A New Global Art History: The Impact of Art Institutions and Contemporary Art in Arabia and the...

A New Global Art History: The Impact of Art Institutions and Contemporary Art in Arabia

and the Extended MENASA Region

Gabriel Orozco, Sand on Table as Model of “Self-Organising Criticality”, 1992-2013, Table, sand and diagrams. Produced by Sharjah Art Foundation. Installation view

Imran Qureshi, Blessings Upon the Land of My Love, 2011, acrylic and emulsion paint on interlocking brick pavement, site-specific installation, commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation, Installation view, photo by Alfredo Rubio

As presented at Art Dubai, 2009

Nazgol Ansarinia, Rhyme and Reason, 2009. Handwoven wool, cotton, silk, 360 x 252 cm

Nazgol Ansarinia, Rhyme and Reason, 2009. Handwoven wool, cotton, silk, 360 x 252 cm

Spectral Imprints, Abraaj Group Art Prize exhibition, 2012 (in conjunction with Art Dubai)Courtesy : Abraaj Group Art Prize

Global Art Forum 8Artist : Farah Al-Nakib, Kristine Khouri, Ala Younis, Sulayman Al BassamDate : 2014Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014

Rayyane TabetHome on Neutral Ground, 2011Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation

Home on Neutral Ground. 2011Project in three partsOn the photograph: One day of uninterrupted footage of the Sharjah Cricket Stadium (which in 2010 was donated to the national cricket team of Afghanistan and named their home ground), shot in September 2010, projected onto two opposite screens with a floor drawing of a cricket pitch

Global Art Forum 8Artist : Adam SzymczykDate : 2014Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014

Global Art Forum 8Artist : Adam SzymczykDate : 2014Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014

Nera Jambruk, Papu New GuineaMen’s House, 1988 Natural and synthetic pigments on bark 25, 10 x 5 m. the largest element: 197 x 56 cm

Title : Yarat Contemporary Art Space, Marker Project, 2014Courtesy : Art Dubai 2014