Abu Dhabi’s 421 Arts Campus marks 10 years with ‘Rays, Ripples, Residue’ exhibition
DUBAI: Abu Dhabi’s 421 Arts Campus will celebrate its 10th anniversary on Nov. 15 after supporting more than 1,500 creative practitioners, commissioning hundreds of new works, and delivering about 2,000 programs, residencies, grants, and exhibitions in the city.
To mark the milestone, 421 Arts Campus is presenting “Rays, Ripples, Residue,” which is set to run from Nov. 1 to April 16. The exhibition is curated by Emirati Munira Al-Sayegh, Lebanese editor Nadine Khalil, and Sharjah-born Indian writer Murtaza Vali, and explores how artistic practices and exhibition-making in the UAE have evolved over the past decade.
Sara Naim's 'Silent Scream' ( 2014)is part of the exhibition. (Courtesy of the artist and The Third Line, Dubai)
Faisal Al-Hassan, director of the arts hub and commissioning institution, spoke to Arab News about the showcase, explaining that it features new commissions as well as previously presented works, or new iterations of those works.
