Salsali Private Museum
The Salsali Private Museum (SPM) in Dubai , United Arab Emirates , is the first private museum for contemporary oriental and international art in the United Arab Emirates. It was opened on November 13, 2011 by the international art collector and promoter Ramin Salsali .
The SPM is located in Warehouse 14 of the Al Quoz industrial area and is part of Alserkal Avenue, a warehouse complex that houses galleries, studios and ateliers.
Museum concept
The various exhibitions in the Salsali Private Museum mostly show works from Salsali's private art collection, but also works from guest collections.
The SPM also acts as a kind of forum for art collectors who want to gain a foothold in Dubai . It also serves as an independent center for collectors and is intended to give them an insight into contemporary oriental and international art.
Exhibited artists
Young artists are supported by the SPM and made familiar with the Arab art scene. The Ramin Salsali's collection, which includes over 800 works of art, includes works by Middle Eastern artists such as Sara Rahbar , Amir-Hossein Zanjani, Pantea Rahmani , Ala Dehghan, Hossein Rezvani , Anahita Razmi, Farzan Sadjadi, Ave Fereydoun, Ramin Haerizadeh, Ayman Baalbaki , Reza Derakshani, Rokni Haerizadeh, Farideh Lashai , Mona Hatoum , Shirin Neshat , Youssef Nabil, Nazif Topcuoglu, Manal Al Dowayan, Halim Al Karim, Kambiz Sabri, Elham Pouriamehr, Lateefa bint Maktoum. The international art scene is represented by works by Arman , Niki de Saint Phalle , Jonathan Meese , Daniel Spoerri , André Butzer , Erwin Olaf , Peter Fischli and David Weiss , Meret Oppenheim , Daniel Richter and Katherine Bernhardt .
founder
Salsali was born in Tehran in 1964 and studied economics, strategic management and marketing in Germany and England with a focus on industrial design. In 1993 he graduated from the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
Parallel to his studies, he was also active in the raw materials industry. He founded a management consultancy for the installation of innovative and environmentally friendly technologies in oil companies. He later got involved in the real estate business and campaigned for the preservation of historic buildings.
Ramin Salsali started his art collection when he was 21 years old. Since 2000 he has been trying to find a way to share his art with the public. In April 2011 he decided to open a private museum in Dubai. The SPM is the first private museum for contemporary art in the Arab art world, in which over 500 works from Salsali's collection are presented. These are divided into forms of expression such as painting, photography, film art and sculpture.
Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum , Vice-President of the UAE, Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai became aware of Salsali and honored him in 2010, 2011 and 2012 for his help and commitment to the Dubai art scene as "Patron of the Arts".
Forum for collectors
Salsali advocates the theory that an art collection is itself art and therefore a collector is also an artist. His museum is not only a museum, but also a center where international collectors meet to exchange ideas. In the SPM collectors, gallery owners and artists are to be networked with one another.
Web links
- SPM website , English
Individual evidence
- ^ Simpson Colin: Salsali Private Museum opens with an exhibition of five pieces . In: The National , November 13, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ The Salsali Private Museum Opening in Dubai . The Islamic Arts Magazine. October 29, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ↑ Show OFF! . Kind in Asia. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ↑ Simpson Colin: Dubai art museum scheduled to open in November . In: The National , September 24, 2011. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ^ The Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Patrons of the Arts Awards . The Government of UAE. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
- ↑ Collector Lounge http://www.salsalipm.com/en/article/salsali/collector-lounge.html
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