Sharjah Biennial 2009
19 Mar - 16 May 2009
Sharjah Biennial 9
Provisions for the Future, Past of the Coming Days and March Meetings
19 March - 16 May 2009
Director:
Hoor Al Qasimi
Artistic director:
Jack Persekian
Curator, exhibition:
Isabel Carlos
Curator, performance and film:
Tarek Abou El Fetouh
9th Sharjah Biennial, 2009
Sharjah Art Museum
Arts Area
Collections
The 9th edition of the Sharjah Biennial comprised three components during its opening week: The main exhibition entitled "Provisions for the Future" curated by Isabel Carlos; the performance/film program "Past of the Coming Days" curated by Tarek Abu El Fetouh, and the March Meetings, a series of workshops, round tables and lectures. Even though it was smaller in scale, with a strong regional focus, and organized with more professional routine, one would have needed a lot of time to follow the strict schedule required for the dense film and performance program of this 9th Sharjah Biennial.
The organizers decided to have the Biennial opening days coinciding with the glamorous Art Dubai in the neighbouring Emirate. One can doubt that this has brought such great advantages. Perhaps the Biennial got more visitors in numbers. It seems, though, that not only those who came from Dubai, but also their regular guests spent less time in Sharjah this year in order to cover everything possible in just few days.
Artists:
Hamra Abbas
Haig Aivazian
Halil Altindere
Ziad Antar
Juan Araujo
Tarek Atoui
Samira Badran
Doris Bittar
Melissa Chimera & Adele NeJame
Eugenio Dittborn
Lili Dujourie
Alberto Duman
Hala Elkoussy
Haris Epaminonda
Ayse Erkmen
Sophie Ernst
Amir H. Fallah
Lara Favaretto
Lamya Gargash
Reem Al Ghaith
Mariam Ghani & Erin Ellen Kelly
Simryn Gill
Sheela Gowda
Laurent Grasso
Diana Al Hadid
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
N.S. Harsha
Doug Henders
Agnes Janich
Lamia Joreige
Narelle Jubelin
Nadia Kaabi Linke
Hayv Kahraman
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen
Liu Wei
Maider López
Robert MacPherson
Lani Maestro
Firoz Mahmud
Jawad Al Malhi
Waheeda Malullah
José Luis Martinat
Hiroyuki Masuyama
Gita Meh
Giuseppe Moscatello
Nika Oblak & Primõz Novak
Fernando José Pereira
Liliana Porter
Karin Sander
Basma Al-Sharif
Nida Sinnokrot
Valeska Soares
David Spriggs
Ana Vidigal
Sharif Waked
Lawrence Weiner
Jane & Louise Wilson
Yonamine
Provisions for the Future, Past of the Coming Days and March Meetings
19 March - 16 May 2009
Director:
Hoor Al Qasimi
Artistic director:
Jack Persekian
Curator, exhibition:
Isabel Carlos
Curator, performance and film:
Tarek Abou El Fetouh
9th Sharjah Biennial, 2009
Sharjah Art Museum
Arts Area
Collections
The 9th edition of the Sharjah Biennial comprised three components during its opening week: The main exhibition entitled "Provisions for the Future" curated by Isabel Carlos; the performance/film program "Past of the Coming Days" curated by Tarek Abu El Fetouh, and the March Meetings, a series of workshops, round tables and lectures. Even though it was smaller in scale, with a strong regional focus, and organized with more professional routine, one would have needed a lot of time to follow the strict schedule required for the dense film and performance program of this 9th Sharjah Biennial.
The organizers decided to have the Biennial opening days coinciding with the glamorous Art Dubai in the neighbouring Emirate. One can doubt that this has brought such great advantages. Perhaps the Biennial got more visitors in numbers. It seems, though, that not only those who came from Dubai, but also their regular guests spent less time in Sharjah this year in order to cover everything possible in just few days.
Artists:
Hamra Abbas
Haig Aivazian
Halil Altindere
Ziad Antar
Juan Araujo
Tarek Atoui
Samira Badran
Doris Bittar
Melissa Chimera & Adele NeJame
Eugenio Dittborn
Lili Dujourie
Alberto Duman
Hala Elkoussy
Haris Epaminonda
Ayse Erkmen
Sophie Ernst
Amir H. Fallah
Lara Favaretto
Lamya Gargash
Reem Al Ghaith
Mariam Ghani & Erin Ellen Kelly
Simryn Gill
Sheela Gowda
Laurent Grasso
Diana Al Hadid
Joana Hadjithomas & Khalil Joreige
N.S. Harsha
Doug Henders
Agnes Janich
Lamia Joreige
Narelle Jubelin
Nadia Kaabi Linke
Hayv Kahraman
Nikolaj Bendix Skyum Larsen
Liu Wei
Maider López
Robert MacPherson
Lani Maestro
Firoz Mahmud
Jawad Al Malhi
Waheeda Malullah
José Luis Martinat
Hiroyuki Masuyama
Gita Meh
Giuseppe Moscatello
Nika Oblak & Primõz Novak
Fernando José Pereira
Liliana Porter
Karin Sander
Basma Al-Sharif
Nida Sinnokrot
Valeska Soares
David Spriggs
Ana Vidigal
Sharif Waked
Lawrence Weiner
Jane & Louise Wilson
Yonamine