Since the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis began, everyone has been to try making sense of the new normal. The pandemic has impacted everyone including individuals and businesses around the world as well as in Qatar.
The outbreak struck at a particularly vulnerable time. However, what’s interesting is the way some people adapted to the unexpected scenario and found success.
For some, art became one of the different ways to express their emotions during these hard times.
The Fire Station Artist in Residence hosts several artists and exhibitions every year. However, this year, while it hosted some artists, unfortunately, it could not host a lot of exhibitions due to the restrictions in place against COVID-19.
Qatar Museums announces spring 2021 exhibitions
27 Jan 2021 - 7:41
The Peninsula
Doha: Qatar Museums (QM) has announced several exhibitions that will be presented across its cultural institutions throughout spring 2021.
Members of the community can look forward to exhibitions covering a wider range of interests, including contemporary art, natural history and the art of collecting.
On March 7, Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art will open “Kader Attia: On Silence”, a major solo exhibition dedicated to the work of the artist over the last two decades, curated by Abdellah Karroum, Director of Mathaf, with Assistant Curator Lina Ramadan.
The exhibition will feature a wide range of work across all media and include site-specific installations, sculptures, collages, drawings, video, and photography. On Silence explores themes of postcolonial trauma and the ensuing decades of psychiatric ‘repair’ at the social and individual level.
Qatari artist navigates emotional highs and lows of the pandemic
23 Jan 2021 - 9:00
Some of the paintings by Qatari artist Muna Al Bader which are on display at “Grey Times” exhibition at the Fire Station. PIC: RAYNALD C RIVERA/THE PENINSULA
By Raynald C Rivera / The Peninsula
Qatari artist Muna Al Bader has used a singular colour in multiple artworks to express the unprecedented emotional rollercoaster people experience during the pandemic. It has been a year since the COVID-19 outbreak has sent shockwaves on various sectors of global economy, and people around the world have all experienced a mixture of fear, sadness, and happiness in what many people consider an existential crisis.