Nadim Abbas

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Nadim Abbas (born 1980, Hong Kong) is a Hong Kong installation artist.

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Biography

Abbas received his BFA from London's Chelsea College of Art & Design and MPhil from the University of Hong Kong Department of Comparative Literature. He teaches at the City University Hong Kong School of Creative Media and the Hong Kong Art School/ RMIT University. [1]

Work

Abbas's practice includes heavily-researched installation and sculptural works that play on the psychological patterns of everyday objects and kitsch. [2] His work draws thematic inspiration from literature, science and psychology.

His first solo exhibition was the "Cataract" at Experimenta, on 2010. [3] Other works included are "Marine Lover" at ART HK 11, and a collaboration with Saamlung Gallery on a project for the 2012 Hong Kong International Art Fair. [4]

For Art Basel Hong Kong in 2014, Abbas was invited by Absolut to collaborate on an "art bar", an art installation doubling as a pop up bar during Art Basel fairs around the world. [5] Abbas' concept called "Apocalypse Postponed" drew inspiration from Science Fiction films, 20th century military architecture and defensive plans such as The Atlantic Wall and the Swiss National Redoubt, creating a bunker-like environment, constructed from sand bags, with blacked-out windows within a 7000 square foot space. [6] [7] [8]

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References

  1. Abbas, Nadim (2013-08-01). "Nadim Abbas Biography" (PDF). Artist CV. Retrieved 2015-01-05.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)[ permanent dead link ]
  2. Peckham, Robin (2010-11-30). "Nadim Abbas". Artforum Online. Retrieved 2015-01-06.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  3. "Hong Kong Art: Visual Archive". finearts.hku.hk. Retrieved 2015-09-22.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  4. DeWolf, Christopher (2011-05-12). "Hong Kong Artist Nadim Abbas and his dead coral reef". CNN Go. Archived from the original on 2012-01-14. Retrieved 2015-01-08.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  5. Neuman, Saskia (2014-05-01). "Introducing Nadim Abbas". Absolute Website. Retrieved 2015-01-05.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  6. Naji, Cassandra (2014-05-01). "Apocalypse Postponed: Nadim Abbas at Art Basel Hong Kong". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-08.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  7. Peckham, Robin (2014-05-12). "Another Apocalypse: Nadim Abbas". Aesthetica Magazine. Retrieved 2015-01-08.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)
  8. "Apocalypse Postponed: Absolut Art Bar by Nadim Abbas". My Art Guides. 2014-05-12. Archived from the original on 2014-10-20. Retrieved 2015-01-08.CS1 maint: discouraged parameter (link)