(MENAFN- Gulf Times) Berlin's legendary Kraftwerk space will be the spectacular location for the largest ever exhibition of contemporary arts from Qatar as the finale of the Qatar-Germany 2017 Year of Culture programme, running from December 9 to January 3, 2018.
Presented by Qatar Museums (QM), the large-scale exhibition dubbed as ‘Contemporary Art Qatar' will cover an area of more than 7,500sq m, which reflects the vibrancy of Qatar's flourishing arts and cultural scene.
The exhibition highlights the breadth and scope of QM's offer by drawing on work from its successful artists in residence programme, its Year of Culture activity and other initiatives undertaken by the organisation.
According to QM, Contemporary Art Qatar will be a reflection of Qatar's culture presented from the perspective of the country's national and resident population.
Using a variety of mediums and approaches, including contemporary art, installations, photography and films, the artists share their stories and reflect on their lives in Qatar's ever changing and growing environment.
'It is an important time for our country. And a wonderful moment to be able to celebrate the true friendship between Qatar and Germany, QM chairperson HE Sheikha Al Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani said.
She added, 'We are proud of the extraordinary talent of the new generation of artists emerging in Qatar, both those of Qatari nationality, but also the artists we welcome from other parts of the world.
'We view nurturing artists and opening up new networks as a crucial part of our work to support the future development of our country and also to reflect our belief in the power of art to bring people together.
The exhibition has three sections, and includes ‘Articulating the Particular: Contemporary Visual Narratives,' which will present how artists respond to and document the transformation of society, traditional practices and contemporary identity.
This section will feature 115 works in all media by artists from Qatar including 19 Qatari artists and 16 international artists, which have practised art in the country.
The ‘Cultural Exposures: Photography and Film from Qatar' section includes work by Qatari photographers at home and abroad, as well as guest photographers who visited Qatar as part of the Years of Culture exchanges with Brazil, Turkey and China.
The photographs offer a picture of the life and landscape of contemporary Qatar, and reveal the perspective of its photographers on the wider world.
The nine films, produced under the auspices of the Doha Film Institute, are by some of Qatar's talented emerging film-makers who explore aspects of tradition and modernity in Qatar, and the challenges of reconciling the two during a period of rapid change.
Co-curated by members of QM's curatorial team based in Doha, Dr Giles Hudson and Maryam al-Thani, this section highlights how artists and creators from different countries have benefited from the cultural exchanges that have taken place in the last few years.
A selection of 28 portraits from Hey'Ya: Arab Women in Sport, a photography and video exhibition by Brigitte Lacombe and Marian Lacombe, commissioned by QM in 2012, features portraits and interviews of 90 Arab female athletes, 31 of whom are from Qatar.
The creative direction of the exhibition was led by Sheikha Reem al-Thani, head of exhibition design at QM.
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