Sharjah Biennial 2005
06 Apr - 06 Jun 2005
Sharjah International Biennial 7
Belonging
6 April - 6 June 2005
Director:
Hoor Al Qasimi
Curator:
Jack Persekian
Co-curators:
Ken Lum and Tirdad Zolghadr
General coordinator:
Hisham Al-Madhloum
Biennial coordinator:
Mahita El Bacha Urieta
The 7th edition of the Sharjah Biennial consolidated the renewal process of the event, which began two years ago. Hoor Al Qasimi took over the biennial's direction in 2002 to open it up to new art practices and to start up a "new era for contemporary art in the Gulf."
Already the 6th Sharjah Biennial was characterized by this intention, and by an exciting atmosphere of a new beginning. While at that time a lot of things still had to be improvised, this year's edition is much more concentrated and professional in its organization, and undoubtedly stands up to the comparison with the established highlights of the international art scene.
The theme of the 7th Sharjah Biennial, conceived by Jack Persekian together with the two co-curators and organizers, revolves around the issue of "Belonging". The selected and specially commissioned artworks refer to "persistent questions of belonging and unbelonging in a context of change," addressing the fast developments in the Emirates, and reflecting about the "increasingly vaporous landscapes of our homes, habitats, societies and nations."
In our Photo Tour we would like to provide impressions of the atmosphere, the exhibition spaces, and some artworks of the 7th Sharjah Biennial. According to the focus of our project "Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art", we concentrate above all on the participants from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Whoever wants to know more will find presentations of all artists on the extensive website of the Sharjah Biennial.
Artists:
Joumana Abboud
Ebtisam Abdulaziz
Tarek Al-Ghoussein
"Leyla Al Mutannakker"
Terry Atkinson
Maja Bajevic
Mohamed El Baz
Ursula Biemann
Luchezar Boyadjiev
Sonia Boyce
Christoph Buchel & Giovanni Carmine
Miguel Calderón
Phil Collins
Com & Com
Claude Closky
Minerva Cuevas
Zeyad Dajani
Pio Diaz
Solvej Dufour Andersen
Rineke Djikstra
Heri Dono
Roza El-Hassan
Fouad ElKhoury
Anne-Marie Filaire
Carlos Garaicoa
Ghazel
Rula Halawani
Karin Hanssen
Dirk Herzog
Irwin
Emily Jacir
Mohammed Kazem
San Keller
Chris Kienke
Anna Kleberg
Miodrag Krkobabic
Nestor Kruger
Marcia Kure
Tim Lee
Zoe Leonard
Erik van Lieshout
Nalini Malani
Tracy Moffat
Ingrid Mwangi
Moataz Nasr
Olaf Nicolai
Otobong Nkanga
Marcel Odenbach
Mark Pilkington
Marwan Rechmaoui
Mario Rizzi
Natascha Sadr-Haghighian
Huda Saeed
Jayce Salloum
Allan Sekula
Shirana Shahbazi
Solmaz Shahbazi
Hassan Sharif
Suha Shoman
Santiago Sierra
Peter Stoffel
Beat Streuli
Nedko Solakov
Vivan Sundaram
Nadine Touma
Kelley Walker
Nari Ward
Yang Fudong
Carey Young
Yu Hong
Belonging
6 April - 6 June 2005
Director:
Hoor Al Qasimi
Curator:
Jack Persekian
Co-curators:
Ken Lum and Tirdad Zolghadr
General coordinator:
Hisham Al-Madhloum
Biennial coordinator:
Mahita El Bacha Urieta
The 7th edition of the Sharjah Biennial consolidated the renewal process of the event, which began two years ago. Hoor Al Qasimi took over the biennial's direction in 2002 to open it up to new art practices and to start up a "new era for contemporary art in the Gulf."
Already the 6th Sharjah Biennial was characterized by this intention, and by an exciting atmosphere of a new beginning. While at that time a lot of things still had to be improvised, this year's edition is much more concentrated and professional in its organization, and undoubtedly stands up to the comparison with the established highlights of the international art scene.
The theme of the 7th Sharjah Biennial, conceived by Jack Persekian together with the two co-curators and organizers, revolves around the issue of "Belonging". The selected and specially commissioned artworks refer to "persistent questions of belonging and unbelonging in a context of change," addressing the fast developments in the Emirates, and reflecting about the "increasingly vaporous landscapes of our homes, habitats, societies and nations."
In our Photo Tour we would like to provide impressions of the atmosphere, the exhibition spaces, and some artworks of the 7th Sharjah Biennial. According to the focus of our project "Universes in Universe - Worlds of Art", we concentrate above all on the participants from Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Whoever wants to know more will find presentations of all artists on the extensive website of the Sharjah Biennial.
Artists:
Joumana Abboud
Ebtisam Abdulaziz
Tarek Al-Ghoussein
"Leyla Al Mutannakker"
Terry Atkinson
Maja Bajevic
Mohamed El Baz
Ursula Biemann
Luchezar Boyadjiev
Sonia Boyce
Christoph Buchel & Giovanni Carmine
Miguel Calderón
Phil Collins
Com & Com
Claude Closky
Minerva Cuevas
Zeyad Dajani
Pio Diaz
Solvej Dufour Andersen
Rineke Djikstra
Heri Dono
Roza El-Hassan
Fouad ElKhoury
Anne-Marie Filaire
Carlos Garaicoa
Ghazel
Rula Halawani
Karin Hanssen
Dirk Herzog
Irwin
Emily Jacir
Mohammed Kazem
San Keller
Chris Kienke
Anna Kleberg
Miodrag Krkobabic
Nestor Kruger
Marcia Kure
Tim Lee
Zoe Leonard
Erik van Lieshout
Nalini Malani
Tracy Moffat
Ingrid Mwangi
Moataz Nasr
Olaf Nicolai
Otobong Nkanga
Marcel Odenbach
Mark Pilkington
Marwan Rechmaoui
Mario Rizzi
Natascha Sadr-Haghighian
Huda Saeed
Jayce Salloum
Allan Sekula
Shirana Shahbazi
Solmaz Shahbazi
Hassan Sharif
Suha Shoman
Santiago Sierra
Peter Stoffel
Beat Streuli
Nedko Solakov
Vivan Sundaram
Nadine Touma
Kelley Walker
Nari Ward
Yang Fudong
Carey Young
Yu Hong