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The artworks displayed at the 4th Sharjah Children Biennial have received overwhelming interest by visitors and connoisseurs of art and creativity due to the high artistic skills showed by children and young people who created the works.
The biennial, which showcases nearly 550 artworks created by children and young people from 11 Arab and Foreign countries, will move to the Children’s Center in Mughayder, as of 9th January.
Organised by the Department of Children Centres in Sharjah in collaboration with the Sharjah Museums Department (SMD), the biennial is held across six halls, with each one asking a question: Where, How, When, Who, What, and Why — all part of the current edition’s theme ‘Questions’.
The exhibited works include paintings, sculptures, installations, photography, and multimedia, among other areas, with all works created by creative children and young people aged 6-18 years.
In an attempt to teach children how to express the details of their biographies and their wishes in a fun manner, a group of children are exhibiting their works in a section titled “Decipher the Code” where they show some features of their biographies through encoded shapes and numbers, so as to give visitors a chance to enjoy decoding these shapes and figures and transforming them into understandable texts.
As visitors step into the “Decipher the Code” section, they will see a table in red and white, drawn on the section’s floor. The table explains each shape and figure portrayed in the eight murals created by children who used blue, red and yellow in painting them. In one of the paintings, visitors can even explore the wishes of a child who dreams of travelling, reading stories and getting an “iPad” along with “desserts”.
The encoded paintings are not limited to the innocent wishes and biographies of children, but also include questions about phenomena and events happening around them. Asking these questions does not mean that the young artists were unable to come up with answers, but it is an attempt to involve parents and teachers in decoding what children are thinking of.
Emirati artist Nasser Nasrallah, Curator of Sharjah Children Biennial said, “The aim of these works is to combine fun and education and to develop the mental and artistic abilities of children by training them on how to turn questions in their minds and their life details into shapes, figures, and colours. And because the questions and texts are encoded, visitors, who see these works, must stop and think how to explore the meanings behind them, and this is what we are seeking through these paintings created by children, who may become talented artists and authors in the future.”
The Sharjah Children Biennial, which was first launched in 2008, is the first-of-its-kind event dedicated exclusively to children in the UAE and the Gulf region. The biennial has expanded to take on a global facet, attracting creative works and positioning itself as a leading event committed to supporting children’s artistic skills and upgrading these skills towards higher levels of pioneering and creativity.
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