Episode 1:      REJECTED

 

Date:         February 3rd, 2013 (Sunday)
Time:         7:00pm
Place:        abcad/Albareh

 

Oftentimes artworks face rejection based on arbitrary judgements. In this first “Prelude” exhibition, we have rejected the entire oeuvre of artist Zuhair Al-Saeed in order to spotlight one particular artwork that was most recently arbitrarily rejected.

 

About “Preludes”:A series of exhibitions and highly concentrated happenings that glimpse into the worlds of Bahrains different artists. Each of these exciting preludes gives us a hint of what these artists have to offer in the future.Zuhair Alsaeed (1980) is a professional Bahraini artist, and is a member of the BahrainArt Society. Presented his works in several solo and group exhibitions both nationally and internationally.

 

Concept / Curation: Mo Reda

Episode 2:       NOWHERE

 

Artist:               Yusuf Al Qattan
Date:                February 12, 2013 at 7:00pm

Location: Abcad/AlbarehNow here or no where? In this research-based exhibition, a young emerging conceptual artist reflects on existential questions about his origins and the meaning of having a homeland.
 

Episode 4:     INTRUSIVE
Artist:             Mohsin Al-Mubarek
Location:        Abcad/Albareh
 
Artistic maverick Mohsin Al-Mubarak showcases works that have been consuming him for the past four weeks. Works that address an artist’s question of when an artist needs to stop interfering in the process of producing a truly creative output of significant value.
 
In this INTRUSIVE exhibition, audiences are invited to look into an artist’s most secretive space – his mind – as they uncover works of extreme charm and surprise.

 

Episode 5:   The Day I Lost What I Left Behind Artist: Jehan Saleh
Location:      Abcad/Albareh
 
A dramatically demure exhibition in which artist Jehan Saleh shares the many appearances and disappearances of herself as an artist living between two different countries.
 
Both Preludes are on Date:  Sunday 24th 2013 at 7pm
Location:  abcad/Albareh
Concept and Curation:  Mo Reda
 
 
About curator :
Kuwaiti - Dutch curator Mo Reda has worked previously in Bahrain. He cofounded the Alwan338 festival and was the artistic director the festival that was launched during Spring of Culture 2012. Part of this festival was the exhibition of “I am the Other”, which was designed and curated by Mo Reda himself. 30 artists from Bahrain participated in the exhibition of “I am the Other”. This exhibition was a major contribution towards Bahrain’s contemporary art scene. For this exhibition, Mo Reda worked closely with the 30 artists to coach them into the concept and mentor them as they produced new works. Many Bahraini artists presented strong works as a result of their accept of the challenge Mo Reda presented them with. In an attempt to create a new event that will be launched during the Spring of Culture 2013 in Bahrain, Albareh Art Gallery and ABCAD Art Space would like to collaborate with the Dutch curator/artist to make this event a reality.

 

Episode 6:    Rough
Artist:            Kady Mattar
 
Date:            Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 at 7pm
Location:      Abcad/Albareh

This exhibition showcases the result of a six-week process in which artist Kady Mattar was challenged to let
go of preconceived aesthetics and to enjoy the roughness that distinguishes her paintings.

 

Artist:        Linda Mattar
Date:         Sunday, March 3rd, 2013 at 7pm
 
Location:     abcad/Albareh
 
Self-taught artist Linda Mattar presents a series of paintings that conclude her journey through the calculative
mind of an architect to reach the purest point of architectural impression. Curator Mo Reda worked closely
with Linda Mattar to mentor her for this exhibition.