Eruption art exhibition at MDD

Anima Gallery and Msheireb Properties opened ‘Eruption’, a one-of-its-kind art exhibition that brought together the works of local, regional and international artists at Msheireb Downtown Doha (MDD) yesterday (May 10).The show, which will run until June 10 at Sikkat Alwadi, presents a mixed array of artists from across the globe - including emerging talents and established masters – and puts a spotlight on a wide range of artistic disciplines, from sculpture and painting to digital and sculptural installation.The participating artists are Amal al-Aathem, Anachar Basbous, Anastasia Nysten, Clara Carvajal, Houmam al-Sayyed, Jean Boghossian, Jumanah Abbas, Mahmoud Obaidi, Maryam al-Homaid, Morrison Pierce, Nadim Karam, Nicolas Panayotou, Nourbanu Hijazi, Peter Zimmermann, Said Baalbaki, Tamara Haddad, Yasmina Nysten, and Zheng Lu."Eruption is an exhibition that tackles in a way the effects of social media such as TikTok and Instagram, as well as journalism and everything in general, how it affects our art, how it affects our life socially, physically, emotionally, politically, in every single way."Every artist is interpreting the word ‘eruption’ in his or her way. We have local artists, we have artists who live in Qatar, resident artists, and we have artists from all over the world, it is an international exhibition,” Anima Gallery founder Ghada Sholy said.Speaking to Gulf Times, renowned Lebanese artist Karam lauded Anima Gallery for organising a timely and unique exhibition in Doha, one of the cities in the region that has given so much attention to public art."I think this is phenomenal that we managed to do, Ghada and Anima Gallery has done this exhibition which is really good. It shows hope, it shows moving forward (from the Covid-19 pandemic), which is nice,” he said.Karam’s work titled ‘Media Shout’, which belongs to his ‘Shout and Silence’ series, portrays a relaxed, armchair posture of those seeking to shape how people see the world.Garo Bardakjaian, in charge of international relations for renowned Belgian-Lebanese artist, sculptor, and painter Jean Boghossian, lauded the exhibition describing it as "a very beautiful selection of art”, thanks to Anima Gallery for putting such good calibre artists next to each other.”"I’m also a fan of Nadim Karam, who is also exhibiting. I think he is an amazing artist. It is very lively, very well-curated exhibition,” he said, noting that Doha is a city that welcomes and appreciates art and artists from different backgrounds.Boghossian’s work, titled ‘Ready, Aim, Fire’, "captures the moment of action towards achieving one’s ambition”. "The painting depicts the tension and beauty of a canon blast with billowing smoke, reminding us of the fragility and power of anticipation.”