Marrakech Art Fair 2011
dal 29/9/2011 al 2/10/2011
Segnalato da
29/9/2011
Marrakech Art Fair 2011
Palace Es Saadi, Casablanca
Second edition of the modern and contemporary fair with 48 international galleries exhibiting their major artists. The fair will thus offer a wide-angle shot of the contemporary art and the artistic Arab scene. In parallel a great artistic meetings in the city thanks to video art and video artists who will be in the place of honor during this event throughout the cultural circuit. A series of round tables and conference are planned in the most emblematic places of the city.
For its second edition, the modern and contemporary fair Marrakech Art Fair is back at
the Palace Es Saadi from September 30th to October 3rd 2011, with 48 international
galleries exhibiting their major artists. About 30 additional galleries join the Marrakech Art
Fair 2010 exhibitors.
Besides the important representation of the
Turkish contemporary scene, and for the very
first time, 6 galleries from Istanbul participating
to an international art fair outside Istanbul (CDA
Projects, PI Artworks, Empire Project, CAM
Gallery, PG Art Gallery, and Merkur),
Marrakech Art Fair also welcomes two major
actors of the New-Yorker scene: Metro Pictures
and Edwynn Houk Gallery.
Another front rank gallery has just announced its participation to the fair: Galleria Continua,
which is established in San Gimignano (Italy), Beijing (China) and Le Moulin (France). All
these renowned galleries reinforce the international dimension of Marrakech Art Fair.
The North African scene (Morocco and Tunisia) and the one of the Middle East are
represented by 13 galleries. FJ gallery, L’Artothèque and Sous Sol Art Gallery came to
join the Moroccan galleries as L’Atelier 21, David Bloch gallery, Loft Art Gallery, Matisse
Art Gallery, Galerie Shart, and also Venise Cadre-GVCC as well as two Tunisian galleries:
Le Violon Bleu and El Marsa.
By their side, a gallery from Dubai, Art Space, and Athr Gallery, coming from Saudi Arabia,
are joining the gallery IVDE (Dubai) among the exhibitors of Marrakech Art Fair.
Among the French galleries, Albert Benamou, Aline Vidal, Daniela Da Prato Gallery,
Galerie Jean Fournier and Besseiche Lartigue have decided to be part of this second
edition too, such as Galerie Lelong, which will showcase a monumental work of Jaume
Plensa produced on the occasion of Marrakech Art Fair.
Marrakech Art Fair also welcomes a
newcomer from Russia, Aidan Gallery, and
another one from Italy, Voice Gallery.
They join the French and European galleries
which took part in Marrakech Art Fair 2010:
JGM. Galerie, Magnin-A, Jean Brolly,
Galerie Di Meo, Galerie Dominique Fiat,
Galerie Rive Gauche/Marcel Strouk,
Galerie Marie Vitoux coming from France,
and Piramidon Centre d’art contemporain,
from Spain.
Thanks to the contribution of the leading additional galleries involved in Marrakech Art Fair
this year, the fair bears out its role and its influence on the international artistic scenes
already established, but also on the emerging stages.
Marrakech Art Fair will thus offer a wide-angle shot of the contemporary art and the
artistic Arab scene.
A cultural circuit around Marrakech Art Fair
The cultural circuit of Marrakech Art Fair associates this year interesting video artists in
several projects throughout Marrakech city.
The mythical cinema of Marrakech Le Colisée, the ESAV (Marrakech Graduate school of
visual arts) and other places will welcome an artistic program conceived by the CNAP
(National Center of Plastic Arts) and present artists’ videos gathered by two couples of
collectors: Jean-Michel and Charlotte Attal, and also Jean Conrad and Isabelle Lemaître.
Marrakech will pay homage to the Moroccan film maker Nabil Ayouch (nominated for the
Oscars) presenting two of his full-length movies but also videos of young Moroccan artists
that he has produced since 2002, such as Wahid El Moutanna and Hicham Jebbari.
The main hotels and palaces in the Hivernage district of
Marrakech will take part in the effervescence generated by the fair
by organizing, for some of them, in their own spaces thematic
exhibitions.
Thus, the Sofitel hotel of Marrakech will host a touring photo
exhibition entitled « Fashion stills, if fashion were told to me »,
presented by Polka Galerie (Paris).
Moreover, Al Maaden Golf Resorts will propose to some gallery
owners to show their « ideal collection » within the medina in riads
combining contemporary architecture and traditional materials.
Among the scheduled exhibitions through the cultural circuit, the
the former Bank Al Maghrib agency, at Jamaa El Fna place,
will host during and even after the fair (until October 31th), an exhibition entitled « Images
Affranchies » will showcase photos and videos realized by contemporary artists from the
Arab world.
In addition to these exhibitions promising great artistic meetings in Marrakech, the organizers
of Marrakech Art Fair are preparing a programme of round-table conferences to enrich the
cultural circuit throughout the fair. Thus, internationally personalities renowned for their
involvement in the art market will call into question contemporary art in the Arab world.
Moreover, the VIP program of Marrakech Art Fair will open the doors of the Fourtou
Foundation, but also collectors’
residences as well as artists’
residencies including Al Maqam
(launched in 2000 by the artist
Mohamed Mourabiti for Moroccan
artists in Tahanaout), and the
latest one, Dar Al-Ma’mûn which
hosts international artists.
Organization Committee of Marrakech Art Fair
Hicham Daoudi is the chairman of Art Holding Morocco, the leading group operating on the
art market in Morocco. He is directing his activity in the creation of museums and
management of major events dealing with art and the national heritage.
Zineb Daoudi is the general director of the Marrakech Art Fair
Brahim Alaoui is the general curator of the cultural circuit of Marrakech Art Fair and curator
of “Images Affranchies”. Former director of the museum of the Arab World Institute and art
historian, exhibit organize and independent advisor.
Renaud Siegmann, an art critic and curator in modern and contemporary art, is the curator
of the fair.
Philippe Délis is the scenographer of the Marrakech Art Fair and its cultural circuit. As an
architect, he also works in several architecture, urban design and cultural projects.
Elisabeth Bauchet Bouhlal owns of the Palace Es Saadi which hosts Marrakech Art Fair.
As a collector, she actively supports contemporary artists in Morocco.
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