Muhannad Shono to Participate in California’s 2025 Desert X
Shono's artwork is titled 'What Remains', which explores the constantly changing nature of identity and land.
Shono's artwork is titled 'What Remains', which explores the constantly changing nature of identity and land.
Featuring the contributions of over 30 artists from Saudi Arabia and beyond, the artworks will be on display in both indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces.
The Islamic Arts Biennale will consist of seven unique components (AlBidaya, AlMadar, AlMuqtani, AlMathala, Makkah al-Mukarramah, Al-Madinah al-Munawwarah, and AlMusalla) spread out through different galleries and outdoor spaces, across 100,000 square meters of dedicated exhibition space.
The event is the first and only biennial dedicated to the arts of Islamic civilization.
The show includes work dating back to the 1950s up to the present day, ranging from paintings to films and installations, and exploring themes including identity, poetry and homeland.
The exhibition includes a variety of artworks, with reclaimed foundry sand acting as a protagonist of change, and material practice becomes speculative practice. Everything derives from and eventually returns to, the grain.
The Middle East has no desire to become a gas station. Though it's not the complete tale, this is the most straightforward interpretation of the intriguing piece by prominent Saudi artist Ahmed Mater.
The curators of the second event are Amin Jaffer, Julian Raby, Abdulrahman Azzam and Muhannad Shono.
ArtDayME: Alserkal Advisory opens Muhannad Shono’s commission in Alserkal Avenue. Part of this commission is understanding the impacts of public art on social environments. Helmed by Alserkal Advisory in partnership with the Global Cultural Districts Network (GCDN), the Global Co-commission is an initiative to commission site-specific public art that responds to local environmental imperatives whilst documenting principles of responsible commissioning in an era of escalating climate…
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