MAROCAINE DEBUT
9 – 11 ottobre 2010, Es Saadi Palace, Marrakech
Inaugura oggi, 8 ottobre e sarà aperta fino a lunedì 11, a Marrakech la prima edizione della fiera internazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea del Marocco. Una piattaforma d’incontro tra mercanti d’arte, galleristi, artisti, collezionisti e amanti dell’arte che ha raccolto l’appoggio di una selezone di gallerie internazionali che espongono negli spazi dell’Es Saadi Palace.
La fiera pare riprendere le premesse poste da altre manifestazioni come ARTPARIS+GUEST che hanno esplorato con mostre tematiche l’arte del continente africano. Sono trenta le gallerie selezionate per metà provenienti dal Marocco, Tunisia, Egitto ed Emirati oltre ad una nutrita rappresentanza europea.
La fiera è suddivisa in due grandi luoghi espositivi, gli stand delle gallerie occuopano l’ Es Saadi Palace creando un incontro-confronto tra Est ed Ovest. Sono trenta i partecipanti a questo debutto a Marrakech, metà provengono dal mondo arabo, principalmente Nord Africa.
Tra i nomi dei partecipanti si segnalano: Tindouf, Rê and 127 che giocano in casa. Ci sono anche Shart, Loft e Atelier 21 dalla città di Casablanca (Marocco). Dalla vicina Tunisia invece ci sono: Violon Bleu gallery (Sidi Bou Saïd) e El Marsa gallery . Tra le altre presenze Isabelle Van Den Eynde gallery proveniente da Dubai (United Arab Emirates) così come Ward Art & Culture Center gallery da Il Cairo.
L’altra metà dei partecipanti arriva dall’Europa. JGM gallery da Parigi presenta l’artista Jean-François Fourtou. La Hussenot gallery espone invece le opere di Mounir Fatmi, ma ci saranno anche le gallerie La Bank, Guy Pieters, Laurent Godin oltre ad Enrico Navarra, tra gli altri.
Circa quindici gallerie presenteranno un progetto tematico, nella sala da ballo dell’Es Saadi Palace, dedicato alla storia dell’arte dall’Orientalismo fino ai giorni nostri. La Jean Brolly gallery offrirà invece un faccia a faccia artistico tra Mahjoud Ben Bella e François Morellet. Presenze di rilievo anche con le gallerie Jérôme de Noirmont gallery, Di Meo gallery, Rive Gauche gallery e la storica galleria marocchina Venise Cadre.
Durante la fiera sono previste tavole rotonde organizzate con la collaborazione di Roxana Azimi, specialista in mercati dell’arte internazionali,
che darà un volto al mercato dell’arte nel mondo arabo, indagherà inotre sul ruolo dei collezionisti e mecenati.
Pascal Amel, editorialista e direttore del periodico Art Absolument, animerà invece il dibattito sull’arte in Marocco agli albori della globalizzazione. Le tavole rotonde sono ospitate nella lounge dell’Es Saadi Palace.
The Marrakech Art Fair Organization Committee
Hicham Daoudi: chairman of Art Holding Morocco, leading group in the art market in Morocco. Today, Art Holding Morocco is directing its activities towards two main directions: the creation of museums and the management of big art and heritage related events.
Zineb Daoudi, director of the Marrakech Art Fair, has specialized in the management of cultural events in Morocco.
Renaud Siegmann, former curator for the Unesco, an author and art critic who regularly collaborates with La Gazette Drouot and Diptyk magazine, he is the general curator of the Marrakech Art Fair.
Brahim Alaoui, an art Historian, former director of the museum of the Arab World Institute, an exhibition curator and freelance art advisor, he is the cultural director of the Marrakech Art Fair.
Elisabeth Bauchet Bouhlal, owner of Essaadi Palace Garden Resorts, sponsor and art collector
Philippe Délis, an architect and scenograph who exercises his practice of design for cultural events, museums and urban space, he is the scenograph of the Marrakech Art Fair.
