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Re-Repeat By Iman Al Sayed - The Big Picture Art Exhibition 2014

A non-profit art organization consists of an annual art exhibition as well as an expanded program of talks and collateral events in The United Arab Emirates. Participating artists and curators for the juried exhibition are selected via an open call announced every December.[1][2]

Annual exhibition

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Collateral exhibitions

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  • Sulaiman Majali - Hunger Exhibition 2013
    Hunger: An art exhibition themed behind Halloween, co-curated by Simon Coates and Ram Nath and held at The Gallery of Light in Oct 2013.[9]
  • 22 Ways to Kill Your Boss: Organized with the collaboration of The Henosis Events, the exhibition opened in June 2014 and showcased 22 original artworks by artists from 12 countries living in UAE, each demonstrating a way to kill their bosses at work.[10]
  • Pitch Black: A conceptual sound art experiment with Sanhata to create a holistic atmosphere emerged from complete darkness and noise to practice sound-based meditation.
  • A Funny Kind of Exhibition: curated by Mel Pickup and featured works by five artists who draw their inspiration from cartoons and comic books at Cartoon Art Gallery in Nov 2013, Dubai.[11]
  • Mind Your Hashtags: Curated in collaboration with The Henosis Events, The exhibition was held at The Space, Abu Dhabi in Oct 2014.[12]
  • Tse Tse Fly: The first experimental noise club night in the Middle East co-curated by Ram Nath and Simon Coates.[13][14]

See also

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Official Website

References

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  1. ^ alborghetti, roberto. ""THE BIG PICTURE" IN DUBAI : DEMOLISHING BOUNDARIES AND FREEING ARTISTS "FROM ART POLITICS, GALLERIES' PROFITABLE GUIDELINES AND FAME-DRIVEN MARKET"".
  2. ^ "BREAKING BOUNDARIES".
  3. ^ Nikoliovich, Nichole. "Who's behind the Big Picture?".
  4. ^ "Selected to Present Photos in Dubai". Archived from the original on June 29, 2015. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  5. ^ Mushthari, Jabir (April 20, 2015). "Photo artist selected for international show". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2015-06-13.
  6. ^ McGinley, Shane. "Dubai showcase to include works by Warhol, Picasso, Dalí and Banksy".
  7. ^ Seaman, Anna. "Big Picture exhibition in Dubai has works by local artists hanging next to famous pieces by Warhol, Banksy".
  8. ^ Churchill, Neil. "Local Dubai Artists Share Space With Banksy".
  9. ^ Bull, Alexandra. "Hunger".
  10. ^ "'22 ways to kill your boss' opens doors tomorrow". 4 June 2014.
  11. ^ "Five things to do today: Visit the largest floating book fair and see A Funny Kind of Exhibition | The National". Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  12. ^ "Art events in Dubai, Abu Dhabi this month". 16 October 2014. Retrieved 2015-06-16.
  13. ^ "A club night in Dubai where you get to hear the unexpected | The National". Retrieved 2015-10-02.
  14. ^ "Interview: Simon Coates (Tse Tse Fly) | ATTN:Magazine". www.attnmagazine.co.uk. Retrieved 2015-10-02.
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