Open Call. Featured artists: Lulwah Al Homoud, Omar Abduljawad, Sultan bin Fahad, Han Mengyun, Shao Fan, Larry Bell, Wolfgang Laib, Andro Wekua. 14.01.2024 Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, 06.09. Kentridge is known for his hand-drawn charcoal animations that contemplate apartheid and injustice in South Africa. The lure of unbridled progress is hard to resist, but a successful opening is not always a sign of a catalytic moment the biennale will have to win over people outside of the art world for it to make an impact. When it comes to understanding and interpreting social and cultural shifts, he says artists are always the first responders, and you start to get artworks that reflect on that and process it in interesting ways. Experiments, including those by Huang Rui represented here, created a new context for artistic creation that pushed boundaries and remains influential today. From breathtaking performances by Rouh Alsharq, the National Orchestra, and Abdulrahman Mohammed, to enriching workshops. Finally, the show ends with Concerning the Spiritual, which includes works that explore Islamic themes, such as Lulwah Al Homouds light work The Alphabet, which breaks down the geometries of Arabic script, and Sultan bin Fahads Dream Travelled, a room filled with beaded works depicting the three holy sites every pilgrim aspires to see in the cities of Makkah, Madinah and Jerusalem. It becomes unnecessary to say Saudi artists are on par with the West or elsewhere, as the evidence is in the works themselves. The Biennale will be held under the theme ofAwwal Bayt(First House).The theme aims to examine how the Kabah and the Prophets Mosque in Madinah create a sense of belonging among Muslims worldwide in reference to their own homes (bayt). Specifically, he refers to a similar dynamism and optimism present in both societies, but also the incremental and experimental ways in which they approach progress as they cross the other side of the river. Al Qadiris work not only looks back at Philbys journey, but also tries to break free of a human-centred understanding of ecology. The weeping palm, alight and helpless, symbolises the world as it is today. Equal parts captivating and memorable, Wekuas melancholic, at times apocalyptic, video work oscillates between visions of dreams, nightmares and glimpses of a dystopian world. 1993-1994 is one of the subtler works in the biennale, but nonetheless significant for its portrait of labour and sacrifice that exists in a truth outside of national myths. TavaresStrachans Eighteen Ninety (2020), a year in which Black inventors in the US filed patents at a rate nearly quadruple what it had been the decade prior, asks the visitor to confront how much creativity, technology, and capital was lost due to American racial discrimination. Established in 2020 by the Ministry of Culture, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation is an organisation responsible for playing a crucial role in promoting creative expression and instilling an appreciation for culture and arts in Saudi Arabia. This curtain, used to cover the Kabah, was made by order of King Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud in 1411/1990, is heavily embroidered with gold and silver threads on a black silk ground, and its composition combines scrolling decoration with inscription panels and roundels enclosing verses from the Holy Quran. We are grateful to have been in extended dialogue with the participating artists, and are excited to support and show 29 newly commissioned works. Photo: Canvas / Diriyah Biennale Foundation. Running until March, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, the organisation behind the event, will host a public programme in the coming months at Jax District for visitors. JEDDAH: Saudi Minister of Islamic Affairs, Call and Guidance Abdullatif Al-Asheikh signed an agreement on Thursday in the field of Islamic affairs with Mubariz Gurbanli, Azerbaijans head of the State Committee for Work with Religious Associations. When she returned to Saudi Arabia, she gained further professional experience in the art sector with a cultural organization working across the Middle East, collaborating with locally acclaimed institutions and galleries in the Kingdom. Though the work was created in 2015, in the midst of the Ebola outbreak in parts of Western Africa, it continues to resonate as issues of public health, mortality and safety plague us in different ways today. Immersed in darkness, all the viewer can see of Lutfis work, is a shimmering white panel encircling the room embroidered black Quranic verse. The Thunaiyat Ad-Diriyah Foundation announced today that Saudi Arabias first art biennale will be curated by Philip Tinari, the director and chief executive of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art, Chinas leading contemporary art institution. Diriyah Biennale Foundation is a catalyst for global dialogue between the growing, diverse art communities in Saudi Arabia and across the world. Click here for the top arts and culture events in Riyadh. Artists including Manal AlDowayan, Simon Denny, and Geof Oppenheimer will share insights into their artistic practice, while curators Philip Tinari, Shixuan Luan, Wejdan Reda, and Neil Zhang, and the principal architect, Kulapat Yantrasast, of the Biennale scenographers wHY, will also contribute through their specialized perspectives. As a central part of its mission, the Foundation stages two world-class biennales in contemporary and Islamic arts, complemented by year-round educational programs. A parade of characters emerge from left to right, taking turns to move to music by the African Immanuel Essemblies Band as it is played on four megaphones. Featured artists: Dana Awartani, Rashed AlShashai, Daniah Al Saleh, Filwa Nazer, Zahrah Alghamdi, Lei Lei & Chai Mi, Wang Sishun, Wang Yuping, Xu Bing, Morris Foit, Osama Esid, Peter Mulindwa. Artists announced for Saudi Arabia's contemporary art biennial Some works propose speculative futures, both utopian and dystopian, as in Lawrence Leks Ntel (Red Sea Edition) (2021/2018), a proposal for a hotel for global nomads explored with video game controllers. Its something we can push if we want to accomplish a certain energy. UCCA Center for Contemporary Art is Chinas leading contemporary art institution. 