{"id":79431,"date":"2025-10-29T00:10:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/debut-mideast-architecture-awards-celebrate-cultural-innovation-and-sustainability-says-jury-chair\/"},"modified":"2025-10-29T00:10:00","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T00:10:00","slug":"debut-mideast-architecture-awards-celebrate-cultural-innovation-and-sustainability-says-jury-chair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gulftimes.ae\/?p=79431","title":{"rendered":"Debut Mideast architecture awards celebrate cultural innovation and sustainability, says jury chair"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tDUBAI: Amina Debbiche, co-founder of The Open Crate, a private boutique art consultancy based in Dubai, recently shared with Arab News her top picks from the Art Basel fair in Paris.<\/p>\n


\n\tArt Basel Paris 2025 featured 206 galleries from 41 countries, with a strong focus on both established and new participants.<\/p>\n


\n\tThe event, which wrapped up on Sunday, featured galleries from the Middle East, including Marfa\u2019 Projects (Beirut), ATHR Gallery (Jeddah), and Selma Feriani Gallery (Tunis\/London).<\/p>\n


\n\tChristine Safa\u2019s \u2018Deux maisons, ciel azurite\u2019 (\u2018Two houses, Azurite sky\u2019)<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAt Galerie Lelong, Christine Safa\u2019s \u2018Deux maisons, ciel azurite\u2019 (2025) presented a serene reflection on memory and place. In her signature palette of deep reds and blues, Safa conjured two houses that exist in a space between abstraction and recollection.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe structures feel less architectural and more emotional, evoking a sense of warmth and nostalgia. The subtle layering of oil paint captured the Mediterranean light, while the composition, restrained yet profound, created a feeling of both distance and belonging.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cA work of quiet contemplation, it merged landscape and dreamscape, where color spoke as a language of intimacy and return. In 2024, Safa was awarded the 13th Jean Francois Prat Prize.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tHayv Kahraman\u2019s \u2018Push Pull Ghost Fires\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cHayv Kahraman\u2019s oil and acrylic work on line, exhibited at Jack Shainman Gallery, explored themes of fragmentation and renewal through the figure of a woman poised yet dissolving.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cHer body, rendered in Kahraman\u2019s signature mix of oil and acrylic, holds a sacred yet spectral presence, with her patterned dress referencing inherited identity.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cGhostly tendrils veil her face, evoking both erasure and emergence. The work balances lyricism with defiance, offering a powerful meditation on memory, displacement, and the human condition.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n


\n\tIdris Khan\u2019s \u2018The answer steps soundless\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAt Victoria Miro gallery, Idris Khan\u2019s oil-based ink-on-gesso-on-aluminum piece unfolded as a meditative exploration of time and accumulation.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe layers of oil-based ink on gessoed aluminum created a quiet rhythm, deep blues hum with both restraint and expansiveness. In Khan\u2019s work, repetition transcends the visual, turning texture and gesture into atmospheric meditation.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe piece speaks not through color but through absence, a monumental silence filled with devotion, memory, and the unseen.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n


\n\tAmedeo Modigliani\u2019s \u2018Jeune fille aux macarons\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAmedeo Modigliani\u2019s \u2018Jeune fille aux macarons\u2019 (1918), exhibited at Pace Gallery, exudes a quiet elegance. With its elongated neck and mask-like face, the portrait strikes a balance between serenity and melancholy.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAgainst a muted blue background, the copper tones of the figure pulse with inner light, transforming stillness into a palpable presence. Modigliani\u2019s figure is both ethereal and earthly, a poignant icon of longing and fragility.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n


\n\tOlafur Eliasson\u2019s \u2018Pluralistic vision\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cOlafur Eliasson\u2019s \u2018Pluralistic vision\u2019 (2025), exhibited at neugerriemschneider, transformed perception into architecture.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe installation of partially-silvered glass spheres and stainless steel, fractured and multiplied the viewer\u2019s reflection, creating an optical field where seeing itself became a shared, shifting experience.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAs with much of Eliasson\u2019s work, the piece invites active participation, exploring multiplicity, perspective, and the politics of observation.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n


\n\tAnas Albraehe\u2019s \u2018Dreamers\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAnas Albraehe\u2019s \u2018Dreamers\u2019 (2025), exhibited at Mor Charpentier, offers intimate portraits of men in slumber, workers and refugees momentarily detached from the weight of their realities.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAlbraehe\u2019s rich brushwork and radiant color transform sleep into a tender form of resistance. In this work, rest becomes a sanctuary, a fleeting space of dignity, safety, and renewal, where vulnerability turns into light.\"\"<\/p>\n


\n\tKader Attia\u2019s \u2018Untitled\u2019 triptych<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cKader Attia\u2019s work, exhibited at Mor Charpentier, is a luminous exploration of repair; intellectual, cultural, and spiritual.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cMirrors, fragments, and sculptural juxtapositions form a dialogue between Western modernism and the non-Western influences that shaped it.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAs Attia writes in a show catalogue: \u2018Reparation is a never-ending process of intellectual, cultural, and political readjustment.\u2019 The work challenges the viewer\u2019s reflection, revealing that fragmentation can be an act of healing.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cIt is both critique and offering, inviting repair through vision.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n


\n\tEwa Juszkiewicz\u2019s \u2018Gloriosa\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cEwa Juszkiewicz\u2019s \u2018Gloriosa\u2019 (2025), shown at Almine Rech, reimagines the classical portrait by challenging ideas of concealment and transformation.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe figure\u2019s obscured face, enveloped in painterly textures and folds, subverts ideals of beauty and authorship. Juszkiewicz\u2019s meticulous technique channels European portraiture while quietly deconstructing it, turning anonymity into power.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201c\u2018Gloriosa\u2019 offers a subversive portrait, not of a subject, but of the possibility of reinvention.\u201d<\/p>\n


\n\tJack Pierson\u2019s \u2018Lone Wolf\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cJack Pierson\u2019s \u2018Lone Wolf\u2019 (2020), exhibited at Regen Projects, distilled solitude into form and material.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cConstructed from salvaged metal and wood letters, the work evokes the rugged poetry of the American road. The phrase, stark and cinematic, hovers between defiance and vulnerability.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cAs with much of Pierson\u2019s practice, words here become portraits, fragments of longing and identity, capturing the quiet heroism of solitude.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n


\n\tHassan Sharif\u2019s \u2018Untitled\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cHassan Sharif\u2019s \u2018Untitled\u2019 (2008), exhibited at Galleria Franco Noero, is a vibrant exploration of perception and form.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cThe bold oil strokes across the canvas create a dynamic interplay of chaos and order, with fragmented objects and contrasting colors, earthy tones clashing with brighter hues.<\/p>\n


\n\t\u201cSharif\u2019s expressive, abstract approach strips away traditional representation, leaving raw brushwork and energy. This work captures a tension between control and release, offering a meditative yet dynamic encounter with the canvas.\u201d\"\"<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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