Gulf Labor releases its 2015 report as part of its activities at the Venice Biennale.
The report includes sections on:
Field report India
Field report UAE
Restricted movements
The full report is here: 29 pages, pdf
Category Archives: News
Gulf Labor at the 56th Venice Biennale
Gulf Labor Coalition is presenting three events at the Biennial including 1) a program of informational panels that will focus on our ongoing research into the nexus of art+labor+capital as it is congealing in Abu Dhabi and the UAE at the Arena, 2) a celebratory pageant performance at S.a.L.E.-Docks and 3) the launch of our new book also at S.a.L.E.-Docks in only a few weeks. The program is as below:
Building Solidarity
Paula Chakravartty, a member of Gulf Labor Coalition, responds to an article published in ArtFCity on June 3rd titled, “Too Little Too Late: The Art World’s Letter-Writing Campaign to the UAE.”
A Response to “Construction on the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has not begun”
The Guggenheim Foundation has repeatedly claimed, and insisted to the press that “Construction on the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi has not yet begun.”
Really?
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AMCA issues statement in support of barred artists
The Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran and Turkey (AMCA) has expressed solidarity with the artists and academics denied entry into the United Arab Emirates. AMCA is an international organization whose aim is to advance the study of modern and contemporary art in the Arab World, Iran and Turkey.
Their statement in full:
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Statement by Artists of the 12th Sharjah Biennial
Please find below the statement issued by the participating artists of the 12th Sharjah Biennial in support of fellow artists Ashok Sukumaran and Walid Raad, who were recently denied entry into the UAE.
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Akademie Der Künste Der Welt supports barred artists, academics
The AKADEMIE DER KÜNSTE DER WELT (Academy of the Arts of the World Cologne) has issued a statement against the travel bans imposed on Andrew Ross, Ashok Sukumaran and Walid Raad, a founding member of the academy.
Their statement in full:
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L’Internationale issues statement in solidarity with barred artists
L’Internationale, a European confederation of six modern and contemporary art institutions, has issued a statement in support of Andrew Ross, Ashok Sukumaran and Walid Raad, who have been denied entry into the United Arab Emirates. The confederation works to create a space for art that connects museum collections, archives, technology and artistic research.
L’Internationale’s statement:
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CIMAM supports barred artists, asks involved museums to respond
The International Committee for Museums and Collections of Modern Art (CIMAM) has issued a statement in support of Walid Raad, Andrew Ross and Ashok Sukumaran, who were all denied entry to the UAE. CIMAM is an organisation of over 400 museum representatives from 63 countries, and is the author of among other guidelines, a code of ethics for museums.
Their statement in full:
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Gulf Labor Statement on Two More of its Members Being Denied Entry to the UAE
To:
Guggenheim, New York and Abu Dhabi
Louvre, Paris and Abu Dhabi
New York University (NYU), New York and Abu Dhabi
Tourism Development & Investment Company (TDIC), Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA), Abu Dhabi
Sharjah Art Foundation (SAF), Sharjah
Art Dubai, Dubai
Salama Bint Hamdan Al Nahyan Foundation, Abu Dhabi
This week artists Ashok Sukumaran and Walid Raad were denied entry to the UAE on grounds of “security”. This comes after NYU professor Andrew Ross was similarly barred from flying to Abu Dhabi in March. Given Sukumaran and Raad’s history of vital and sustained engagement with the country and region, invited or celebrated by many of you addressed in this letter, the only possible reason to suddenly have three such integral parts of our art and academic community denied entry, must be their involvement with the Gulf Labor Coalition.
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