More than 65 works by more than 40 artists in Tashkeel Center
“Made in Tashkeel” .. presents the richness of the visual scene in Dubai
The exhibition continues until the seventh of next September.
Photography: Ahmed Ardeti
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The exhibition "Made in Tashkeel", which opened the day before yesterday, at Tashkeel Center in Dubai, reflects the richness and diversity of the visual scene in Dubai, including a wide range of works that express the diverse and multimedia activities of the participating artists. The exhibition presents 65 works by more than 40 artists who are members of Tashkeel, who have participated in the workshops, as well as works by trainers and exhibitors at the center over the past two years. The works belong to various artistic visual forms, ranging from photography, multimedia, acrylic and textiles, silkscreen printing, sculpture and video, as well as installations.
Cultures dialogue in the exhibition, which will continue until the seventh of next September, especially as it carries diverse cultural backgrounds for artists from the UAE as well as for residents of Dubai, who are from many nationalities, including Egypt, Pakistan, Iran, Yemen, Belgium, Japan, India, Syria, Palestine, Lebanon, Britain, Zambia and the United States, while participating from the UAE Abdullah Lutfi, Iman Al-Hashimi, Noura Al-Sarkal, Khaled Mazina, and Badr Abbas.
Regarding the organization of this exhibition, Lisa Pallichgar, Deputy Director of the Tashkeel Foundation, said: “The 2021 edition of (Made in Tashkeel) is of great importance, after the exhibition was unable to be held in the summer of last year due to the pandemic conditions, and the exhibition presents a group of innovative creative works. It was executed with great technical skill. She pointed out that the event celebrates the breadth and depth of the contemporary creative practice of artists and designers residing in the UAE, considering that it highlights the need for artists and designers to obtain specialized equipment, appropriate spaces and the desired support, which Tashkeel performs throughout the year at its two locations. .
The exhibition includes a variety of artistic forms, including the work of Emirati artist Dr. Karima Al Shomali, who presented sculptures to Emirati women in the Emirati burqa, and spoke about her work for "Emirates Today", and said: "The work presents Emirati women who sculpted them from clay after I interviewed a number of Emirati women to obtain information about the burqa, and they told me their own stories, and then I worked on producing the stories with a work of art, knowing that the proportions do not represent the correct proportions of the human body, but rather reflect the reality of the stories.” She pointed out that the Emirati culture is rich, and artistic intelligence is to be shown in a contemporary artistic form in order to keep pace with the development and modern plastic movement, and this is what it seeks to do by granting the work modernity. As for the sculptural artworks, Shomali confirmed that it is part of her artistic work, as it is a diversity between media, whether sculpture, drawing, installation or video, noting that clay is a modern experience invented in 2021, and worked to adapt it to serve the subject.Shomali considered the burqa to carry many cultural meanings, and the long-wearing changes reflect the changes in culture, as it is part of identity and a symbol, and it will undoubtedly have continuity in art.
For her part, the Egyptian artist, Aman Darwish, talked about her work on digital painting, which reflects the experience of “Corona” and the idea of quarantine, as she relied on imagination to create a reality that is more beautiful than the reality lived at the time. Darwish pointed out that the stone experience reflected a lot on her art, as she loves surrealist painting, and seeks to reverse this type of art, and therefore seeks creation and innovation in art, as it seeks to look at work and take work from one place to another. As for the second work that she presented, Darwish pointed out that through it she reflected looking at the depth from the inside, as the experience of the stone was very different, a period that reflects what happened.
The Lebanese artist Rima Makhal spoke about her painting that she participated in the exhibition, noting that she worked to embody the life of women, through abstract work that is divided into two parts, and the colors vary between pink and dark. She pointed out that the pink color expresses the woman, her path, her life, and everything she goes through, as work expresses the woman as seen by society, and from here the sparkle came, while she has lived through many struggles since birth until she reaches the age of 50. She expressed that the painting goes with her to express a psychological state, as it is the reality of women, and the hidden truth, as it expresses a cycle that passes and years pass, and this highlights the circular movement, while at the bottom there are accumulations and the movement of color highlights this march.
As for the Pakistani artist Asma Chico, she pointed out that she worked on a set of sculptural works of stainless steel, in which internal conflicts emerge as an artist and as a mother, especially after reading Al-Ghazali, noting that all human life belongs to his heart.
She pointed out that she worked on embodying works that highlight the conflict between the heart, the mind and life, and this reflects the difficulty of the existing dialogue, considering that people talk about the heart a lot, and that is why it seeks to embody all this suffering.
clothes designing
The Iranian fashion designer, Sahar, presented two designs in the exhibition that date back to the heritage in the East, and pointed out that they are designs inspired by the dress of the bathroom known in many countries, noting that it uses organic and natural fabrics, which are light in summer and cool and do not cause a feeling of heat.
She pointed out that the design is inspired by heritage, but it carries a lot of contemporary details, which makes it distinctive.
And about her participation in an art exhibition, she noted that art and fashion design are closely related, and it is the second time that designs are presented in an art exhibition, and that participation requires distinguished and unique ideas, and art can inspire in fashion design.
• The exhibition holds a variety of cultural backgrounds for artists from the Emirates and residents of Dubai of several nationalities.
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