ABDULNASSER GHAREM: SAUDI ARABIA - ART AND WAR
Organisation: Frontline Club
Time: 11 October 2011 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: Frontline Club, 13 Norfolk Place, London W2 1QJ
Frontline Club Presents
Abdulnasser Gharem: Saudi Arabia - art and war
As both a conceptual artist and lieutenant colonel in the Saudi army, Abdulnasser Gharem is somewhat of an unusual figure. Described as the "rock star of Saudi contemporary art", he recently made history when his installation Message/Messenger sold for a record price at auction in Dubai.
One of the Gulf's most talked about young artists, with no formal training, the sale established him as the highest selling in the country. He donated the proceeds to Edge of Arabia's campaign to foster art education in the country where he still lives and works today.
Abdulnasser Gharem will be joining us at the Frontline Club to discuss the inspiration behind his work, which is now in the collections of the Victoria & Albert Museum, Los Angeles County Museum of Art and Saudi Arabian Ministry of Culture & Information. He will also reflect on how he reconciles being a soldier and an artist, shedding light on Saudi's secretive society and culture.
Chaired by Henry Hemming, journalist, speaker and author of Together, Misadventure in the Middle East, In Search of the English Eccentric and Edge of Arabia.
Additional panelists to be confirmed.
Tuesday 11 October 2011 | 19:00
Frontline Club
13 Norfolk Place
London
W2 1QJ
Tickets: £12.50 (£10 early booking)/ £8 conc | Call 020 7479 8940 or book online | more information.
Image above: The artist with embossed rubber for The Stamp (Amen), 2011. Courtesy of the Artist and Edge of Arabia