Image Albareh Gallery
The ABCAD, the Albareh Center for Art and Design, part of the Manama’s Albareh Gallery, just concluded the third of its first three Preludes, as part of the Artist Leadership Programme series. As the ABCAD wrties:
‘Curated by Kuwaiti-Dutch artist and curator Mo Reda, Preludes is a series of weekly exhibitions and happenings that spotlight a specific work by one of Bahrain’s artists. Each of the artists featured are drastically different in their processes and are at different stages in their creative careers.
Varying from exhibiting a single painting that was rejected from an art contest, to experimental sound art performances, installation art works and many other exciting projects, this series is of significance to Bahrain in the way it reimagines the activities of an established art gallery and how it interacts with artists and the general public. This playfulness in presentation further strengthens the notion that the art space fosters intellectual exchange alongside unique creative experiments.
Equally important is what the general audience does not actually experience in their weekly visits to abcad/Albareh: the one-on-one mentoring/coaching meetings between Mo Reda and each of the artists. Personal dialogues between mentor and artist is an effective way to best brings out what each of the artists possess while remaining relevant to the realities of Bahrain’s art scene.’
Image courtesy Albareh Gallery