SUZANNE COTTER AND RASHA SALTI NAMED CURATORS OF THE TENTH SHARJAH BIENNIAL

The Sharjah Art Foundation has announced the appointment of Suzanne Cotter and Rasha Salti as joint curators of the tenth edition of the Sharjah Biennial, “Plot for a Biennial.” Opening on March 16, 2011, the biennial will present new and specially commissioned works by contemporary artists, filmmakers, writers, and performers from across the region and internationally. A press release states, “[D]eveloping on the geographic reach and the focus on new production of previous biennials, ‘Plot for a Biennial’ will merge what have traditionally been parallel formats of exhibition, film, and performance into a multivalent sequence of encounters in sites across the Sharjah Cultural Quarter. In its visual, spatial and temporal dimensions, ‘Plot for a Biennial’ attempts to reflect the hybrid nature of contemporary artistic practice, and the singularity of artistic positions as part of a set of shared concerns and consequences.”