"The annual project brings together three up-and-coming artists based in the United Arab Emirates to create works to be exhibited at the fair, which takes place 19-23 November at Manarat al-Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi. But the works are not finished yet-as well as curating the show, Kourbaj is mentoring the artists, helping them to conceive and create something new. "They are weaving their ideas and I am weaving with them," he explains."
"Kourbaj is a renowned and respected artist with a long career. Born in Syria, he trained in Damascus, St Petersburg and London, and now lives in Cambridge, UK, where he teaches at the University of Cambridge, as well as continuing to exhibit his own work. He picked the three participants from a shortlist, looking for artists who work in very different materials, but who are connected by their response to place."
Issam Kourbaj is curating the Beyond Emerging Artists programme at Abu Dhabi Art and mentoring three emerging artists based in the United Arab Emirates as they develop new works. The fair runs 19–23 November at Manarat al‑Saadiyat in Abu Dhabi. Kourbaj trained in Damascus, St Petersburg and London, lives in Cambridge and teaches at the University of Cambridge. He selected participants who work in diverse materials but share a strong response to place. The three artists are Salmah Almansoori (memory and hometown detail), Maktoum Al Maktoum (cross-disciplinary background) and Alla Abdunabi (material afterlives of objects). The commissions will be shown in a display titled Water Carves, Land Holds, Body Remember ahead of the fair’s relaunch as Frieze Abu Dhabi next year.
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