(MENAFN- Emirates News Agency (WAM)) Maraya Art Centre, Sharjah, hosted an exhibition yesterday, 'Art Index 1.0' by photographer Ammar Al Attar. Curated by Dr. Alexandra MacGilp, the exhibition will run until the 29th of August, 2015.
Attended by Marwan bin Jassim Al Sarkal, CEO of Sharjah Investment and Development Authority, Shurooq, Hisham Al Madhloum, Director of Sharjah for Literature and Arts Complex, Ahmed Al Qaseer, COO of Shurooq, art enthusiasts and media representatives, the exhibition features a series of seventy portraits of artists and art world figures taken by photographer Ammar Al Attar. During the project, the artist travelled around the country to photograph artists, designers, curators, gallerists, collectors and writers in their studios and workplaces.
Al Attar's project traces the shifting ecosystem of the local art scene across geographic locations and generations. In both black and white and colour, Al Attar's analogue photographs offer a behind-the-scenes look at the professional networks and friendships that exist among artists and art workers.
Al Attar showcased his contact sheets and notebooks to give viewers an insight into his work process during his travels on the winding journey from one subject to another. In our age of digital mobile phone photography and Instagram mania, Al Attar is increasingly fascinated with older photographic technologies and the elements of time and chance that are involved in capturing an image.
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