Centro Barsha Dubai Announces Partnership With Local Cultural Centre DUCTAC As Supporter Of Annual Alternative Arts Platform MinD

Centro Barsha Dubai, the modern, stylish and affordable lifestyle business hotelby Rotana, has teamed up with their neighbour DUCTAC (Dubai Community Theatre & Art Centre) in Mall of the Emirates to provide invaluable support for the arts in Dubai as the official hospitality partner of DUCTAC’s annual alternative arts platform, MinD.

Launched in March 2010, and now in its fourth year, MinD (Made in Dubai) features work by local artists using contemporary media and conceptual approaches to art making. The exhibition returns in 2013 with MinD - Body, curated by Dubai-based Italian artist, curator and writer Cristiana de Marchi. The exhibition will explore the role of the body and self-censorship in contemporary art from the Gulf to investigate the creative and exhibitive freedom of the artist. MinD - Body will see experimental artworks in a range of media (including video, installation, painting, graphic art, sculpture, photography and performance art) showcased throughout the DUCTAC complex.

The MinD initiative serves to advance the cultural dialogue within Dubai - to encourage fresh thinking and to open up new ways of viewing and appreciating contemporary art in the UAE. The exhibition will feature work by 16 artists, including Hassan Sharif, Mohammed Kazem, Tarek Al Ghusein and Ebtisam Abdul Aziz.

Centro Barsha’s association with the project demonstrates the company’s continuing support for the arts in our society. The hotel’s General Manager, Mrs Eleni Tsolakou said, "We are always looking for creative ways to give back to the local community and this has played an integral role in the success of Centro Barsha since it opened in 2010. MinD is a wonderful initiative and we are proud to be associated with it and support this fantastic exhibition of contemporary art by local artists which showcases Dubai as an integral part of the international art scene in 2013.

"Our aim is simple - to make a positive contribution to the lives of those around us. By supporting this exhibition we aim to promote and develop beneficial and sustainable business-arts partnerships that will, in the long term, benefit the community at large."

As well as providing accommodation for artists visiting Dubai to take part in the exhibition, Centro Barsha will also host a book signing for the exhibition’s official catalogue.

MinD - Body will take place at DUCTAC, Mall of the Emirates from 6th March - 10th April 2013.

Emirate:  Dubai

Date: Feb 10, 2013

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