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Welcome to No-Mad-Ness in No Man's Land

ESLITE GALLERY is pleased to present No-Mad-Ness in No Man's Land, a show in which ten artists from eight different countries will be exhibiting works that explore the concept of nomadism from various angles.  This exhibition is co-curated by Ombretta Agró Andruff and Leeza Ahmady.  

As the gallery is going through a transitional phase for its website, we have decided to upload the curatorial statement as well as works from this upcoming show alongside short introductions pertaining to the artist or work(s). We welcome all to join us for the opening for the show on November 9th, from 4-6:30pm. 

Curatorial Statement (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65879263046/no-mad-ness-in-no-mans-land-at-eslite-gallery) Khadim Ali  (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65962645181/khadim-ali) Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65965240983/isabel-alfredo-aquilizan) Said Atabekov (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65970493967/said-atabekov) Lara Baladi  (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65971887734/lara-baladi) Jeanno Gaussi (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65972869438/jeanno-gaussi) Mariam Ghani (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65980700517/mariam-ghani) Reena Saini Kallat (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65981256422/reena-saini-kallat) Jagannath Panda  (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65982122733/jagannath-panda) Yelena & Viktor Vorobyev (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65982478031/yelena-viktor-vorobyev) Sharif Waked (http://eslitegallery.tumblr.com/post/65982671199/sharif-waked)

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Khadim Ali

Khadim Ali, Haunted Lotus, 2013, Gouache, Ink, and Gold Leaf on Wasli Paper, 84 x 69.5 cm/work (set of two)

Khadim Ali considers himself strictly a miniature painter, yet he still manages to transcend a discipline that is nearly six centuries old. Conceptually vigorous, his paintings are a testament to his personal contemplation of politics, war, and heritage, as well as an homage to the Hazara collective and its complex history in Afghanistan. (Khadim belongs to one of the most persecuted groups in a land composed of more than fourteen ethnic peoples.) 

A prominent figure in Khadim’s recent paintings is the Buddha, a reference to the infamous and iconic Buddhas of Bamyan, Afghanistan. He was unable to see the Buddhas during his first trip to Afghanistan in 2000, and they had been destroyed by his second trip in 2002. He claims: “It was not only the act by the Taliban, but the world allowing such an act to take place today that is a tragedy—a personal and national tragedy, as well as a collective, human tragedy.” Although he himself is not Buddhist, his ancestors once were. Unlike his family, he sees “religion like one’s clothing—something which can be changed”—but he also understands that his identity is a direct result of history and that history is more permanent than anything else. 

(Excerpt from No-Mad-Ness in No Man’s Land catalogue)

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No-Mad-Ness in No Man's Land at Eslite Gallery

CURATORIAL STATEMENT

No-Mad-Ness in No Man’s Land is the fruit of four years of collaborative research and conversations between curators Leeza Ahmady and Ombretta Agró Andruff, which led to the selection of the ten artists currently on view. Some of the artists are culturally and historically connected to the notion of nomadism because of their geographical affiliations; others because they make the concept of nomadism, displacement, and migration one of the central subjects of their art practice, and then there are those who may have touched upon this subject more peripherally but with works that make a strong statement in this specific context. 

This exhibition examines the nomadism of contemporary migrant artists who deliberately resist location and de-territorialize the origins of their work. It consists of a selection of some of today’s most successful artists based in or originating from various regions in Asia, including the Middle East. These artists are engaged in the acts of moving, living, and working on multiple continents or are addressing such phenomena in their practices consciously, or in some cases unconsciously. They investigate, challenge, and/ or renew traditional nomadic ideals in view of contemporary lifestyles relative to ideas about space, place, people, movement, and nature.  Through their nomadism, these artists elude the fixed identity categories often imposed on them by their country or countries of adoption.

The word “nomad” comes from the Greek and is defined as “the one who wanders for pasture.” Since the dawn of the modern era, however, or perhaps even since the birth of cities, the term has been used to mean one who moves for various reasons.  From the 1960s onward, significant numbers of artists from all regions of the world—Asia, Africa, South America, and elsewhere—have traveled to Europe and North America, and vice-versa. Whether they immigrated for a short period or indefinitely, their art not only contributed to the dynamics of their newly adopted art scenes but transformed art-making processes, theory, and criticism, and ultimately art history altogether. Art historians are therefore now beginning to recognize the starting point of contemporary art by delineating artists and movements from 1970 forward as “an art that is of the world for the world.” 

— PARTICIPATING ARTISTS —

Khadim Ali Isabel & Alfredo Aquilizan Said Atabekov Lara Baladi Jeanno Gaussi Mariam Ghani Reena Kallat Jagannath Panda Yelena & Viktor Vorobyev Sharif Waked