Eventi oltre la fiera
La città diventa il cuore pulsante della creazione artistica
Accanto alla fiera, Brahim Alaoui ha organizzato un circuito per mostrare ai visitatori della fiera le bellezze artistiche e culturali della città di Marrakech, insieme agli operatori locali, stimolando la riflessione sull’arte così come viene attualmente concepita dagli artisti arabi.
At the Marrakech museum “Resonances: contemporary Moroccan artists across the world”
The exhibition “Resonance: contemporary Moroccan artists across the world” will be presented within the setting of the Marrakech museum, a XIX century riad located within the Marrakech medina. From October 7 to December 7, the Marrakech museum will host this exhibition produced by the Council of the Moroccan Community abroad. This unprecedented initiative allows presenting for the first time in Morocco a large number of elsewhere recognized artists from the Diaspora. It brings together about fifteen contemporary artists and intends to enhance the geographic, cultural and emotional connections that feed their creations. These artists, who basically live in Europe and America, resort to various media (painting, installation, video, photograph) to create the new images connecting both cultures, and thus echo the fascinating creative interferences between Morocco and the world. Their individual background and talent lead these artists to think of identity and otherness- here and elsewhere- as inventiveness factors.
At the former agency of La Banque du Maroc, Jamaâ El Fna square in Marrakech “Contemporary African art” André Magnin collection.
The exhibition “Contemporary African art” André Magnin collection will be presented at the former agency of La Banque du Maroc, in front of the Jamaâ El Fna square, the mythic medina of Marrakech listed on UNESCO World Heritage.
A great collector of African art, André Magnin was the assistant curator of the « Magiciens de la Terre » at the Centre Pompidou. He presents here the living forces of the contemporary art of Sub-Sharan Africa.
It gathers the fifteen most renowned contemporary artists. Among the artists represented: Chéri Samba from Kinshasa (RDC), Romuald Hazoumé from Cotonou (Benin), Billie Zangewa from Johannesburg (South Africa), Abu Bakarr Mansaray from Amsterdam (The Netherlands), among others.
>>> At Dar Bellarj Foundation
« Around the Palaver Tree »
Other places are also associated with this manifestation such as the Dar Bellarj Foundation which will host the exhibition “Around the Palaver Tree”. It is offering for this occasion a thematic exhibition in the form of a dialogue between artist Farid Belkahia and poet Adonis.
>>> The Fourtou Foundation
The Fourtou Foundation supports the contemporary artists concerned with dedicating their art to the French-Moroccan dialogue as well as in support of humanitarian action. It will host the visitors of the Marrakech Art Fair as well.
>>> At Tahannaout
Al Maqam, artists’ residence
A partner of this circuit as well, Al Maqam will present a residence of artists and meeting venue located at Tahannaout in the Marrakech surroundings.
Private collections in peculiar residences, to share the passion their owners feel for contemporary art, are to be discovered. Last but not least, a conference on artistic teaching will be organized in partnership with the Graduate School of Visual Arts in Marrakech.
INFORMAZIONI UTILI:
First international modern and contemporary art fair in Morocco
9 – 11 ottobre 2010
Es Saadi Palace, Marrakech, Marocco
Thursday, October 7th and Saturday, October 9th (see cultural program for details)
VIP/Press Inauguration: Friday, October 8, from 7pm to 11 pm
Public Opening: from October 9 to 11, 2010
Opening hours: Saturday, October 9 and Sunday, October 10: from 11 am to 1 pm (VIP), from 3 pm to 9 pm
Monday, October 11: From 11 am to 1 pm (VIP), from 3 pm to 6 pm
Ticketing : 50 Dirhams
ES SAADI PALACE
Rue BRAHIM EL MAZINI – HIVERNAGE
MARRAKECH – MAROC
www.essaadi.com
Art Holding Morocco
Tel.: + 212 (0)5 22 95 31 90
Fax: + 212 (0)5 22 39 85 54
www.marrakechartfair.com
