Collage Exhibition is a mixed-media exhibit featuring artworks created by twenty-three Emirati and UAE based artists from different ages and backgrounds.

The exhibit presents the works of different elements and techniques which are used to create a final art piece conveying varying messages and meanings. It explores the dialogues that are embedded within the artwork itself through both the cohesive and contradictive media used to create it.

Collage is a very persistent art form in the UAE both in digital and traditional mediums. Among the artists featured in the exhibition, Ali Al Abdan, with his Spirits from the Past series that aims to document and archive historical figures through an accessible mean of communication that can be delivered to all audiences. In his work, Ali has used collage as a way of transforming everyday imagery and common words into an archival document. This has resulted in the development of a document that tells a story and immortalizes important figures who have shaped the cultural scenes in the Gulf Region today.

Participating artist, Hussain Sharif used collage to question, study and experiment with the concept of the identity, as his work is part of the process and not an end to themselves, as he works and reworks the images to reflect through a seemingly never-ending process of construction and destruction.

Fatema Al Mazrouei, another contributing artist, creates her work on the accumulation of imageries and paintings, along with calligraphic writings that reflect on certain social concerns, as well as national commitment and identity. In her works, the medium moves from being a static and confined practice form and into a mean to convey subject matter without being restricted by one specific technique.

Participating artists:

• Ahmed Higazi Ibrahim Yousif
• Aisha Ali Ahmed Al Ramsi
• Amna Nasser Yousef Mohammed Al Zaabi
• Angelika Hamilton
• Katharina Moeller
• Ashba Mubarak Al Ghafly
• Ashvin & B’lu
• Fatima Khalifa Saif Albadwawi
• Fatma Abdullah Al Tamimi
• Georgina Chakar
• Graciela Noemi Ghirardosi
• James Matthews
• Muna Rashed Al Mazrooei
• Nayma Yasir
• Obeid Srour Almas
• Rehab Sherif Abouelnaga
• Ruzica Simonic
• Saad Albusaeedi
• Sadie Sulaiman
• Salem bin Abdullah bin Salem bin Butti Al Kaabi
• Suad Salem Al Zaabi
• Ursula Nasr
• Zari Kaarina Jafri

WHEN :

Apr 15 to Jun 15, 2017

05:00 PM – 09:00 PM

WHERE :

Al Qattara Arts Centre, Al Ain

CONTACT INFO :
Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority
Tel: 800 555
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