As a follow up to their 2011 Pan-Arab exhibition of contemporary art The Future of a Promise, Edge of Arabia, withsupport from Abdul Latif Jameel Community Initiatives, areproud to return to the Biennale di Venezia with an exhibitiontitled RHIZOMA (Generation in Waiting).
Curated by London-based art critic and independent curator, Sara Raza, and Saudi-based poet, curator and artist, Ashraf Fayadh, RHIZOMA draws its inspiration from ayounger generation of Saudi artists, and embraces visual artalongside technology, science and natural philosophy.
Curator Sara Raza explains: “Curatorially the exhibition’s title and premise re-appropriates the concept of a rhizome, the underground stem of a plant that shoots roots laterally as opposed to upwards, as a metaphor for the current generation of Saudi Arabia’s thriving art scene. These artists in common with a rhizome are part of a subterranean network, independent and distinctive in their styles and approach, technologically astute, experimental and with the ability to break away from the main stream to form new roots."
Ashraf Fayadh elaborates: “We aim to provide a clear vision of the radical transformation in Saudi art, which is now more affiliated with its roots, to the real culture represented by the awareness of the different living conditions in Saudi Arabia.This awareness is creating a strong message.”
The exhibition will show the works of artists including -Ahaad Al Amoudi, Ahmad Angawi, Abdelkarim Qassem, Abdullah Alothman, Basma Felemban, Batool Al Shomrani, Dana Awartani, Eiman Elgibreen, Heba Abed, Huda Beydoun, Majed Al-Thbaity, Mala'a Alamoudi, Mohammad Makki, Nasser Salem, Nora A. Al Mazrooa, Sami Al Turki, Sarah Al Abdali, Sarah Abu Abdullah, Nouf Alhimiary, Omamah Alsadiq, Ramy Algethamy, Saeed Salem and Shaweesh, all of whom are creating new work specifically for the exhibition. Highlights include Ahmad Angawi and Sarah Al Abdali’s site-specific installations that fuse architecture, art and design to re-imagine the impact of urban development in their communities; environmental projects by Sarah Abu Abdallah and Sami Al Turki; an interactive installation by Basmah Felemban which combines Islamic and figurative design; and special projects by Youtube sensations TelFaz 11, U-Turn and Cinema of Arabia who will be collaborating with artists to create virtual realities that reach peer-group audiences in their millions.
The exhibition will show the works of artists including -Ahaad Al Amoudi, Ahmad Angawi, Abdelkarim Qassem, Abdullah Alothman, Basma Felemban, Batool Al Shomrani, Dana Awartani, Eiman Elgibreen, Heba Abed, Huda Beydoun, Majed Al-Thbaity, Mala'a Alamoudi, Mohammad Makki, Nasser Salem, Nora A. Al Mazrooa, Sami Al Turki, Sarah Al Abdali, Sarah Abu Abdullah, Nouf Alhimiary, Omamah Alsadiq, Ramy Algethamy, Saeed Salem and Shaweesh, all of whom are creating new work specifically for the exhibition. Highlights include Ahmad Angawi and Sarah Al Abdali’s site-specific installations that fuse architecture, art and design to re-imagine the impact of urban development in their communities; environmental projects by Sarah Abu Abdallah and Sami Al Turki; an interactive installation by Basmah Felemban which combines Islamic and figurative design; and special projects by Youtube sensations TelFaz 11, U-Turn and Cinema of Arabia who will be collaborating with artists to create virtual realities that reach peer-group audiences in their millions.
No. 262 Dorsoduro Fondamenta delle Zattere, Venice
30th May – 24th September 2013
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