When Portraits and Places Are [dis]Orient

dis•o•ri•ent (dɪsˈɔr iˌɛnt, -ˈoʊr-) v.t. 1. to cause to lose one’s way. 2. to confuse. 3. to cause to lose perception of time, place, or one’s personal identity. *** I was told about [dis]orient last May in SumarriaLunn Gallery, London by its curators Noor Kadhim and Piero Tomassoni and it would be in June which I knew I was going…

Pakistan Leads Five Artists to Create 2014 Abraaj Group Art Prize

The Abraaj Group Art Prize is delighted to announce the winners of its 2014 edition. The Abraaj Group Art Prize is awarded annually to five artists on the basis of proposals for new artworks, which become permanent additions to The Abraaj Group Art Collection following their unveiling at Art Dubai 2014. The artists will now…

Art Dubai Calling for 2014 Participants!

Attention artists & galleries! Now you don’t have any excuse not to apply in advance for Art Dubai Edition 8 taking place March 19-22, 2014 because Art Dubai announced open call for accepting proposals from galleries interested in participating in the 2014 fair. Participating in Art Dubai is a oppertunity of a life, an international one 🙂 Applications…

Repetitive Dream :: The Work

Footages from Safwan Dahoul’s solo exhibition “Repetitive Dream ” held in Ayyam Gallery London from May 9 – June 8, 2013. Scrambled, hanging on hope, teared apart, edge of losing patience, fear of waking up & facing a heartbreaking reality and bigger fear of seeing the same devastating dream again… Between reality and dream; Dahoul once…

Guns and Roses- Sonia Rentsch’s Still Lifes

Originally posted on Fawn Review:
Calls for the world to make love not war are as old as time itself. But that sentiment has been injected with some fresh zeal by Australian artist Sonia Rentsch. Her (perhaps a little opaquely titled) series Harm Less reconstructs weapons of war and violence through natural materials. Revolvers and…