MICA Gallery
 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: appears to be defunct for many years. (October 2023) |
 Pavilion Road, MICA Gallery is on the right | |
  Location within Greater London | |
| Established | 2007 |
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| Location | Pavilion Road, [ Knightsbridge, London, UK |
| Coordinates | 51°29′35″N 0°9′31″W / 51.49306°N 0.15861°W |
| Founder | Reedah El-Saie |
MICA Gallery is an art gallery located near the Cadogan Gardens junction on Pavilion Road, Knightsbridge, London, England.
It was the first gallery in the United Kingdom to focus on modern Islamic art.
Description and nomenclature
[edit]MICA is an abbreviation of Modern Islamic and Contemporary Art.
The gallery is 1,500 square feet (140 m2) in size and specialises in Modern Islamic and Contemporary art.[1]
History
[edit]The gallery was founded by Reedah El-Saie in 2007.[1] It was the first gallery in the United Kingdom to focus on modern Islamic art.[2]
El-Saie, is a British-Pakistani barrister married to an Egyptian in London, and has used the gallery to promote the work of young British-Pakistani artists such as Nurjan, Khaver Idrees, Maaida Noor, and Shafaq Ahmed.[3]
Exhibitions
[edit]In 2010, the gallery exhibited work by British visual artist Lateefa Spiker.[4] In July 2011 the gallery hosted the recent Egyptian art exhibition From Facebook to Nassbook.[5][6] The exhibition was dedicated to the memory of the Egyptian artist Ahmed Bassiony, who died in sniper fire during the 2011 Egyptian revolution.[2] The same year, the gallery exhibited calligraphy by Iranian artist Hamid Ajami.[7]
Ashraf Fodais's 2012 installation Stones from Tahrir Square was described as "quietly and majestically thought-provoking" by Ben East, writing in The National.[8] Also in 2012, the gallery hosted The Brit Pak exhibition of emerging British Pakistan artists' work.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Mica Gallery". King's Road. Archived from the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 22 February 2012.
- ^ a b (2011) MICA GALLERY: THE FIRST GALLERY TO SPECIALIZE IN MODERN & CONTEMPORARY ISLAMIC ART IN UK Archived 12 August 2021 at the Wayback Machine (An Interview with Reedah El-Saie), Islamic Arts Magazine, Issue 7,
- ^ Saira Rasheed (8 March 2012). "A mecca for art in London". The Express Tribune. Archived from the original on 28 November 2021. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ "Unravelling Disorder - Profile Of Artist Lateefa Spiker". Emel. April 2010. Archived from the original on 18 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ Jonathan Jones (4 July 2011). "Art captures the rush of Egypt's revolution". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 14 March 2023. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
- ^ Elkamel, Sara (3 July 2011). "Khaled Hafez: Living Art - Visual Art - Arts & Culture". Ahram Online. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "VISUAL POETRY: BEAUTIFUL CALLIGRAPHY". Islamic Arts Magazine. Archived from the original on 16 February 2020. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ East, Ben (23 August 2012). "Can artistic merit be found in swiftly produced Arab Spring works?". The National (Abu Dhabi). Archived from the original on 23 January 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
- ^ "Kaleidoscope Of Cultures". Emel. July 2012. Archived from the original on 16 August 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
