[email protected] WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2015 • www.thepeninsulaqatar.com • 4455 7741 ROADSHOW BY IMPLANTED HEART QATAR CULINARY UNEXPECTED VALVE SAFE FOR PROFESSIONALS TALES FROM PARIS LOW-RISK PATIENTS: FASHION WEEK DANISH STUDY P | 7 BIG B DISTRESSED AFTER FAN’S OUTBURST P | 5 P | 9 P | 10 Sotheby’s in Qatar For the third consecutive year, Sotheby’s is holding another Contemporary Art auction in Doha featuring works by leading Arab, Iranian and international contemporary artists. During its last auction which was held at Katara in October, Sotheby’s sold 53 lots for a total of $8,006,625 and set 13 records. | WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2015 | 02 ART Sotheby’s to hold contemporary art auction in Doha or the third consecutive year, the artist’s earliest, most desirable and Sotheby’s is holding another sought-after pattern paintings made using Contemporary Art auction paint rollers incised with floral designs Fin Doha featuring works by that are transferred onto an aluminium leading Arab, Iranian and international canvas (est. $1/1.5m). The severe black contemporary artists. enamel pattern against the white ground During its last auction which was held collapses any distinction between the at Katara in October, Sotheby’s sold 53 physical process of making the work lots for a total of $8,006,625 and set 13 and its visual context. These everyday records. tools provided Wool with a repertoire The pieces which will go under of ready-made imagery, and the small the hammer on April 21 comprise an inconsistencies created during the eclectic mix of paintings, installation art, process convey a delicate, yet powerfully photography and sculpture by today’s top emotional resonance. caliber artists. A further highlight of the sale is El After the great acclaim achieved during Anatsui’s Introvert, a found aluminium last year’s auction, Anish Kapoor, whose and copper wire installation which, like Untitled emerged the top lot at the sale so much of the artist’s work, addresses setting the highest price for the artist in a range of social, political and histori- the Middle East, will be back with another cal topics (est. $700,000/1m). Introvert work from the artist’s pixelated disk series. exemplifies Anatsui’s signatory method With an estimated price of of artistic production coupled with $800,000/1.2m, Kapoor’s Untitled his principle ideology of reassigning instantly enshrouds the viewer into its purpose to waste material in order to welcoming, yet slightly disconcerting, recount the rich heritage of the region. infinite space with the concave form Transforming found objects into fine art, capturing the eternally changing natural Anatsui’s cloths cause the observer to world within its fixed, artificial grasp. examine their preconceptions of waste The sale will also feature a bold, material, its relationship to beauty, and graphic Christopher Wool work. Created how art cannot be confined to strict The Shrines by Ali Banisadr between 1986-1987, Untitled is one of definitions. | WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2015 | 03 Untitled by Farid Belkahia Cartier natural pearl necklace 2 Internationally acclaimed and highly sought-after artist Ali Banisadr’s work is heavily influenced by his childhood experiences as a refugee of the Iran-Iraq war. The large-scale fantastical abstract landscapes that dominate the work convey something of the chaotic vio- lence he witnessed as a child. Drawing on both Eastern and Western artistic traditions, Banisadr’s work recalls both the startling complexity of Persian mini- atures and the wide-ranging landscapes of the Flemish Old Masters. The Shrines from 2011 ($100/150,000) appears at auction just six months after Sotheby’s set an auction record for the artist in Doha for The Chase. 100C Purple Front Chant Avedissian’s Icons of the Nile, 2010, (in 21 parts) is another highly important installation work by the mosaic of Egyptian culture that retraces Egyptian artist which has many simi- his country’s past, combining nostalgic larities to Icons of the Nile which set imagery with a celebration of Egyptian the artist record at Sotheby’s Doha iconographical motifs. in April 2013 (est. $150/200,000). Ayman Baalbaki is another artist Avedissian’s remarkable use of stencils whose auction benchmark was set at is the result of more than twenty years Sotheby’s Doha last year. This season of research during his extensive travels. the sale includes Al-Mulatham from The astounding installation creates a 2009 which, like many of the artist’s major works depicts the shrouded face of a lone, heroic figure gazing up to the skies (est. $80/120,000). The work is dominated by the traditional red and white kaffiyeh headdress, a garment worn by men throughout the Arab world as protection against sun exposure and sandstorms; Baalbaki’s monumental portrait evokes a broad spectrum of interpretations