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View from Inside VIEW FROM INSIDE Contemporary Arab Photography, Video and Mixed Media Art 3rd March - 2nd April 2015 www.abudhabifestival.ae Under the Patronage of His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan Mabarak Al Nahyan UAE Minister of Culture, Youth & Community Development FOUNDER’S FOREWORD Each year, artists and audiences gather for the Arabian Gulf’s The Abu Dhabi Festival has presented groundbreaking largest exploration of arts and culture. In doing so, the Abu Dhabi retrospective, collective and solo exhibitions by leading artists Festival upholds the values upon which the United Arab Emirates since its fifth edition in 2008. In 2015, we maintain our track record was founded; tolerance, respect and understanding. as a ‘Festival of Firsts’ with the first ever presentation by FotoFest in the Middle East. ‘View From Inside’ is a landmark exhibition in I would like to take this opportunity to thank His Highness the history of contemporary art from the Arab world. The original Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu US edition as the 2014 FotoFest Biennial and this specially Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed curated exhibition for the UAE capital shall strengthen international Forces, for his support; and to His Excellency Sheikh Nahayan recognition of this region’s dynamic and diverse visual arts scene Mabarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Culture, Youth & Community and its inspirational protagonists. Development, Patron of Abu Dhabi Festival, and Patron & President of the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF), for To complement the outstanding collection curated by Wendy his guidance. And to our network of partners and supporters that Watriss and Karin Adrian von Roques, which includes seminal encompass the world, we share our deepest thanks. works by several leading Emirati artists, the Abu Dhabi Festival is pleased to present ‘Emirati Insights’; a selection of photography, Year after year, the Festival and the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts video and mixed media art by other UAE arts practitioners who are Foundation (ADMAF) has demonstrated a commitment to the exploring perspectives and documenting the details related to the visual arts as a catalyst for knowledge and creativity. Through articulation and exploration of cultural identity. the exploration of ideas and perspectives, whether on canvas or c-print, artists have the unique ability to open the doors to dialogue The Abu Dhabi Festival is a beacon of creativity and an advocate and debate. Their multifaceted role - as observers, commentators, of cross-cultural understanding. From modest beginnings, its historians and archivists – helps strengthen society and allows us, impact today resonates far beyond the field of culture; helping to the viewers, to examine our thoughts and explore our surroundings. unite, empower and, above all, inspire. For these are the elements upon which society can flourish. In today’s ever-complex world, it is more important than ever to seize that which the visual arts can offer; the opportunity to stand back from the world around us, and explore the many parallels, commonalities and differences that shape us as individuals, Her Excellency Hoda I. Al Khamis-Kanoo communities, nations and regions. Founder, Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation Western and Islamic worlds, is a strong example of the importance The View From Inside exhibition for Abu Dhabi Festival 2015 is of inter-cultural connection. The co-founders of FotoFest had a taken from the central exhibition programme of the 15th International CURATORS’ long-standing interest in Arab culture, its contributions to world FotoFest Biennial (2014) in Houston, Texas. This exhibition is civilisation and the complexities of its position in the modern world. about the artists and what is important to them. It is not about the Beyond the programmes FotoFest had done in the late 1990s and curator‘s voice. The title View From Inside means that the works FOREWORD 2005 related to the Arab world, FotoFest co-founders wanted to on exhibit are the voices of artists, artists who are deeply involved look more deeply inside the contemporary Arab art world(s) and with Arab cultures, individually and collectively. Out of the diversity the works of Arab artists. View From Inside could not have come to of these voices, the exhibition presents a multi-layered dialogue life without our collaboration, which brings together over 20 years with seminal happenings in the Arab world. of Arab art experience and 30 years of work in photography and the photo-related media arts. It is a privilege to be able to bring this exhibition to the Middle East The power of art as a visual language transcends time, space and where so many of these artists work and live. In cooperation with borders. With ongoing cultural and political conflicts in the world Karin Adrian von Roques brings to View From Inside a rare ADMAF, we hope not only to strengthen existing interest in Arab today, it is clear that the role of art cannot be underestimated. The combination of hands-on expertise and personal knowledge of the art but also generate new recognition for Arab artists through the Abu Dhabi Music & Arts Foundation (ADMAF) with Her Excellency contemporary Arab art world and its artists. Given the longevity of presentation of View From Inside at the 2015 Abu Dhabi Festival. Hoda I. Al Khamis-Kanoo as its Founder and Artistic Director her professional involvement in the cultures of the Middle East and recognised the significance of the arts at a very early stage and North Africa and her work with individual artists working there, it It is a time of positive growth in Arab art, institutionally and individually. the importance of giving life to the principles of education and would have been impossible for FotoFest to replicate the breadth Throughout the world, people are talking about the Saadiyat Wendy Watriss, engagement through all the arts. and depth of her experience in the space of one to two years. In Island Cultural District of Abu Dhabi; Abu Dhabi Art and Art Dubai Curator & Co-Founder, FotoFest International turn, FotoFest brought to this collaboration and its curatorial work have become major commercial art fairs of global renown; New Organiser & Co-Curator, View From Inside In ADMAF, the visual arts play an integral role, not only a long history of personal and institutional experience with inter- York University Abu Dhabi has a growing art programme; and the throughout the Abu Dhabi Festival but also in the Foundation’s cultural dialogue across the world. number of commercial art galleries in the Middle East also showing ongoing education and community programmes involving artists in London, Basel, Paris, Miami and New York is growing. The and young people across the United Arab Emirates. FotoFest It is the aim of this collaboration between FotoFest and Karin Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston International was founded 30 years ago with similar principles; a Adrian von Roques, as lead curator of View From Inside, to add have recently created and filled full-time positions for curators of strong commitment to intercultural dialogue and internationalism new chapters to the long narrative of fostering greater cultural Arab and Islamic art. In the US, recognition of contemporary Arab through art and the consistent presentation of important ideas awareness between the Arab region and Western audiences. art has grown exponentially in the past year with shows in Houston, and issues of social justice through the photographic arts. The New York City, Los Angeles and Boston. creation of new opportunities for artists to present their work and The diverse range of works that is exhibited here is deliberately further their professional development has been a core mission of difficult to categorise because we imposed no specific curatorial View From Inside is presenting some of the very best of FotoFest since its beginning. Creative and public education has agenda on this project other than to show high quality contemporary contemporary visual art at the Abu Dhabi Festival 2015. It is the accompanied all of FotoFest’s programming for the past three work by leading Arab artists from the Middle East and North Africa. hope of FotoFest and ourselves, as co-curators of this project, that decades. Many of these works explore similar concepts and themes. They View From Inside will enrich the 2015 Festival and its presence in are themes that are not unfamiliar in the West or in the rest of the Abu Dhabi will create public dialogue, deepen our own education FotoFest has created and sustained an important international world. What differentiates these works is the particular ways in and most importantly, add to the lustre of the artists themselves. platform with these goals. With photography and media arts as its which individual Arab artists address the concerns and issues of primary vehicles, FotoFest has worked with visual artists in over their own cultures. Our thanks to Her Excellency Hoda I. Al Khamis-Kanoo and the 60 countries. Its collaborations with artists, curators and public ADMAF team for the opportunity to present this exhibition in the participants in the arts have generated groundbreaking dialogues Although the emphasis of the exhibition is on the medium of photo- UAE capital. We also thank Omar Donia, Founder and Editor of about the role of art and its inter-relationship to human experience related art, very few of the artists are exclusively photographers. Contemporary Practices for his strong support as a partner in this across the world. Most of the 38 artists in this exhibition see photography, video project and for his promotion of the arts of the Middle East. Special and mixed media as part of a larger creative horizon with multiple thanks go to all the participating artists in this exhibition in Abu Karin Adrian von Roques, View From Inside and the collaboration between FotoFest and possibilities.
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