"Sharjah culture" It honors the winners of the Visual Critical Research Award in its 16th session
Sharjah, 10 December / WAM / Under the patronage of His Highness Sheikh Dr. Sultan bin Muhammad Al Qasimi, Member of the Supreme Council and Ruler of Sharjah, the Sharjah Department of Culture today honored at its headquarters the winners of the 16th session of the Sharjah Award for Fine Critical Research, organized by the Department of Cultural Affairs, under the title “Inspiring Heritage in Contemporary Fine Art.”
The honoring ceremony was attended by His Excellency Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Owais, Head of the Department of Culture, and Mohammed Ibrahim Al Qaseer, Director of the Department of Cultural Affairs at the Department, Secretary-General of the Award, in addition to the winners, the jury, the audience of artists, and those interested in research matters.
Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Qaseer said: Today we celebrate honoring an elite group of Arab researchers who have made many contributions in the field of fine art criticism and have enriched the artistic scene with distinguished scientific efforts and qualitative cognitive approaches, praising the continued patronage of His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah for the award.
He explained that His Highness the Ruler of Sharjah gave the plastic arts special attention, extending to their depth of knowledge, not only as a creative act, but also as part of the cultural structure in which the identity of the Arab person is formed. Under the wise vision of His Highness, the Sharjah Award for Fine Critical Research was established to be the first in the Arab world in its specialty and to open a scientific space in which researchers and critics meet to consolidate visual taste and understand the aesthetic contexts in which contemporary Arab experiences are shaped.
For his part, Muhammad Ibrahim Al-Qaseer explained that the sixteenth session of the award dealt with a very important topic: “Inspiring heritage in contemporary plastic art,” which is an axis that touches on the essence of Arab identity and calls for questions of memory and how the heritage is present in new visual forms that respond to the transformations of the times. This year, the award received 46 papers from various Arab countries, a number that reflects the widening circle of interest in aesthetic studies and the position that the award occupies in the Arab cultural scene.
The first place went to Ezz El-Din Bourka from Morocco for his research, “Manifestations of Heritage and Identity in Contemporary Visual Patterns: A Cultural Approach,” and the second place went to Ahmed Gamal Eid from Egypt for his research, “Visual Memory: Arab Heritage in the Manifestations of Contemporary Fine Art,” while the third place went to Riad bin Al-Haj Ahmed from Tunisia for his research, “The Image of the Horse in Contemporary Arab Arts: Towards Deconstructing the Symbol and Creating a Different Discourse.”
In conclusion, Al Owais and Al Quseir honored the judging panel and the winners by handing them certificates of appreciation and commemorative shields in appreciation of their creative efforts.
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