“Self Representation in the Arabian Gulf,” Exhibit in Doha, Qatar
November 19, 2007
VCU-Qatar is hosting an exhibit exploring lens-based self-portraiture and identity in the Gulf region. The exhibit was curated by Natalie Bailey and Sally Van Gorder who are both artists in their own right (and Sally’s a good friend of ours! YEA, Sally!) The exploration of personal identity, as well as the display of it through photographic imagery, is especially interesting in a culture where physically concealing one’s identity is commonplace.The Gulf Times describes the exhibit:
The exhibition aims at actively contributing to the contemporary arts dialogue developing in Qatar. It poses the question: How do people in this culture, defined by strongly held beliefs and traditions yet also by rapid development and increasing wealth, perceive themselves.
The individual pieces in the exhibit are quite interesting, and the collection as a whole gets you thinking about how each artist sees themselves, how we see them, and inevitably how we see ourselves. See more about the exhibit, as well as all of the pieces here.
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November 20th, 2007 at 2:39 am
there are not arabian gulf!!! only persian gulf. that is our gulf.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I personally did not choose the word “Arabian.” That is the title of the show, chosen by VCU-Qatar, with special consideration to how Qatari refer to the Gulf. The name of the Gulf has been in dispute for quite some time, with Persians (Iran) liking “Persian Gulf” and many other Arab countries preferring “Arabian Gulf.” Wikipedia has some interesting info on the controversy. See that info here.
November 20th, 2007 at 4:49 pm
How about Gulf Region, If Arab are so bad way Iranian government is trying so hard to copy them, so we all are part of human race and it happened some where born in Iran
” Persia” and some across the gulf in UAE.
November 20th, 2007 at 8:59 pm
It is not our gulf but it’s called Persian gulf
There is no controversy. As you can read
“On almost all maps printed before 1960, and in most modern international treaties, documents and maps, this body of water is known by the name “Persian Gulf”. Wikipedia