LOUD Art together with NUQAT celebrated the opening of LOUD Art exhibition under the title "executing culture shock" at Naila Art Gallery yesterday evening. The kingdom’s capital welcomed LOUD ART in a one of a kind opening held at Naila Art gallery last night.
The show was attended by more than 500 visitors on the opening night (20 October) from the kingdoms capital elite society, art lovers, collectors, media, and officials expressing admiration to the great efforts and accomplishments achieved by both organizers and artists alike.
Wakim Zeidan, founding member of Nuqat commented on this collaboration: “This is the first collaboration that Nuqat does in Saudi and with a promising Saudi initiative such as Loud Art. Hopefully, this will be our first move in a row of more collaborations, events and activities in the Kingdom. "Executing Culture Shock" has been a great topic for Nuqat and we are proud to close it with Loud Art before announcing the new theme of our next conference.
The LOUD Art concept is the birth child of Desert Designs Art Gallery in Khobar and NTI & Co. that was first introduced in 2012. It started off as an experimental platform with local amateur artists in the region. Artists were given a broad theme and the freedom to create artwork within it to be showcased as part of a collaborative art show in Khobar.
A total of 34 collaborating artists including Um Kalthoum Al Allawi, Yusef Al Ahmed, Ali Chaaban, Khalid Zahid, and Tagreed Bagshi showcased work that reflected their ideas of the concept of culture shock in a wittingly, humorous, satirical, and positive attitude that have entertained audiences and caught attention of Khobar’s social and art critics and art enthusiasts.
Loud Art official spokesperson Raneen Bukhari said: "We are witnessing an art reform in the kingdom that is primarily influenced by culture and society. We believe that LOUD Art’s theme this year will generate a positive reaction towards art and self-expression. We are ecstatic to bring a little bit of a positive shake to Riyadh and looking forward to further expand LOUD Arts efforts and nurture future artists from the region."
Commenting on this year’s LOUD Art exhibition Naila Art Gallery’s Representative Isabel Mora said: “it’s a vivid and rich and colorful experience to the eye. Each piece is completely different and unique. We’re happy to host the exhibition for the first time in Riyadh giving people in the capital a chance to see something completely new.”
LOUD Art will be on from 20 to 30 October before it moves to Jeddah next year (dates to be announced soon).
Updates and announcements can be found on Instagram @loudart and and @nti_co @gallerynaila
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