MARRAKECH ART FAIR#2, a compelling cultural program around the fair
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Mohamed El Baz, Bricoler l'Incurable. Détails. Never Basta (Chevalier), 2011 |
MARRAKECH ART FAIR#2 makes the entire city of Marrakech pulse with the rhythm of contemporary creation
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Marrakech Art Fair is open to the public on the 1st and 2nd of October from 11.30 am to 8.30 pm and on the 3rd of October from 11.30 am to 7.30 pm
Press conference: on Friday, September 30 at 4pm
Vernissage: on Friday, September 30 from 6 pm to 11 pm
enue: Palace Es Saadi, rue Brahim El Mazini, Hivernage, Marrakech, Morocco
Contact
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Sylvia Beder
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MARRAKECH ART FAIR#2
A compelling cultural program around the fair
48 INTERNATIONAL ART GALLERIES AT THE PALACE ES SAADI
OCTOBER 1 TO 3
11.30 – 8.30 pm, but on Monday October 3, until 7.30 pm
For its second edition, Marrakech Art Fair returns at the Palace Es Saadi with 48 international galleries coming from 11 countries to exhibit major modern and contemporary artists. In addition, Marrakech Art Fair promises great artistic meetings in the city thanks to video artists who will be in the place of honor throughout the cultural circuit taking place in emblematic places of Marrakech. A series of round tables and conference are also planned for Marrakech Art Fair visitors.
EXHIBITIONS IN MARRAKECH INITIATED BY THE FAIR
« Images Affranchies »
SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 31
10.30 am – 6.30pm
At Jamaa El Fna square in Marrakech, the former Bank Al Maghrib agency welcomes « Images Affranchies » ['Liberated images'], an exhibition curated by Brahim Alaoui showcasing photos and videos realized by contemporary artists from the Arab world: Adel Abidin, Leila Alaoui, Halim Al Karim, Hicham Benohoud, Meriem Bouderbala, Mohamed El Baz, Ninar Esber, Mounir Fatmi, Nicène Kossentini, Amal Kenawy, Mehdi Meddaci, Youssef Nabil, Moataz Nasr, Khalil Nemmamaoui, Yazid Oulab, Younès Rahmoun, Faysal Samra and Wael Shawky. To continue the reflection initiated by this exhibition, Marrakech Art Fair holds a debate organised by Brahim Alaoui and Paul Ardenne at the Palace Es Saadi, on Saturday October 1, at 5.30 pm.
« The gallery owner is also a collector »
SEPTEMBER 30 TO OCTOBER 3
10.30 am – 6.30pm
The riads of Al Maaden Golf Resorts in Marrakech welcomes « The gallery owner is also a collector », an exhibitions circuit settled with André Magnin and Hassan Sefrioui.
ARTISTS' VIDEOS AND FILMS AT LE COLISEE
The mythical cinema of Marrakech Le Colisée and the ESAV (Marrakech Graduate school of visual arts) will welcome an artistic program conceived by the CNAP (National Center of Plastic Arts) and present artists' videos gathered by two couples of collectors: Jean-Michel and Charlotte Attal, but also Jean Conrad and Isabelle Lemaître.
Venue: Le Colisée – Cinéma
Boulevard Med. Zerktouni Gueliz, Gueliz 40000 - Marrakech
SUNDAY OCTOBER 2
12 am – 2 pm
The collection of Jean Conrad and Isabelle Lemaître
With Alice Anderson, Allora & Calzadilla, Erik Dizambourg, Dominique Gonzales Foerster, Yang Fudong, Beatrice Gibson, Arthur Kleinjan, Klara Liden, Enrique Ramirez.
2 pm – 3 pm
Movies presented by the C.N.A.P. (National Center of Plastic Arts, Paris)
With Martin Le Chevalier, Julien Lousteau, Valérie Jouve.
