ifa gallery is pleased to announce its participation in ARTPARIS+GUESTS 2010, opening on 17 March and running 18-22 March 2010.

For this very first ARTPARIS+GUESTS - an extension of the regular art fair framework - ifa gallery has invited curators Marie de Moussac and Pia Copper to join, widening its China and South-East Asia perspective, to contribute a selection of works of artists from Iran and the Middle East.

This year, ifa gallery will welcome a performance and installation by Dai Guangyu, whose focus is the use of ink in his framework of art.
The performance will take place near the booth on Thursday 18 March 7PM and on Saturday 20 March 3.30PM.

ifa gallery will also be presenting the Gao Brothers Utopia of Construction, a composite of images of tiny men enclosed in infinitely duplicated windows, denouncing the urban dream of planners and architects; and a curious video describing the surreal day dreams of young artist Li Ming where an excavator combs the hair of an unidentified woman. Six pairs of Tong Yan Ru'nan's Brothers will also be on display. Aside from these works, will be sculptures by Pham Ngoc Duong - two eerily compacted members from his Gold Family series - and Dinh Y Nhi's oils on canvas that relate the harrowing stories of not only women in Asia, but of people the world over.

Marie de Moussac & Pia Copper will present 'Under the Veil', an exhibition whose artists are often censored in their home countries but still manage to work out of their studios and produce outstanding work.

Finally, ifa gallery will present new drawings from Arnaud de Gramont, incarnations of internal body organs hovering in space.

ifa gallery + Marie de Moussac & Pia Copper bring to light artists from China and across Asia, from Beijing to Paris, via Hangzhou, Chengdu, Vietnam, Iran and the Middle East to the new edition of ARTPARIS.

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ARTPARIS+GUESTS

ARTPARIS+GUESTS is stretching the limits of conventional art shows by creating a new modern and contemporary art fair format centered around exclusive artistic projects, rather than a series of traditional booths.
Its ambition is to become a crossover exchange platform reflecting the dynamic and vitality of the art world in Paris and of the international art scene.

For more information about ARTPARIS, go to www.artparis.fr  

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ifa gallery

ifa gallery is committed to exhibiting contemporary art from Asia with a focus on contemporary Chinese artists, South-East Asian artists and international artists based in or associated with Asia. The gallery has been representing both established and emerging artists since it's beginning in 2006 and presents works of all medium including painting, photography, drawing, video, installation and performance art.

Initially based in the Shanghai art district M50, the gallery moved and is now housed in a charming residence from the 1920s that was previously the home of a British official of the Customs House. The 200 square metre exhibition spaces span four levels. The gallery offers an innovative and artistic angle to the central part of the city and acts as an artistic meeting point for contemporary art in Shanghai.

For more information about ifa gallery, go to www.ifa-gallery.com  

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GUESTS

Marie de Moussac is a curator of Middle Eastern contemporary art. She has travelled widely in the region (including Iran and the UAE), lived in Kabul for a year and discovered many young creative artists across the region. Among the artists she wants to promote for this art fair are: Reza Aramesh, Rockni and Ramin Haerizadeh (Iran), Lid Abdul (Afghanistan), Lalla Essaidi (Morocco) and Zoulikha Bouabdellah (Algeria).

Pia Copper is an art expert and curator specializing in Chinese art, and with a particular interest for the art of Iran and the Middle East. She has promoted several young artists in shows in Paris and abroad (including Ma Liuming, Li Tianbing, Lu Fei Fei, the Gao Brothers and Zhong Biao). She recently travelled to Iran and met with many young emerging talents there. Ali Reza Massoumi, Shadi Ghadirian, Bahman Jalali, Afshin Pirashemi, Feyredoon Omidi and Khaled El Saai (from Syria) are part of the selection her collector's eye has fallen upon in the ateliers of Tehran and Damascus.