Mathaf Arab Museum of Modern Art Presents Swalif: Qatari Art Between Momory and Modernity, on view 14 August to 29 October 2011.
This exhibition celebrates more than twenty of Qatar’s most influential artists and four decades of art production with a new selection from the collection of Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art.
The Arabic word “swalif” suggests friendly, informal conversations and stories. Swalifinvites visitors to explore their own responses to Qatar’s art story and the relationships between modernity, memory and art.
Artworks are presented in roughly chronological order from the 1960s to the early 2000s, with some thematic groupings to illustrate particular moments in Qatar’s art history.
Swalif also celebrates the process of representing and collaborating with the artists whose work is on display. The generous engagement of many of these artists with Mathaf in advance of the exhibition has helpedus to historicize the roots and development of the Qatari art scene.
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art
Qatar Museums Authority
P.O. Box 2777
Doha, Qatar
+974 4487 6662
www.mathaf.org.qa