Earlier this year, we showcased a new 7-channel video installation by Turkish artist Hale Tenger. Coinciding with Art Dubai and the Sharjah Biennial, the show opened to rave reviews by international visitors and press alike. We are thrilled to announce that “Balloons on the Sea” has been selected as one of the best shows of 2011 worldwide, by the leading contemporary art magazine Artforum.
You can watch the video documentation of “Balloons on the Sea” in Green Art Gallery’s space here.
Our opening for the Syrian veteran artist Ziad Dalloul’s solo show entitled ” Celebration of the Absent” in collaboration with the Atassi Gallery of Damascus was very well received, especially as this was the artist’s debut in the UAE. For those of you who could not attend, here are some installation views of the works in Green Art Gallery’s space:
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Check out “In the zone of uncertainty“, a fantastic in-depth interview conducted by Jyoti Kalsi for Gulfnews with Syrian artist Ahmad Moualla. Moualla discusses his latest series of canvases presented at Green Art Gallery in the solo exhibition “Grey Ash”, and how the momentous events unfolding in the region have influenced his work.
Opening Reception: 13th November 2011, 7 – 9 pm
Exhibition Dates: 13/11/2011 – 05/01/2012
Green Art Gallery is pleased to announce the first solo exhibition in the UAE for renowned Syrian painter Ziad Dalloul. Organized in collaboration with Atassi Gallery, Damascus, the exhibition opens on November 13th and will be on view until January 5th 2012. A reception will be held on the 13th of November from 7 – 9 pm in the presence of the artist.
Considered to be among the most accomplished Arab painters and printmakers, Dalloul’s works merge contemporary disciplines with traditional materials such as ink, sepia and handmade paper. The subjects of his work involve stagnant, commonplace domestic objects such as chairs and tables, which are placed on the foreground of landscapes depicting nature’s virility in some form. The landscapes depicted in the works, often recollections of those found in his birthplace Syria, are however accompanied by characteristic dark masses of color. Through exploring the dichotomy between that which is still and that which is ever-changing Dalloul challenges convenient definitions associated with both the Orient and the Occident while simultaneously referencing art history’s relationship to still-life. The show will feature several large-scale paintings including a triptych, which was featured in this year’s Sharjah Biennial, works on paper, and a series of etchings from the artist book entitled “The Book of Cities“ made in collaboration with Syrian poet Adonis.
Ziad Dalloul (b.1953) graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus in 1977. He went on to study at the École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, where he works and lives. His work has been widely exhibited in Europe and the Middle East including the Sharjah Biennial (2011), L’Institut du Monde Arabe in Paris (2005) and the Shoman Foundation in Amman (1997).
Ziad Dalloul, Celebrations of the Absent (3), 2010, Oil on canvas, Triptych; each 195 x 130 cm overall size 195 x 390 cm
Ziad Dalloul, Celebrations of the Absent (1), 2010, Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm
Ziad Dalloul, Celebrations of the Absent (2), 2010, Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm
Ziad Dalloul, Celebrations of the Absent (4), 2010, Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm
Ziad Dalloul, Celebrations of the Absent (5), 2010, Oil on canvas, 130 x 162 cm
Shadi Habib allah, The King & the Jester, 2010, video still
Green Art Gallery is thrilled to announce its participation in the 2011 Moving Image Art Fair, with interdisciplinary artist Shadi Habib Allah’s video “The King and the Jester”. The fair is taking place in London between the 13th and 16th of October 2011.
The Moving Image Art Fair was created with the intention of showcasing moving-image artworks in an art fair environment while still maintaining a space which allows for these works to be appreciated and understood. The works of 28 artists represented by renowned galleries and institutions from South America, Asia, the Middle East, Europe and the United States will be presented with 19 single-channel videos and 9 larger-scale video sculptures/installations.
“The King and the Jester” is a 26 minute video shot over two weeks at an Auto Paint and Body Shop in Liberty City, Miami, where Habib Allah once resided. Shot in an observational mode, the video records the daily interactions and power relations between workers in the shop. The only figures that appear are males who receive partially damaged cars and turn them into macho ego shiny machines. Drifting between the characters banal, impassioned, and sometimes even scripted dialogues, Habib Allah examines human relationships to systems of infrastructure, class identification and hierarchies of authority.
Shadi Habib Allah was born in Jerusalem, Palestine in 1977, and received a BFA from Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in 2003. His interdisciplinary practice, primarily involving sculpture and video, is informed by ideas on structural and material degeneration. He was twice awarded 2nd Prize for the Young Artist Award from the A.M. Qattan Foundation, and has attended residencies at Cittadelarte, Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy and Gasworks in London, England. He has participated in exhibitions at the Riwaq Biennale, Ramallah, Tate Modern, London, and the Palestine c/o Venice at the Venice Biennale in 2009. He recently received an MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University in 2010. He lives and work in New York.
The Moving Image Art Fair will be located in Bargehouse, OXO Tower Wharf on Bargenhouse Street, South Bank, London. Fair hours will be Thursday to Saturday, October 13-15 from 11am to 7pm and Sunday, October 16th, from 11 am to 6 pm.
Our opening for Ahmad Moualla’s new series of monochrome works, “Grey Ash”, was received with rave reviews. For those of you who could not attend, here are some installation views of the works in Green Art Gallery’s space:
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