artist). Below: Farah Al Qasimi\, A’s Reflection (2019: image courtesy of The Third Line and the artist)
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LOCATION:Concrete\, Alserkal Avenue\, Dubai
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SUMMARY:White
DESCRIPTION:The annual Faculty exhibition of the Academy of Visual Arts at the University of the Arts\, Sharjah. The curator is Tor Seidel\, filmmaker and lecturer in photography and video at the Academy\, and his statement includes this summary of the show: “I invited my colleagues at the academy to explore the theme of ‘white’ and to imagine it as a colour\, as light\, as a concept\, and as a memory. A sculptor works with malleable materials\, carves stone\, fires it in a kiln\, and casts it in a foundry. Each process is an immersion in colour and in the questions of line and form\, which light can express in very different ways. A printmaker will consider which colours to use and what role white plays in the tones and in accentuation. The painter faces similar questions; he can draw on chiaroscuro techniques to create a dramatic scene. Painters face similar questions; they can use chiaroscuro techniques to create a dramatic scene. Photographers\, film and video artists\, and animators are particularly dependent on light as a fundamental element of their work: if they don’t want to rely on automated processes\, they face complex issues. But these are merely technical and aesthetic issues that need to be resolved. First\, however\, the artist must fathom the mystery of white …” \nExhibiting: \nGeorgina Abood interior architect\, designer\, researcher\nMohamed Yousif sculptor\, educator\nMuatasim Alkubaisy sculptor\, educator\nAlina Erimia fashion designer\, educator\nMuhammad Asad Iqbal multimedia designer\nThaier Helal painter\nIman Ibrahim designer\, associate professor at the College of Design\nAndreea Lonhardt textile artist\, fashion designer\, lecturer\nTor Seidel artist\, curator\, lecturer\nJoshua Watts visual artist\, printmaker\nMaryam Al Qassimi visual artist\n \nTo 21 May. \nAbove: Iman Ibrahim\, Biogenesis. Below: Muatasim Alkubaisy\, Trade of the Sacred
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LOCATION:XVA Gallery\, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood\, Bur Dubai\, Dubai\, United Arab Emirates
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