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"City" Exhibition by Faraj Daham

From November 19, 2013 until February 02, 2014

Casa Árabe, with the cooperation of the prestigious cultural institution Katara Cultural Village Foundation, is presenting the exhibition City, a unique opportunity to become familiar with the contemporary artistic creations of Qatar through the eyes of one of its most noteworthy artists: Faraj Daham.

Shown in this exhibition curated by Sa’id Costa is a series of more than twenty works which provide a portrait of Doha, the artist’s city of birth. Faraj Daham examines the city as if it were a postcard, like a living cultural construct which we recognize not only because of its population density, but also because of the social and historical factors which it encompasses.

This exhibition forms part of the series of activities which Casa Árabe is carrying out with great intensity in the field of cultural cooperation with institutions from the Arab world. These institutions, including the Katara Cultural Village Foundation itself, highlight the enormous dynamic energy being experienced in the region. In fact, the exhibition being shown now in Madrid is the continuation of joint work performed with this entity which began with the presentation of a photographic exhibition about Cordoba in Doha last June.

The exhibition may be seen from November 26 through February 2 at the Casa Árabe exhibition hall (at Calle Alcalá, 62), During Christmas opening hours will be the usual, Monday through Saturday from 11:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 19:30 and Sunday from 11:00 to 15:00, except on December 24 and January 5, that will open only in the morning from 11:00 to 15:00, and on 25 December, 1 and 6 January that the exhibition closed. Free entrance.

Faraj Daham

Having completed his academic training in the United States and the Gulf, Faraj Daham was one of the founders of the Qatar Fine Arts Society and now holds a significant influence over the country’s cultural scene. Visit his personal website here.

Katara Cultural Village Foundation

Today this is one of the hallmark institutions of Qatar, playing a decisive role in making the country more culturally dynamic along with the Qatar Foundation and the Qatar Museums Authority. Visit the website of the Katara Cultural Village Foundation here.

The name Katara refers to the original name given to the region according to maps from the early eighteenth century, which, in turns, comes from the ancient word Catara, the name which was used to refer to the current peninsula according to the maps of Ptolemy, as of the year 150.

Sa’id Costa

Curator of visual arts exhibitions and educational programs for the Katara Cultural Village Foundation. On twitter: @saidcostaART.

Coorganizes:

katara foundation