Puppet Sun, 2017
Marble, wood, acrylic, iron base
75 x 24 x 20 cm
The
production of ideas, concepts and artistic forms is an endless
negotiation and a continuous dialogue. Like an evolving reality,
artistic practices are constantly transforming, refusing to stand
still and become permanent. In a fast-shaping landscape of events,
which characterises the contemporary moment in Saudi Arabia, the
2018 edition of 21,39 investigates the multifaceted practices that
emerge in this continuously active domain.
at the historical, the more recent past and at the future.The exhibition seeks to explore the different layers and multiple narratives that define creativity in Saudi Arabia. It addresses cultural complexity alongside historical and current narratives. In the rapidly connected contemporary world, Refusing to Be Still aims to advance international dialogue between locations and artistic practices.
The
artworks presented in the exhibition explore the old and the new, the
permanent and the temporary, as well as the emotional, aesthetic and
experiential layers of creativity. A desire to present the
uncompromising and fascinating energies, forces and power of the
Saudi context has been the defining factor in shaping the story the
exhibition tells, a story devoted to the inevitability of continuous
transformation. Cur. by Vassals Oikonomopoulos
Mohammad Zaza , Abdulaziz Al-Rashedi ,Ibrahim Abumsmar , Nasser Al-Salem , Badr Ali, Abdelkarim Qassem , James Richards , Ayman Yossri Daydban , Nora Alissa , Kostis Velonis , Emy Kat , Mohamed Monaiseer , Ilona Kálnoky , Hrair Sarkissian , Moath Alofi , Nojoud Al-Sudairi, Hatem Al-Ahmad , Ahaad Alamoudi , Hussein Al-Mohassen ,Filwa Nazer ,Aya Haidar, Ayman Zedani , Ahmad Angawi , Nidhal Chamekh , Eva Taulois , Saleh Serafi , Bricklab , Ali Kazma , Apichatpong Weerasethakul , Abbas Akhavan
Refusing
to Be Still
07
Feb - 05 May2018,
21,
39 5th Edition,
Jeddah,
Saudi Arabia
