Thursday, August 28th 2008, from 7 to 11pm
Cultural Foundation, Zayed 1st Street, Central Abu Dhabi
Free event – All welcome
An informal, multi-art-form, fun and interesting evening to celebrate the work of famous artist Picasso through film screenings, live music, literature, a live painting studio, art related games, an art lounge area and surprise performances!
Relaxed environment to hang out with friends & be inspired
Artscape GalleryLearn about Picasso and Modern Art while you walk
Featuring quotations and images related to the artist, art history, modern art and visual art practice in general.
Animated and engaging talk about Picasso and Modern Art by Martin Giesen, Artist and Professor of Art History.
Two consecutive bite-size, animated and engaging talks about Picasso and Modern Art by two UAE resident art specialists, one in Arabic and the other in English.
Talk by Martin Giesen: Professor Art History, American University of Sharjah
Make your own Picasso in our painting studio with tips from professional artists.
An atmospheric environment for people to try out painting with the informal help of professional artists and with inspiration from the work of Picasso.
Watch film screenings about Picasso & about Modern Art.
Musallam was born in Kuwait from an artistic family, where he showed unique talents for drawing and playing music from the early age of three. He was active in the musical world throughout his youth and college years. His experience includes paying with Arabic musical bands, flamenco bands, as well as rock and blues bands. During the late 80's to the early 90's, Musallam started finding out more about Jazz music and enjoyed the work of musical geniuses Pat Metheny, Miles Davis, George Benson, John McLaughlin and Al Di Meola, among many others. In 94 Musallam moved to France where he lived for four years during which he discovered new musical genres and deepened his mastery and his passion for music. Currently, Kamal Musallam is based in the UAE where he leads his own band and is an active live music performer and a music producer
Ferenc Cako is an outstanding Hungarian, live, sand-animator and an animation-film maker. His live sand animation shows have met great international success. During his performances, he draws figurative representations with sand, to the sound of music, which get projected onto a film screen. His work is unique and has been performed in all corners of the world including Europe, the USA, Japan and Singapore and others. Cako’s first significant international success was at the Annecy Film Festival with AD Astra in 1982. From that time on he has made his films from his own scripts. His films have won many grand prizes at nearly every significant film festival: Cannes (Best Short Film), Berlin (Golden Bear), San Francisco (Golden Gate Award), Annecy (Best Short Film) to name but a few. Cako’s graphic works and paintings are shown in solo exhibitions. He also teaches 3D animation at the School of Applied Arts in Hungary.
Born and schooled in Germany, Martin Giesen studied history of art and architecture at Heidelberg University. He worked for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York and, upon completing a PhD, entered into a career of university teaching with posts held in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Canada and most recently the UAE where he was founding dean of the School of Architecture & Design at the American University of Sharjah. His research interests are in physical and cultural determinants of material culture. Descriptive watercolors have been exhibited in solo exhibits mainly in Lebanon, Canada and the UAE. Two monographs on Giesen’s work by John Munro were published. At present Giesen is Professor of Art History in the Visual and Performing Arts Program at the American University of Sharjah.
The Artscape series is part of a cultural and artistic public programme linked to the cultural projects and objectives of TDIC. Artscape is a ongoing series of informal, multi-art-form, participatory events open to anyone who want to enjoy art and culture activities while also learning more about them.
Members of the public are invited to enjoy music, performance, talks, films, workshops, food and much more, all inspired by a different theme for each edition of Artscape.
In addition to Public Programmes such as the Artscape Series, TDIC’s programme also includes art exhibitions and educational activities.
These form part and parcel of TDIC’s Cultural District developments and their objectives, which aim to foster a greater appreciation of, as well as increased participation in the arts and culture among the UAE local community and in the region, with the objective to develop informed and appreciative audiences for the future cultural institutions on Saadiyat Island and beyond.
