BUANASENI

• Reflection of what society is concerned with
• Safer alternative to direct verbal opinion – in Egypt 40,000 jailed
• Medium of philosophical package
• Expression on politics, economics and social issues
• Allowing immediate response to issues in life

• Cultural space for all to be involved immediately across all faculties
• If it portrays unexplainable matters, value of art will be destroyed
• The need for expression is stronger than economic needs of art
• Collectors do not drive contemporary art direction
• What artists experience in daily lives that drive contemporary art
• Manifestation of life into expressions that artists cannot escape
• Must immediately happen in response to issues in life

• Professionalised artists positively
• Encodes knowledge in the body of art (as opposed to other genre)
• Encourages plurality of medium used for art

• Continuity of contemporary art needs periodic pause
• The pauses are “autumn/winter” before it can “spring/summer”
• New ideas require gestation of mind searching and experience
• Too much judgement from public tends to kill contemporary art

• Art Basel has always been nominated by the Big 4: USA, Germany, Switzerland and UK for the past 45 years
• It started on the basis of merchants trading currencies in fairs on private basis to allow international trade
• Naturally Basel became a place for art exchange for those traders whom became the traditional movers of art economic culture
• More than 50% of the art slots are given to European gallerists
• There is a move to push for more art slots from other countrie
• In year 2000, art movement in Brazil grew when collectors start being appointed on the boards of art museums and as a result, Art Basel has since started to allow more art slots for South Americans
• As an extension to Art Basel, Art Basel Miami and Art Basel Hong Kong were introduced to house more slots from other countries
• Saatchi London has shown initiative to be more global by introducing special sections for African art and South American art

• A significant factor discouraging art economics would be tax rates on art sales: Brazil at 60% and China at 30%
• Data shows that there is a correlation of artists who gets approved for Art Basel with their successful placement to do art shows at galleries and museums
• Art now seen to be a catalyst for the tourism drive evident by the increase in businesses in Miami because of Art Basel Miami
• The auctions in China is still predominantly show casing classical art but they are increasingly receptive in accepting contemporary art
• Many organisations now offer art residency: Foundation Gallerie Lafayatte in Paris, Google Paris Residency and The Land in Thailand
• Other art fairs are gaining momentum: Art Bienniel Manifesta II (2016) in Zurich that offers grants for international young artists aged 25 – 40
• Why Zurich? Global culture and; where money is, art gets support

“Whoever recites Ayatul Kursi immediately after each prescribed Prayer, there will be nothing standing between him and his entering Paradise except death.” [Narrated by an-Nasaaee. Imaam Al-Albaanee authenticated it in Saheeh al Jam i as-Sagheer : 6464]

Subsequent to the sale of the painting, the buyer requested a revision whereby not too much white should be apparent. Hence, I have revisited in reworking this piece that is now appearing as below:

The completion of this work was witnessed by my two art friends, Azhar and Fuad, MyCreative Venture's first entrepreneurs.

“Whoever recites Ayatul Kursi immediately after each prescribed Prayer, there will be nothing standing between him and his entering Paradise except death.” [Narrated by an-Nasaaee. Imaam Al-Albaanee authenticated it in Saheeh al Jam i as-Sagheer : 6464]

Subsequent to the sale of the painting, the buyer requested a revision whereby not too much white should be apparent. Hence, I have revisited in reworking this piece that is now appearing as below: