As promised, I said that I would provide a review for the LOUD Art Exhibition. Hosted at Desert Designs from May 29 to June 7, this is the art event's third year.
It featured up and coming artists and designers from across the region to showcase their work. They were encouraged to "challenge and examine the experience of cultural change and its effect on artists and designers" for this year's theme "Executing Culture Shock."
I have never been to an exhibition in Saudi before so I didn't know what to expect, but I loved what I saw! There was art in many mediums from sculptures to paintings, to a video and digital art. There were also designers there showcasing their artwork through clothes, accessories and household items. You can find photos of my favourite artwork below. Enjoy and here's to next year's exhibit!
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| You could see these posted throughout the exhibition but people didn't really pay attention to it. My friend took a selfie of a girl taking a selfie with the No Selfie sign. How meta. |
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| By Mohammad Awwad. The bottom two are called "Arrogance" and "Suppression." |
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| "Simplicity of Islam" by Khalid Zahid. This was a crowd favourite. |
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| "Be a Fairouz in a world full of Nancy Ajrams" by Ali Cha'aban. You'll remember him from this painting. |
Apologies to those artists and designers whom I was unable to credit.
I really like Al Husseini and Al Saad's artworks. But by far the best was the "No Selfies" poster, brilliant! "Sign" of the times?
ReplyDeleteNo selfie sign is my favorite!
ReplyDeleteI'm fascinated by "Sphair," I couldn't read the caption! But definitely agree,"No Selfies" is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteHey kaesays! Here's the caption you're looking for:
Delete"Using human hair as a material, its durability is the center of this work's concept and the way it is scientifically brought forward to the viewer. This piece specifically is about support and represented in such a delicate manner. Via science I am testing its resistance to weather conditions and being shaped geometrically, also its increcible strength against industrial materials such as brick stones. The interesting element is the failure of this element to be full object, it remains connected to its social factor even as a dead cell and being used as a supporting element to the balance of the wooden poles in this work. Its residual quality forcefully establishes its belonging to a human body rooting one in an origin and a set of rituals applied to hair, however in a continuous attempt to regain it its value as an object."