LAMYA GARGASH
This year
s Venice Biennale marks the debut of the UAE Pavilion, organized by the Berlin-based critic and curator Tirdad Zolghadr, who cocurated the 2005 Sharjah Biennial. Placed prominently in the middle of the Arsenale, the exhibition features a solo show by Lamya Gargash, a 27-year-old Dubai-based photographer and filmmaker.
"Her work frequently dwells on themes of identity, culture and the passage of time, as evoked in modes of dress and the design of architectural spaces. Her work has been featured internationally, most recently at the 2009 Sharjah Biennial; in Dubai Next (organized at the Vitra Museum by Rem Koolhaas and Jack Persekian in conjunction with Art Basel 2008 ); in Abu Dhabi Art, Talk & Sensations (organized by Fabrice Bousteau in conjunction with artparis Abu Dhabi 2008 ) ; and at the Locarno Film Festival 2006. Solo projects include Presence, which records the process of urbanization and spatial abandonment in the UAE, and Dubai/London, which compares the fashion styles of Emirati women in the two cities. Lamya Gargash is the featured artist of the inaugural UAE Pavilion at the 2009 Venice Biennale."
June 7
November 22, 2009
Lamya Gargash, "Al Jazira Lobby," (2009)
Lamya Gargash, "Untitled" (2007)
Lamya Gargash, Pink Ninja" (2007)
