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Friday, 31, March, 2006 (01, Rabi` al-Awwal, 1427)



      Saudi Women Show Their Art at Bahrain Exhibition
      Mazen Mahdi, Arab News

     
        
            

            Saudi Princess Nouf bint Bandar Al-Saud speaks during a press 
conference in Manama, Bahrain, on Wednesday. (EPA)    
            
      MANAMA, 31 March 2006 - An ambitious plan to bring Saudi and Gulf women 
artists to the world by giving them wider exposure has been launched by a Saudi 
princess.

      Princess Nouf bint Bandar Al-Saud said Wednesday during a press 
conference here that she hopes the art exhibitions for Saudi women she has been 
endorsing evolve into a venue to promote Gulf women artists globally.

      "I am hoping that an exchange between the different Gulf and Arab 
cultures in the field of the arts would take place during these events, helping 
us to reach the same standing with the global arts movement," she said. "My 
dream is to have art pieces from the Gulf that have a global touch displayed in 
museums and private galleries worldwide." 

      Princess Nouf is in Bahrain to promote a five-day art exhibition for 25 
Saudi women artists that will open on Sunday.

      She added that Saudi women had been taking more of an active role in all 
aspects of society, which is reflected by their contributions to the fine arts 
movement there. "Fine arts does not play a big part in the life of people here 
as does poetry and writing. It is a relatively new phenomena in the Gulf," she 
said. "We are hoping to change that as more and more people take notice of this 
cultural reflection of society."

      Princess Nouf, who is the director of the Riyadh-based Lahd Gallery of 
Fine Arts that opened in December 2005, pointed out that she found being a 
woman director of the gallery has made it easier for other Saudi women to 
approach her to promote their work.

      "We are a large country with a conservative society. That is why women 
find it easier to deal with women to promote their works," she said.

      The five-day exhibition "Eye on Jeddah" will feature more than 50 pieces 
by Saudi women artists from Jeddah and the Eastern Province.

      "We have a mixture of known and unknown names at the gallery because the 
aim is to encourage the fine arts movement and give exposure to those who are 
lesser known," she said.

      The pieces in the upcoming exhibition had already gone on show in Riyadh 
and Kuwait.

      Princess Nouf said that she was pleased that Bahrain's Deputy Secretary 
for Culture and National Heritage Sheikha Mai bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa, who has 
been the driving force behind promoting Bahrain as a cultural hub, will be 
opening the exhibition.

      "She is someone who has a deep appreciation for culture and arts that is 
why I happy that she would be the one opening it," she said.

      Princess Nouf - who studied genetics at Kings College in London and 
currently works as a doctor - is an artist herself. 
     


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