A great idea from Foundry Downtown \u2013 a group exhibition featuring artists based in the UAE who are not (currently) represented by galleries. The organisers describe it as \u201cfor the first time, a selling exhibition structured around accessibility, discovery, and dialogue. The project seeks to encourage a broader public to engage with contemporary art with greater confidence and curiosity, while offering artists an opportunity to present their work in a context that is both visible and commercially supportive \u2026\u201d<\/p>\n
In that context, the title represents a quite deliberate borrowing from retail \u2013 though the curators are keen to emphasise that doesn\u2019t mean crudely reducing art to merchandise rather than \u201ccritically asking what it means to \u2018shop\u2019 for art at a moment when value is shaped not only by artistic quality, but also by visibility, narrative, and systems of legitimacy\u201d. Still, it is<\/em> a selling exhibition, with works at \u201can accessible price point\u201d \u2026<\/p>\n We count 36 artists on the list, which should guarantee some variety \u2013 there must be something for everyone here …<\/p>\n Ahmad Makary<\/strong> We\u2019re told that the exhibition will be accompanied by a programme of talks and guided tours in collaboration with Nadine Khoury.<\/p>\n To 28 June.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\nCamila Schubert<\/strong>
\nAfrorabian<\/strong>
\nJuhayda Bittar<\/strong>
\nIsaac Sullivan<\/strong>
\nDon<\/strong>
\nAdele Bea Cipste<\/strong>
\nFink 22<\/strong>
\nPreschelle Ann Biqueras<\/strong>
\nJalal Mashhadi Fard<\/strong>
\nFats Patrol<\/strong>
\nSaif Chilmiran<\/strong>
\nRon John<\/strong>
\nAnita Shishani<\/strong>
\nKarim Tamerji<\/strong>
\nElisa Arienti<\/strong>
\nLaura Puscasu<\/strong>
\nFaxon<\/strong>
\nRabab Tantawy<\/strong>
\nRaghe Farah<\/strong>
\nAsareh Ebrahimpour<\/strong>
\nJumairy<\/strong>
\nFarah Soltani<\/strong>
\nGhalia Kalaji<\/strong>
\nAntoine Deeb<\/strong>
\nAlina El Assadi<\/strong>
\nJude Maharmeh<\/strong>
\n\u2060Rania Kamal<\/strong>
\nElizaveta Pugacheva<\/strong>
\nSandra Fadayel<\/strong>
\nBayan Dahdah<\/strong>
\nAysha Al Shamsi<\/strong>
\nMaha Zeibak<\/strong>
\nNessma Djouhri<\/strong>
\nKarim El Atrache<\/strong>
\nMr Sharks<\/strong><\/p>\n