Alserkal Avenue has announced that it will collaborate with the Atassi Foundation to present an exhibition of modern and contemporary Syrian art during Dubai Art Week in March next year. The exhibition, titled Syria: Into the Light, will be curated by Mouna Atassi, co-founder of the Atassi Foundation, in collaboration with curator Rasha Salti, and exhibition designer Michel Zayat.
The exhibition will also inaugurate Alserkal Avenue’s new 600-square-metre Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) designed event venue, titled Concrete.
“It is a privilege to inaugurate the very first project in the UAE to be designed by the Office of Metropolitan Architecture,” says Abdelmonem Bin Eisa Alserkal, founder of Alserkal Avenue. “The standard of design and technology that the practice has brought to this project highlights the intersections of art and architecture; it is indicative of the level of originality and inspiration that we hope Concrete will host in the months and years to come. I am especially pleased to show works from the Atassi Foundation’s collection in Alserkal Avenue. The Avenue has always been a platform for art and creativity from across the region and the world.”
OMA is a firm founded by Pritzker Award-winner Rem Koolhaas and Concrete will be a multi-disciplinary event space with a view to host large-scale art exhibitions, symposia and conferences, fashion, film, and corporate events, as well as private functions.
