Emerging Emirati Artist Sara Al Haddad To Exhibit Brand New Works At DUCTAC During End Of Residency Exhibition I Know, I Knew

I Know, I Knew is emerging Emirati artist Sara Al Haddad’s second solo exhibition in Dubai and comes at the end of her residency in DUCTAC’s Gallery of Light. The exhibition, which will feature work created during her residency, will take place at the gallery from 15th – 27th January 2013. The work on show uses a methodology of deconstruction and reconstruction in order to explore the process of adjusting and readjusting expectations. Hidden layers are exposed to become new focal points. Previously unseen details are thrown into a differing context, illustrating how the true nature of things is often disguised.

Al Haddad is the latest artist to take part in the Residency programme at DUCTAC’s Gallery of Light. The Residency programme is a continuation of the gallery’s mission to promote and develop opportunities for under-represented artists and curators, by exhibiting arts practice that is evolving and experimental. The programme, which promotes emerging creative voices by giving studio access to artists or curators for one month in which they can explore their own practice and projects, also aims to sustain the gallery’s other aim - to provide a platform for dialogue between artists, both locally and across cultures.

The idea behind the Residency is to enable artists and curators to consider their practice from new perspectives, out of the context of their regular studios. For the visiting public it is hoped that open-studio access to the artists during the Residency will help to demystify contemporary art making and provide inspiration for their own creative ideas.

Born in 1988 Al Haddad received her BA in Graphic Design from the American University in Dubai. Her artistic journey began early with the exploration and use of handmade crafts during her childhood years. Underlying the themes in her work is a keen exploration of physical experience, at times emphasising traditional female experience. These dual tensions are frequently played out through contrasts between materials, but they are also evident in binary themes such as function versus form and physical versus psychological experience. Her works are as much about her personal journey as an artist as they are about a desire to articulate broader social issues.

Al Haddad was short-listed for the Sheikha Manal’s Young Artist Award, and was also a finalist in the New Era Introducing Competition (2011). Her first solo exhibition, Bursting at the Seams, took place at the end of 2012 at The Pavilion Downtown Dubai.

Previous Gallery of Light resident artists include English painter and video artist Simon Coates, Ethiopian Printmaker Ephrem Solomon, Emirati painter and sculptor Khawla Darwish and German-Egyptian artist Mona Fares.

I Know, I Knew – Sara Al Haddad Solo Exhibition

Exhibition: Tuesday 15th January – Sunday 27th January 2013

Opening: Tuesday 15th January 2013, 7.30pm

Venue: Gallery of Light, DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates

Web: www.ductac.org

Contact: 04 341 4777 or galleryoflight@ductac.org
 

Emirate:  Dubai

Date: Jan 9, 2013

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