Drift - an exploration of urban & suburban landscapes
Exhibition
Curated by Sharjah Art Foundation President Hoor Al Qasimi
14.11.11 – 15.01.12
Collections Building, Arts Area, Heart of Sharjah
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Bouchra Khalili, Mapping Journey #7 (France-Spain), 2011, video, 6min, in Arabic with English subtitles, still, commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
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Hala Al-Ani, A Typology of Houses, 2010, digital prints, hexaptych, 75x130cm, edition 1/6, photograph courtesy of the artist
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Hrair Sarkissian, Execution Squares (No.5), 2008, lambda print mounted on aluminium, 125x160cm, photograph courtesy of Kalfayan Galleries, Athens - Thessaloniki
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Kader Attia, Rochers Carrés, 2009, lambda print, photograph courtesy of SCAD Gallery
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Rika Noguchi, In the desert 1, 2006-2007, c-print, 93x93x.5cm, photograph courtesy of the artist, D’Amelio Terras, New York and Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
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Tarek Al-Ghoussein, D II series (untitled 13), 2009, chromogenic print, photograph courtesy of the artist
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Zineb Sedira, Framing the View, 2008, c-print, 76.2x50.8cm, commissioned by the Photographer’s Gallery, London, © Zineb Sedira, photograph courtesy the artist and kamel mennour, Paris
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Marwan Rechmaoui
(left) Beirut Caoutchouc, 2004, engraved rubber
Monument for the living, 2001-2008, cast cement
Installation view at Collections Building, Arts Area, Sharjah
Hiroyuki Masuyama, The Lost works of Caspar David Friedrich, 2007-2008, Series of 5 light boxes, Installation view at Sharjah Art Museum, Commissioned and produced by Sharjah Art Foundation, Photo by Alfredo Rubio
Curated by Sharjah Art Foundation President Hoor Al Qasimi, this exhibition looks at the ways we experience and understand the world around us through a selection of works from Sharjah Art Foundation’s collection. Through its revelations and provocations, this exhibition suggests new and imaginative ways of exploring and discovering the urban and suburban landscapes we encounter in our daily lives.
