1980 – Today: Exhibitions in the UAE
Venice, 56th International Art Biennal, 2015.
Client: Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation
Curator: Hoor Al Qasimi
Artists: Ahmed Al Ansari, Moosa Al Halyan, Mohammed Al Qassab, Abdul Qader Al Rais, Abdullah Al Saadi, Mohammed Abdullah Bulhiah, Salem Jawhar, Mohammed Kazem, Dr. Najat Meky, Abdulraheem Salim, Ahmed Sharif, Hassan Sharif, Obaid Suroor, Dr. Mohamed Yousif, Abdulrahman Zainal
Organization: National Pavilion United Arab Emirates
Director: Laila Binbrek
Coordinator: Rand Abdul Jabbar
Contractor: Tosetto Allestimenti
Photo: Mohamed Somji, curtesy National Pavilion UAE
Surface: 250sm
This design stems from the need to provide the curator with a flexible set-up tool. The Pavilion, in fact, brings together 40 years of heterogeneous works, produced by 16 very different artists. The request was to create an exhibition that would give the possibility to move the components, so that the curator could calibrate the alignments and the dialogue between the artworks. For this reason, a floating floor was created, which would allow easy fixing of the vertical modules and podiums. At the same time, a frame hooking system has been designed that works as a slot, along which the frames can be moved horizontally.