3 pm – 4.30 pm
« Zidane, A 21st Century Portrait » by Douglas Gordon and Philipe Parreno, 2006
From the CNAP collection
6 pm – 7.30 pm
« A Minute of Sun Less », a full-length movie realised by Nabil Ayouch, 2002 – Censured at the time of its release, it is shown in the unabridged version (Director's cut)
8 pm – 9 pm
The collection of Jean-Michel Attal
With Victor Burgin, Dominique Gonzales Foerster, Mircea Kantor, Ange Leccia, Roth Stauffenberg
9 pm – 10 pm
Arab artists' videos
With Adel Abidin, Hicham Jebbari, Nadine Khan, Shirin Neshat, Wahid El Moutana, Faysal Samra
10 pm – 11 pm
Turkish artists' videos
With Selçuk Artut , Nancy Atakan, Burçak Bingöl, Dashan Celayir, Cinar Eslek, Zeren Göktan, Sükran Moral, Nazlı Eda Noyan, Özlem Simsek, Esref Yıldırım.
MONDAY OCTOBER 3
11.30 am – 1 pm
« Ali Zaoua », 2000, a full-length movie realised by Nabil Ayouch
ROUND-TABLES AT THE PALACE ES SAADI
Organized by diptyk magazine
FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 30
1 pm
« The Centre Pompidou, collection and globalization'
Participants:
Alain Seban, chairman of the Centre Pompidou
Catherine Grenier, co-director of the Centre Pompidou
Françoise Pams, communication director
Hassan Darsi, artist
SATURDAY OCTOBER 1
10 am
« The visibility of artists from the Arab world »
Moderator: Roxana Azimi, journalist at « Le Monde » and « Le Journal des Arts »
Participants :
Catherine Grenier, co-director of the Centre Pompidou
Adel Abidin, artist
Hamza Serafi, founder of Athr Gallery, Jeddah
Lilia Bensalah, El Marsa gallery, Tunis
Lorenzo Fiaschi, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Pékin / Le Moulin
Brahim Alaoui, art historian and curator
4 pm
« Re-Rennaissance and contemporary art in Tuscany – an opportunity for the Mediterranean area? »
Moderator: Jérôme Sans, co-founder of the Palais de Tokyo, Paris and director of Ullens Center for Contemporary Art, Beijing
Participants:
Lorenza Sebasti Pallanti, collector, co-owner of the Castello di Ama
Marco Pallanti, collector, co-owner and wine maker at the Castello di Ama
Rosa Sandretto, collector, MOMA PS1 board-member
Lorenzo Fiaschi, Galleria Continua, San Gimignano / Beijing / Le Moulin
Daniel Buren, artist
5:30 pm
« New visualities? Contemporary art within the Arab revolutions »
Moderator: Paul Ardenne, contemporary art critic and historian
Participants:
Brahim Alaoui, art historian and curator of the exhibition « Images Affranchies »
Faten Chouba Skhir, artist, professor
Nadine Descendre, historien in contemporary art
Faysal Samra, artist
Meriem Bouderbala, artist
Mohamed El Baz, artist
SUNDAY OCTOBER 2
10 am
« The impact of fairs and biennials »
Moderator: Roxana Azimi, journalist at « Le Monde » and « Le Journal des Arts »
Participants:
Carlos Urroz, director of the fair ARCO, Madrid
Hicham Daoudi, founder of the Marrakech Art Fair
Vanessa Branson, director of the Marrakech Biennale
Jennifer Flay, director of the FIAC, Paris
MONDAY OCTOBER 3
10 am
« Toward an affirmation of contemporary African art»
Moderator: Roxana Azimi, journalist at « Le Monde » and « Le Journal des Arts »
Participants:
André Magnin, advisor and curator
Simon Njami, writer, critic and curator
Patrick Landi, collector
Barthélémy Toguo, artist and founder of Bandjoun Station - contemporary art center in Cameroon
For more information: www.marrakechartfair.com
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