Under the umbrella of Selections Magazine, Cultural Narratives is displaying their collection of over 200 artworks by artists from 12 Middle Eastern countries. The exhibition starting Wednesday 17th of October 2018 @ 7.30 pm at the non-profit private organization Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) located in Kuwait @ Industrial Shuwaikh, Block 2, Street 28, Life Center (Mezzanine) will run until Thursday 1st of November 2018.
ABOUT CULTURAL NARRATIVES
Mapping the Art World of the MENA region with an extensive travelling art show by established and emerging talents, Cultural Narratives is a foundation with big motivations set to small parameters. The collection started in 2015 commissioning artworks of 20*20cm in dimension, from Lebanese and Syrian artists. This was to be exhibited for the first time at the 2015 Beirut Art Fair. .
The success of the show led to the expansion of the collection and introduced the participation of most of Lebanon and Syria’s neighboring countries. Since then Cultural Narratives has collected more than 200 works from emerging talents and established artists. The aim is to stimulate the interest of regional and international audiences and inform the collective consciousness about the copious creative activity in the region as well as drawing attention to the dynamism existing amongst these neighboring countries. Cultural Narratives is a foundation that celebrates diversity and community equally.
The collection includes Artists from Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon Palestine, Tunisia, UAE, Syria, Sudan and has recently opened the channel for artists from Turkey, Africa and India. Most importantly, this project is a platform for free artistic expression. It is a strictly non-commercial project hence all art works are strictly exhibited for none-commercial purposes. The artists donating works benefit from media exposure in Selections Magazine and Selections online platforms. Moreover Cultural Narratives takes full responsibility of exhibiting the collection in numerous art institutions around the world. Each exhibition is accompanied with the latest Cultural Narratives edition: a catalogue comprising of all the artworks on display.
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS
EGYPT Aly Said, Aly Sirry, Asmaa Genidi, Emam Hussein, Guirguis Lotfy, Hady Boraey, Hakeem Aboukila, Hayam Abdel Baky, Hossam Dirar, Klay Kassem, Mohamed Khedr, Mutaz Eleman, Nehad Saeed, Perryhan El Ashmawi, Rawda Nour, Rifky El Razzaz, Riham El Sadany, Sahar El Amir, Tayseer Hamed, Yasser Rostom
IRAN Abbas Shahsavar, Afsaneh Modiramani, Afshan Daneshvar, Ahoo Maher, Aidin Xankeshipour, Ali Kaeini, Ali Shaysteh, Alidad Jalali, Amin Akbari, Amin Montazeri, Amir Kasra Golrang, Amir Soghrati, Amirhossein Akbari Alavijeh, Arshin Agashteh, Ashkan Sanei, Atefeh Majidi Nezhad, Atefeh Namavar, Atousa Jannesari, Ava Rasti, Azadeh Ghotbi, Azadeh Madani, Babak Kaboud, Bahrareh Navabi, Bita Fayyazi, Dariush Gharahzad, Dariush Zandi, Davood Dorra, Elmira Mirmiran, Elnaz Bandegi, Elnaz Salehi, Farbod Elkaee, Farrokh Nooroney, Farsam Sangini, Fatameh Bahman, Fereydoun Ave, Ghasemi Brothers, Habib Farajabadi, Haider Ali Jan, Hasan Soltani, Haydeh Ayazi, Kaveh Irani, Kourosh Salehi, Leily Derakhshani, Maeyam Aeein, Mahmoud Saki, Mahsa Karimi, Marjan Saeidi, Mahshid Rahim Tabrizi, Maryam Espandi, Masoumeh Mozafari, Mehrdad Emrani, Mir Mohammad Fattahi, Mohsen Ahmadvand, Mostafa Sarabi, Nargess Hashemi, Nariman Farokhi, Nasim Taghipoor, Navid Azimi Sajadi, Nazanin Avani, Niaz Babatabar, Omid Masoumi, Pouya Parsamagham, Raana Dehghan, Rosita Sharafjahan, Sadaf Hesamiyan, Sadra Baniasadi, Sadra Mirsharifi, Samaneh
Motalebi, Sara Abbasian, Sara Rahmanian, Sepideh Sakhaei, Sepideh Zamani, Shaghayegh Ahmadian, Shaqayeq Arabi, Shirin Mellat Gohar, Sina Choopani, Sogol Kashani, Soheil Mokhtar, Vahid Danaeifar, Yasaman Nozari, Yashar Salahi, Zahra Navaei, Zahra Noori Zenooz