His multi-media practice explores the complex relationship between culture, politics, and identity. Reem El Mutwalli.Īdel Abidin received a bachelor’s degree in Painting from the Academy of Fine Arts in Baghdad in 2000 and a master’s degree in Media and New Media Art from the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki in 2005, focusing on installation, interactive installations, videos and photography. This exhibition takes place with the generous support of The Barjeel Art Foundation (who have funded the production of Warqaa) and the patronage of Badr Jafar and Dr. Abidin will articulate the video and sculpture-based installation by adding a large-scale suspended installation and a video piece along with an outdoor photographic work installed on the exterior wall of the gallery.Ī book accompanies the exhibition with essays by Anthony Downey, Arie Amaya-Akkermans, Basak Senova, Daniella Rose King, Didem Yazici and Nat Muller. Taking as his foundation the philosophical and metaphysical writings of Ibn Sina (Avicenna) Symphony is an homage to these young people and seeks to process the violent effects of discrimination, bigotry and prejudice that exist in many guises all over the world. Abidin takes this single event and transforms it into an imaginative journey that examines death, the soul’s quest for liberation and the tragic price paid in the name of freedom. In March, 2012, at least 90 Iraqi students with ‘emo’ appearances were stoned to death by religious extremists in Baghdad. The exhibition also includes an installation entitled Warqaa commissioned by United Arab Emirates based Barjeel Art Foundation which expands and develops upon his earlier two correlated works-a video and sculpture-based installation (which lends its name to the title of the exhibition)-first exhibited at Arter, Istanbul in October 2012. Curated by Basak Senova, the exhibition opens on 18 March as part of Dubai’s 2013 Art Week and coincides with the artist’s solo exhibition at Maraya Art Centre, a non-profit space in Sharjah dedicated to contemporary art. Lawrie Shabibi is pleased to present Symphony a solo exhibition by internationally acclaimed artist Adel Abidin.
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