The Middle East's leading international art fair featured digital art as one of the highlights of this edition
Submitted at Mar 4, 2024, 3:00 PM
Heart Space, by Krista Kim (Divulgação)
The first weekend of the month was marked by Art Dubai 2024 , the main international art fair in the Middle East that takes place every March in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
For this edition, the fair showcased new global perspectives across four sections: Contemporary, Modern, Bawwaba and Digital , as well as extensive parallel programming including new major artist commissions, performances, talks, workshops and educational programmes.
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Highlights of the fair include major new commissions and premieres from internationally renowned artists, including the premiere of ‘Heart Space’ by digital artist Krista Kim, presented by Julius Baer as part of its global NEXT initiative.
Below, we have selected 5 highlights from Art Dubai 2024 , the main international art fair in the Middle East.
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Bawaba , which means "gateway" in Arabic, is curated by Emiliano Valdés , chief curator of the Museum of Modern Art in Medellín and associate curator of the 10th Gwangju Biennale.
This is a section of the fair dedicated to solo presentations by artists from the Global South , showcasing artworks created within the past 12 months or specifically for the fair.
The overarching vision for the ten solo performances by artists from the Global South this year is one that imagines art as “a place of reckoning and healing , confronting social and political issues, engaging in critical dialogue , and creating a sense of community and belonging .”
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The HUNA Sculpture Park is conceived as a cultural sanctuary . Titled Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear , the newly opened exhibition of works (which runs through May) aims to highlight the dynamic interplay between sculpture and architecture.
The exhibition features works by Rana Begum (The Third Line), Shaikha Al Mazrou (Lawrie Shabibi) and Pablo Reinoso (Custot Gallery), alongside an extension of Shaikha Al Mazrou’s sculpture ‘Measuring Physicality of Void’ at Art Dubai 2024, and tells stories of identity and heritage , fostering a deep connection with community, as well as inviting viewers to reconsider how they perceive themselves within their environment. (Divulgação/CASACOR)
“Heart Space” by artist Krista Kim is an immersive experience that allows visitors to connect with one another through the universal language of the human heartbeat . During Art Dubai 2024, the mirrored room with a full-wall LED screen projected visitors’ heartbeats using a sensor located outside the room. In real time, participants’ heart rhythms were visualized through hypnotic patterns and meditative shapes displayed on the dynamic LED screen.
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Meem Gallery ’s presentation at Art Dubai 2024 highlighted Iraqi artist Mahmoud Sabri ( 1927-2012) known as a pioneer of modern art in Iraq , who explored social and political issues and developed Quantum Realism, linking art and science.
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Digital art took center stage at Art Dubai 2024. Artist Ouchhh ’s HUMAN CELL ATLAS project took the largest dataset ever assembled relating to the human body and painted a grand portrait of humanity – not through traditional art mediums, but through the lens of advanced artificial intelligence and data sculpting.
