A Major Programme of Visual Arts, Literature, Politics and Film
Highlights from our 2012 - 13 programme include:
- Hanaa’ Malallah and kennardphillipps – Iraq: How, Where, For Whom? (20 April - 8 June 2012). The first collaborative exhibition between Iraqi artist Hanaa’ Malallah and UK duo kennardphillipps.
- Museum of Architecture – Home: Contemporary Architectural Interpretations of the Home in the Arab World (21 June - 7 July 2012). Presented by the Museum of Architecture, this exhibition was part of the British Council’s International Architecture and Design Showcase 2012, the London Cultural Olympiad 2012, and the London Festival of Architecture 2012.
- Nermine Hammam – Cairo Year One (20 July - 24 August 2012). The first exhibition in collaboration with Rose Issa Projects, Hammam’s first UK solo show, and our first show by an Egyptian artist.
- Abderrahim Yamou – Working from Life (28 September - 16 November 2012). Our first exhibition by a Moroccan artist, and Yamou’s second solo exhibition in London. This exhibition was part of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Nour Festival.
- Febrik – The Watchtower of Happiness and Other Landscapes of Occupation (26 November - 15 December 2012). Part of the Nour Festival, this was our first interactive exhibition and pop-up shop. The shop featured objects from a range of Middle Eastern designers, including Silsal, Nada Debs, Dia Batal, Mounaya, and Nedda El Asmar. The installation was part of Friday Late at the V&A Museum, (as part of their Light From the Middle East exhibition). This one night event received over 6,000 visitors.
- Last of The Dictionary Men – (1 February - 22 March 2013). A multimedia exhibition previously shown at the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead, and also in Yemen. The exhibition received good press coverage including CNN online and Al Jazeera, and engaged with new audiences from the Yemeni community.
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“A powerful exhibition… a uniquely resonant commentary on the invasion and occupation of Iraq.” Karen Dabrowska, The Tripoli Post (Iraq: How, Where, For Whom?)
“Picks apart the very fabric of what makes up the home in the Arab world… the exhibition presents a diverse, considered and inventive approach to contemporary practice.” Arab British Centre (Museum of Architecture, Home - Contemporary Architectural Interpretations of the Home in the Arab World)
“The theme of humanity in Nermine's work stretches beyond Egypt, these images could be of a young man or woman in any part of the world… [and they] will probably stay in my head for a long time. I've never seen anything quite like it.” Amelia Smith, Middle East Monitor (Nermine Hammam – Cairo Year One)
“The first London showing in an individual exhibition of the artist's diverse oeuvre… These works also offer an original interpretation of the use of organic forms in traditional Islamic art and design.” Eastern Art Report (Abderrahim Yamou – Working from Life)
“The Watchtower of Happiness and Other Landscapes of Occupation transformed the gallery in London’s Mosaic Rooms into a reconstruction of the West Bank, exploring issues of the right to public space in the highly polarized context of the Israeli occupation, enabling London’s public to bear witness to the methods of occupation through its interactive installations.” Lauren Pyott, The Electronic Intifada
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