One of my favorite artists now has a solo show up in Qatar! I believe Doha's Mathaf, the Arab Museum of Modern Art, is really smart in bringing in a big name artist from outside the region, but also just as importantly, not the typical Western artist. I like Cai Guo-Qiang because he consistently comes up with thoughtful but unconventional ways to talk about his own heritage as well as historical and contemporary global trade and exchange. His artwork is smart but fun and easily appreciated by a larger audience. I hope to go soon!
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| Pictured above: Installation view of Fragile (2011), Gunpowder on 480 panels of porcelain, 318 x 1800 cm (125 3/16 x 708 11/16 in.) overall, approximately 30 x 39.75 cm (11 13/16 x 15 5/8 in.) each panel, 480 panels in total, Commissioned by Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art, Photo by Hiro Ihara, Courtesy Cai Studio
And from Art Kuwait:
www.artkuwait.org
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art presents Cai Guo-Qiang: Saraab, a major exhibition featuring newly commissioned work by Cai Guo-Qiang. As Cai’s first solo exhibition in the Middle East and the first single-artist exhibition presented by Mathaf, Saraab opens new...
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2 comments:
Whilst it is true, as Khadra says, that art outside of the west will prevail and establish its own arena in which to be understood: what distinguishes orientalist tendancies in this century is that it is a characteritic of the viewers interpretation, rather than the artists intention. When exhibited in London, New York, or any other space outside of the context in which it is created, artwork is framed and understood according to certain values of the viewers cultural context.
good point, however I would say that this has always been true, not just in this century, and that it is true for all art no matter where or when it was created...
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