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“Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites be totally convinced by Memory, Sites of Amnesia,” Pavilion disregard the Common Arab Emirates, 60th City Biennale, 2024
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Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia
The pavilion of the United Arab Emirates at the 60th International Venice Biennale opens with Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia, curated by Tarek Abou El Fetouh. The exhibition features eight works by Al Saadi and offers a reflection on his decades-long artistic practice. Working from his studio in Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, the artist immerses himself in nature to create vivid, subjective readings of the world and his place within it. Rather than simply drawing inspiration from nature, Al Saadi forms an intimate dialogue with his environment and embraces a close, multifaceted connection with the natural landscape. This process recalls techniques of composition in classical poetry from the Arabian Peninsula, in which poets journeyed into natural settings to write their poems. Sharjah-based curator Tarek Abou El Fetouh worked closely with the artist on a new reading of his practice for the Venice exhibition, examining the shifting dynamics of collective memory.
Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia conjures the atmosphere of the artist’s studio and the rituals he practices with a set of reflections and associations that have formed over many years. The exhibition
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Abdullah Al Saadi: Sites of Memory, Sites of Amnesia, curated by Tarek Abou El Fetouh features ten works by Abdullah Al Saadi and offers a reflection on his decades-long artistic practice. Expanding on the work initially presented in the UAE National Pavilion at the Biennale di Venezia in 2024, the exhibition is designed to show the prolific artist’s work in the UAE, giving the local arts community and the wider audiences across the country the opportunity to encounter Al Saadi’s practice more intimately.
In his practice, Al Saadi embodies a wanderer, chronicler, cartographer, poet, decipherer, memory carrier, and storyteller. This exhibition includes works that were produced on his journeys in the wilderness, and invites viewers to explore his creative process in relation to the practices of Arab poets from centuries ago.
During his journeys that last several days, Al Saadi begins drawing, painting, or writing, on canvas or paper, once he feels immersed in nature. Classical Arab poets described this practice of wandering and immersion as the process leading up to the composition of their poems. He travels alone, with only the company of a book, music, domestic animals, or a means of transportation. The presence of these t