POLITICAL PATTERNS – Changing Ornaments is the third exhibition in the series Cultural Transfers at the ifa galleries in Berlin and Stuttgart; the exhibition also marks the 20th anniversary of the ifa gallery Berlin, which was established in 1991.

The exhibition POLITICAL PATTERNS turns towards the changing role of ornaments in today’s globalised world. Doris Bittar en, Adriana Czernin, Parastou Forouhar, Abdulnasser Gharem, Aisha Khalid, Zena el Khalil, Imran Qureshi and Philip Taaffe are presenting a strong social and political message through the beautiful and decorative ornaments.

Dates of the exhibition:

ifa gallery Berlin
08.07. – 03.10.2011
ifa gallery Stuttgart
21.10. – 18.12.2011

Some highlights from the exhibition:

Main photo (above):
Abdulnasser Gharem, Men at Work, from the series Restored Behaviour, 2010 / Courtesy: Barjeel Art Foundation, Maraya Art Centre, Sheikh Sultan Sooud Al-Qassemias / © Copyright Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

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Imran Qureshi, Opening word of this new scripture, 2010 / © Copyright Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

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Parastou Forouhar, November 22”, 2011, from the series “Time of butterfly” / © Copyright Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

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Adriana Czernin, Sting (Investigation of the inside), 2010 / © Copyright Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen

See all artists here:
http://www.ifa.de/en/exhibitions/dt/ifa-gallery-berlin/

Source: Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen


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