and responses ranging from the political to the emotional. Introvert by El Anatsui Untitled from 1981 is a rare and early peau relief by Farid Belkahia, Morocco’s foremost artist (est. $40/60,000). Made materiality, and a gentle sensuality the artist comparisons to Jeff Koons. up of parchments stretched into organic that could not better epitomize the Moshiri’s subversive socio-political nar- shapes and adorned with magical sym- Maghreb’s telluric mysticism. rative has positioned him at the fore- bols and rituals, Untitled is the truest I’ve got Sunshine by Farhad Moshiri front of Contemporary Iranian art and embodiment of the visual lexicon of a is made up of dozens of found knives the present work lives up to the duality post-colonial celebration of Morocco’s dug into a thick and creamy canary between Iranian and western cultures. cultural authenticity. Belkahia’s oeuvre canvas (est. $120/180,000). It is a The pieces are on display at The is stripped of Western lineage, and striking example of the artist’s inter- DIFC Atrium, Level 2, Gate Building 5 fiercely engrained in the artist’s passion est in the Baroque and Mannerist in Dubai until tomorrow. for the taxonomy of symbols, sculptural movement, which has often brought The Peninsula Untitled by Anish Kapoor | WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2015 | 04 CAMPUS MES wins gold medal in Stenden University Qatar shooting competition hosts Open Day MES Indian School has won gold medals in the Qatar Schools Olympic Stenden University Qatar hosted its second Open Day this year for high Programme (SOP) shooting competition held at Lusail Shooting Complex school students recently. The aim of this event was to familiarise these recently. The duo Joy Mallik and Rohan Mallik from CBSE International students with the university, the programmes it offers and the general section of the school won gold medals in the team event in 10 meters atmosphere of its campus. Potential students stopped at programme Air Rifle Shooting Competition. Principal, Sasidharan A P, felicitated the stalls and spoke with programme leaders and current students about the winners for their outstanding achievement. Varghese Mathew, Teacher, curriculum and career options of each major. A detailed presentation was Department of Physical Education is the mentor of MES Shooting Team. given, after which the students were given a tour around the campus. DMIS Kindergarten hosts KG graduation ceremony oha Modern Indian the event. Moushumi Dutta, Calling all our School celebrated the KG Coordinator, delivered the young readers to DKindergarten Graduation welcome address and the tiny send in your Day at the school premises tots presented many cultural creative works like recently. K Bharadwaj, Senior programmes like the Graduation drawings, poetry, Project Engineer, Oryx GPL Day song. A dance show by short stories Ltd, was the Chief Guest for KG I students added colour (maximum the programme, Jayshankar to the show. The KG teachers Calling all 300 words) or Pillai, Director of Taleb dedicated a special hymn — travelogues. Schools, Thorpe, Principal, Showers of blessings — to the our young The Cambridge School, Jane students in honour of the time readers Don’t forget to Ballard, Principal, Cambridge they spent together. mention your name, International School for Girls, Sumitha Benjamin proposed age and school. and Rakesh Singh Tomar, the vote of thanks. Principal, DMIS, also attended The Peninsula Send your entries to [email protected] | WEDNESDAY 18 MARCH 2015 | COMMUNITY 05 ‘Breakfast Bash’ for women at Holiday Villa vents and Beyond recently conducted a break- fast bash for women to enable them to share and inspire other women to make a difference in the society. Make it happen is the global Etheme of International Women’s Day celebrated every March 8. Localising the theme to encourage women to create a positive difference in the society, Conchita Ponce, Director of Events and Marketing of Events and Beyond urged women to take risks and step out of their comfort zones. Zarina Rajah and Margarita Zuniga shared their jour- neys on how they have overcome their obstacles and for decades now. Doha, represented by its Asst PR Manager Shayne yet managed to make a difference in their lives. Margarita Zuniga, an advocate and supporter of Monasterio, welcomed and thanked the guests for Zarina Rajah, a 52-year old South African was diag- breast cancer awareness in Qatar and member of having the hotel as part of its event. She said: “We are nosed with ovarian cancer at the age of 27 and then Ladies of Harley Qatar Chapter, encouraged the keen on helping such activity that promotes equality followed with thyroid cancer few years after. But this women to make their dreams come true and that every and women’s empowerment as this is what the hotel didn’t stop her from chasing her dreams and live life day is a new day and don’t let it slip away.