Six Lebanese galleries have been selected for the Art Dubai 2013, the region famous contemporary art fair. These art galleries from Libanon want to reflect the prominence of the Lebanese contemporary art scene.
Lebanon has one of the region’s most diverse and robust art scenes, and the selection of six galleries from Lebanon is testament to its strength and depth. The galleries are: Agial Art Gallery, Ayyam Art Gallery, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Sfeir-Semler Gallery and Galerie Tanit.
“Lebanon has been known as a meeting point in the region,” said Andree Sfeir-Semler from the Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut. “It has continued to live up to this reputation with already established institutions such as Ashkal Alwan and the Beirut Art Center. Many Lebanese artists such as Walid Raad, Akram Zaatari, and Marwan Rechmaoui are challenging different social, political, and aesthetic concepts of the Arab world.”
“Being selected to be part of Art Dubai establishes our position as a leading gallery not only in Lebanon but on a regional level as well. Having participated in Art Dubai last year, we understand the value and kudos that comes with participating in this leading art fair, both in terms of connecting galleries and artists with buyers and collectors and the exposure we received from around the region and beyond. Our work was so popular that we sold out on the first day!” said Lea Sednaoui, from The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space. Among other the gallery presents Emeric Lhuisset work.
“Lebanon has been known as a meeting point in the region,” said Andree Sfeir-Semler from the Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut. “It has continued to live up to this reputation with already established institutions such as Ashkal Alwan and the Beirut Art Center. Many Lebanese artists such as Walid Raad, Akram Zaatari, and Marwan Rechmaoui are challenging different social, political, and aesthetic concepts of the Arab world.”
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| Walid Raad |
WALID RAAD
Preface to the Seventh Edition_4, 2012
Archival Inkjet print, 73.6 x 110.5 cm
Courtesy Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut and Hamburg
Also exhibited by the Sfeir-Semler Gallery are artworks by Khalil Rabah, Elger Esser and Gabriel Kuri
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| Khalil Rabah |
KHALIL RABAH
Tattoo, 2012
Cotton material, 120 x 120 cm, framed
Courtesy Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut and Hamburg
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| Elger Esser |
ELGER ESSER
El Kab I, 2011
C-print, 142 x 184 x 5 cm
Courtesy Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut and Hamburg
“Being selected to be part of Art Dubai establishes our position as a leading gallery not only in Lebanon but on a regional level as well. Having participated in Art Dubai last year, we understand the value and kudos that comes with participating in this leading art fair, both in terms of connecting galleries and artists with buyers and collectors and the exposure we received from around the region and beyond. Our work was so popular that we sold out on the first day!” said Lea Sednaoui, from The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space. Among other the gallery presents Emeric Lhuisset work.
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| Emeric Lhuisset |
EMERIC LHUISSET
Theater of War, photographs with a group of Iranian-Kurdish guerilla fighters, 2012
Lambda print, 150 x 122cm
Courtesy of The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space
Art Dubai has grown from strength to strength over the course of the last six years and now truly epitomises the globalised phenomenon that is today's art world. “Few art fairs have grown as vigorously as Art Dubai has done. With its participants, galleries and internationally-acclaimed curators, it has quickly established itself as a leading art exhibition on the global arena. It is for this reason that the selection to participate in the 2013 edition of the fair is such an important one for us,” added Lea Sednaoui.
RAYANNE TABET PORTRAIT
Courtesy of the artist and Abraaj Group Art Prize
VARTAN AVAKIAN PORTRAIT
Courtesy of the artist and Abraaj Group Art Prize
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| Joe Namy |
JOE NAMY
GPOY, 2012
Photograph
Courtesy of the artist
Furthermore, the involvement of prominent Lebanese artist Tarek Atoui in the Global Art Forum is another example of the increased participation of artists, collectors and enthusiasts from Lebanon. Tarek Atoui is one of the 40 contributors at the Global Art Forum 2013.
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| Global Art Forum_6 at Art Dubai 2012 Courtesy Art Dubai |
As the leading international fair in the Middle East and South Asia, Art Dubai is committed to creating a platform whereby the world’s art galleries come together and engage with the booming regional art scene. Such has been its continued success that Art Dubai is expecting in excess of 22,000 visitors to the fair in March 2013.
For more information and the latest updates, please visit www.artdubai.ae
