SYMPOSIUM:
10 December @ 3 - 4:30pm How Culture Builds Cities: Berlin and Abu Dhabi
EXHIBITION:
10 - 22 December 2016
@ Kunstquartier Bethanien Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
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Artists:
Khalid Al Banna // Ahmed Al Faresi // Reem Al Ghaith // Khalid Al Qasabi // Abdulqader Al Rais // Maisoon Al Saleh // Jamal Al Suwaidi // Maitha Demithan // Lamya Gargash // Dr. Najat Makki // Salama Nasib // Taqwa //
& The Sovereign MENA Art Prize Finalists:
Hazem Harb // Nadia Kaabi-Linke // Walid Al Wawi
The United Arab Emirates are more than just oil, desert heat and monumental architecture. This young country has a lively culture with a rich and diverse heritage. The 14-day exhibition ART NOMADS - MADE IN THE EMIRATES shows 15 contemporary artists from a variety of disciplines, reflecting on a culture that is undergoing rapid development. Together they represent a cross-section of contemporary art from the Emirates by emerging artists, influenced by cultural heritage and visual traditions translated into the 21st century, as well as by prominent artists of the older generation. The exhibition, presented by Abu Dhabi's Etihad Modern Art Gallery, in partnership with MOMENTUM and the Sovereign Art Foundation, is curated by David Szauder, Zsuzsanna Petró and Rachel Rits-Volloch.
Berlin and Abu Dhabi: two capitol cities redefining themselves through art; cultural capital at work in two radically different cultures; two places which voraciously ingest influences from abroad, yet produce cultural outputs inextricably linked to the identity of each city. Abu Dhabi builds the Louvre and the Guggenheim with the world’s top architects, while Berlin rebuilds its Stadtschloss, re-homes its museums, and brings famous museum directors from London to run its theaters. Is Abu Dhabi going for the “Berlin Effect” of cultural capital? Is this a parallel trajectory, or is there something else at play here? On Saturday December 10th at 3-4:30pm, we invite art professionals working in and with the UAE to discuss this and other questions linking the two cities.
ForART NOMADS - MADE IN THE EMIRATES, MOMENTUM is proud to present, in partnership with the Sovereign Art Foundation's inaugural MENA Art Prize, their finalists from the UAE. The Sovereign Art Foundation is a charity founded in Hong Kong in 2003 with the purpose of raising money to fund projects using art as education, rehabilitation and therapy for disadvantaged children. The Sovereign Asian Art Prize is now in its 13th year and is the biggest, best known and most prestigious arts prize in the Asia region. In October 2016, SAF launched its inaugural MENA Art Prize in Dubai, for the Middle East & North Africa region. We are proud to present the finalists from the UAE in ART NOMADS - MADE IN THE EMIRATES.