Saudi Gazette report

BUENOS AIRES — Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Tradition (MoC) participated within the BIENALSUR 2023, the Worldwide Biennial of Modern Artwork of the South, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, forward of internet hosting the exhibition in Riyadh this yr.

The MoC participated within the exhibition, which was held on the Nationwide Museum of Ornamental Arts underneath the “Strangers within the Palace”, with the attendance of quite a few officers.

The Cultural Affairs Officer at Saudi Arabia’s Embassy to Argentina, Khaled Bin Ibrahim Al-Laheeb, the final director of the BIENALSUR exhibition Aníbal Jozami, in addition to a delegation from the MoC, along with quite a few Saudi and worldwide artists who have been taking part within the exhibition attended.

In the course of the opening of the exhibition, the Creative Director of BIENALSUR Diana Wechsler stated that Saudi Arabia has performed a pioneering position, because it was the primary nation within the Center East area who joined the BIENALSUR’s community,

She added that working with artists from Saudi Arabia is taken into account as an exquisite alternative to check variety, and to expertise multiculturalism, and human trade.

As for the phrase of the exhibition’s theme “Strangers within the Palace”, Wechsler defined that it highlights the distinction between the up to date nature for the creative works which the artists present, and between the character of the host place, because the Nationwide Museum of Ornamental Arts is positioned in a historic palace that’s crammed with a historic and classical collections and artworks.

The theme, which accommodates the phrase (Strangers) can also be symbolizing the alienation of the Saudi artists who’re coming from exterior Argentina to show their art work that can contribute to the tradition and human trade by artwork, she stated.

Wechsler indicated that the Strangers within the Palace exhibition sparks an surprising dialogue between classical and up to date artwork, and in addition enhances dialogue between cultures by artwork.

This version of BIENALSUR, which happened on July 28, embody spectacular artworks of greater than 400 artist from 27 nationality, of whom, there are 10 Saudi artists are taking part, who’re: Dr. Zahra Al-Ghamdi; Sara Abdou; Hmoud Al-Atawi; Saad Al-Huwaidy; Hatim Al-Ahmed; Saed Qamhawi; Saed Jabaan; Tasneem Sultan; Muath Al-Ofi and Shahad Yusuf.

Amongst over 170 places in 70 cities which are unfold in 27 international locations with the participation of greater than 400 artists, Saudi Arabia will probably be one of many worldwide stations which BIENALSUR will cease at, the place it’s going to host the exhibition in the course of the interval from July till December of the present yr 2023.

This would be the third internet hosting of BIENALSUR by the Saudi Arabia’s Tradition Ministry after the Kingdom turned the primary nation within the Center East to host the exhibition in 2019 within the Nationwide Museum, and Jax District in Riyadh, in addition to on the Khuzam Palace in Jeddah in 2021 with the participation of 5 Saudi artists.

The internet hosting of BIENALSUR comes inside the framework of the MoC’s keenness to supply inventive platforms for artwork connoisseurs within the Kingdom.

It is going to additionally create a connection alternative between the proficient Saudis and their counterparts globally, in addition to empowering and supporting them to succeed in the vital worldwide platforms.

Furthermore, it’s going to improve worldwide cultural trade, because it is likely one of the strategic objectives of the Ministry of Tradition that it seeks to attain underneath the umbrella of Saudi Arabia’s Imaginative and prescient 2030.