2023 SAUDI RESEARCH & PUBLISHING COMPANY, All Rights Reserved And subject to Terms of Use Agreement. The Biennales opening week program will create ongoing cross-cultural dialogue that transcends borders featuring a variety of talks and panels. 17.09.2023 Liverpool Biennial, 20.05. May 25 Take a look back at the unforgettable moments from the Biennale Finale. Read more: V&A; While Wekuas visuals may seem surreal at first, one begins to realise how much they mirror "real life" particularly scenes from wild fires that have ravaged the US West Coast this year. MAGAZINE - Biennial Foundation The MoU aims to boost cooperation between the two institutions in the public health sector by utilizing digital services and sharing expertise. 2022 Introduction In 2022, the Lyon Biennale of Contemporary Art is pleased to initiate a collaboration with the Diriyah Biennale Foundation. 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For more information: https://biennale.org.sa/index.html. Diriyah is home to a UNESCO World Heritage-listed site, Turaif, which was the first capital of the Saudi dynasty, founded in the 15th century. Diriyah Biennale Foundation - YouTube Diriyah Biennale Foundation (DBF) presents Saudi Arabias first contemporary art biennale, Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, which opened 11 December 2021 in the JAX district of Diriyah. The Foundation aims to be a catalyst for global dialoguebetween the many diverse art communities within the Kingdom and beyond. Dana Awartani, 'Standing by the Ruins of Aleppo' (2021). Saudi Arabia, despite its long artistic history, has only recently captured the attention of the global contemporary art scene, with the countrys recent social reforms and cultural initiatives following Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salmans Vision 2030 plan. Open Today, 10:00-19:00 (Final entry: 18:30), 798, No. In this work, the artist uses Johannesburg as the setting for the procession, performed against a smudgy charcoal backdrop with grass and hints of industry littered around, but his ideas expand their geographical markers. The meeting, which is being attended by foreign ministers of several countries, is taking place on June 1-2, in Cape Town, South Africa. It also creates opportunities for artists and enriches the local art scene. At the VIP preview of the biennale on Friday evening, Aya Al Barkee, the chief executive of the Diriyah Foundation, called the inaugural event nothing short of brilliant, with words such as catalyst and seminal also uttered by other speakers. The artist William Kentridge has written of peripheral thinking as a way to imagine the unlikely and powerful connections that emerge when the metaphor of center and periphery, and a related sense of time lag between them, is discarded. Zahrah Al Ghamdi, 'Birth of a Place', 2021. Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom . We look forward to welcoming hundreds of thousands of visitors to discover the Biennale for themselves, and hope that it will catalyze an even deeper engagement with global contemporary art in Saudi Arabia.. 10.12.2023 So Paulo Biennial, 31.08. A series of glass sculptures are arranged on the floor. Not sure what were on about? Works by 27 Saudi artists are included in Feeling the Stones. SOM and Princeton University construct self-balancing arch in Venice Rashed AlShashai's psychedelically coloured lightbox arch Takween was still being finished on the night before the opening of Saudi Arabia's first . 1:00 314 views 2 9 Another new initiative, the Diriyah Islamic Arts Biennale, is planned for . The programs are designed to invite both local communities and international cultural consumers to an inclusive experience over the course of three months. Stay informed of the latest news from the Biennale ! The agreement aims to enhance cooperation between the two brotherly countries in boosting Islamic moderation, and tolerance and confronting extremist ideology and terrorism. Developed by a team of international curators led by Philip Tinari, director and chief executive of UCCA Center for Contemporary Art in China, the biennale will unfold in six sections, with works from nearly 70 national and international artists, examining the theme Feeling the Stones and engaging visitors in a dialogue around contemporary art. With the rainy season approaching, UNHCR said it needed massive logistical support to move refugees from border areas for their safety. 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Read More, The Diriyah Biennale Foundation (DBF) is delighted to announce the appointment of acclaimed curator Ute Meta Bauer, as Artistic Director of the second edition of the Foundations Contemporary Art Biennale Read More, The Busan Biennale Organizing Committee is pleased to announce the open call for the artistic director of the upcoming edition of the Busan Biennale in 2024. In Going Public, the fourth section, artists are under the spotlight, highlighted for their role in interpreting cultural shifts, challenging staid traditions and presenting novel ways of thinking. The show is divided into six sections, starting with Crossing the River, which pays homage to Saudi Arabias earlier artists and figures from the Chinese avant-garde. Meanwhile, Singaporean artist Zou Zhaos participatory performance and installation Plain Sights (2021) enlists visitors in a surrealist forum in which the action of the performance is negotiated. William Kentridges More Sweetly Play the Dance (2015), an eight-channel projection that surrounds the viewer, suggests multiple histories through imagery of a funeral procession on a blasted landscape. Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale and the Islamic Arts Biennale showcase many previously underrepresented artists from Saudi Arabia, as well as grow awareness and engagement among domestic and international audiences. Zahrah Al Ghamdi, 'Birth of a Place', 2021. Works in this section include contemporary explorations of Islamic themes, as in Lulwah Al Homouds installation The Alphabet (2021) that turns the sacred geometries of Arabic calligraphy into an immersive environment of light, while other works look at how traditions have influenced and shaped each other, as in Han Mengyuns The Pavilion of Three Mirrors pavilion that recalls a Persian narrative comparing ancient Chinese and Greek aesthetics. The event was initiated by the Saudi Ministry of Culture and is organised by the newly formed Diriyah Biennale Foundation. DIRIYAH: In just under 100 days, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation will present Saudi Arabia's first contemporary art biennale, to be held from Dec. 11 to March 11, 2022 in the JAX district of . Yet we often fall back on older ideas of artistic innovation as something that happens in metropolitan centers before diffusing to remote peripheries. Established in 2020 by the Ministry of Culture, Diriyah Biennale Foundation will produce Saudi Arabias first-ever art biennales: the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale, held from December 2021 to March 2022 in the JAX district of Diriyah; and a second biennale with a focus on Islamic arts, to be held in late 2022. At this historic moment of evolution and growth in Saudi Arabia, these biennales showcase some of the world's leading artists, drive cultural exchange between local and international communities . Such a gesture is of particular significance to a place such as Saudi Arabia, where most family trees, including the Royal House of Saud, only contain its male members. All Rights Reserved. Organised by the Diriyah Biennale Foundation, the Islamic Arts Biennale is being curated by Counterspace founder Vally alongside architect Omniya Abdel Barr, archaeologist Saad Alrashid and . For years, artists have been contemplating the Anthropocene and proposing new possibilities in the face of untenable patterns of consumption, acceleration, and climate change. Serving as a platform for global dialogue and exchange, the Biennale cultivates an interactive art experience by bringing together Saudi and international artists in a celebration of contemporary culture, and an accessible and engaging platform for all. Photo: Diriyah Foundation. Featured artists: Yukinori Yanagi, Sarah Morris, Zou Zhao, Miguel Angel Payano Jr, Sarah Abu Abdallah, Birdhead, Nabuqi. RIYADH: The Saudi Red Crescent, in cooperation with the Malaysian Red Crescent, organized an Ambassador of Life course for visually impaired beneficiaries and a training course for teachers at the Saudi Schools in Kuala Lumpur. Having hosted the first-ever Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale last year, and Saudi Design Festival this year, the city is set to be full of creative energy. The title and theme are drawn from the slogan crossing the river by feeling the stones, attributed to Chinese politician Deng Xiaoping who used it to describe how China navigated its social and economic transformation in the 1980s. Diriyah Biennale Foundation recently welcomed the Mystique Night festival, which was hosted on Friday September 2 and was filled with electronic music anddigital art. Maha Malluh's 'WORLD MAP', 2021. The Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale is at the forefront of this cultural awakening and flourishing art scene., Established in 2020 with the support of the Saudi Ministry of Culture, the Diriyah Biennale Foundation has assumed a critical role in nurturing creative expression and instilling appreciation for culture, the arts, and their transformative power. Bauers appointment follows a rigorous selection process undertaken by an international advisory committee in recognition of her decades', According to the report by Arab News, the Saudi and British ministers for culture signed a memorandum of understanding to enhance cultural cooperation between the two countries in various cultural fields. This is one of dozens of works by 63 artists currently on show in Riyadh as part of the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale. Geof Oppenheimers People in Reverse presents archetypes of modern living, the Businessman, the Flag Bearer, and the Observer (2019-20), cast in bronze and aluminum, situated in a maze-like space. In Saudi artist Muhannad Shonos On Losing Meaning (2021), a programmable robot spontaneously moving across the floor, randomly marking the wooden panels with pigment and freely creating its own marks in an enclosed space. Photo: Diriyah Foundation. The mosaic work is an artistic recreation of the courtyard of the Grand Mosque of Aleppo, damaged during the Syrian Civil War. As a passionate advocate for the arts and the adaptive reuse of public spaces into cultural venues, Al-Bakree has overseen the launch of inaugural biennale editions in two cities: the JAX district in Diriyah and the Hajj Terminal in Jeddah. The foundation has previously offered a variety of public programmes like DB Art 101(introductory talks on foundational concepts in art and culture), workshops, kids camp, masterclasses, debates, creative experiences (film screenings, open mics and storytelling sessions, quiz nights), panel discussions, and talks during its active season.
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