# Provisions for the Future and Past of the Coming Days
Θ Sharjah Biennale , 16.03~16.05.2009, Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah, UAE
http://www.sharjahart.org/biennial/sharjah-biennial-9/information
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2009~ 2008
NinKI : UoPD (Urgency of Proximate Drawing)
ink, gel-based rollerball pen,felt-tip, correction fluid, acrylic paint and paper. Sizes of drawings vary.
• Nigata,Japan, 2009, Echigo-Tsumati Art Triennale (Dynamo Art Project), `Anole & Sentient Homology`
• Sharjah,UAE, 2009, Sharjah Biennale,`RRR (Rally Round Rajah)` at Halcyon Tarp Project
• Tokyo, Japan,2008, The University of the Arts, `Anole`
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What is `Urgency of Proximate Drawing` ?
About NinKi:UoPD
`Ninki` is a Japanese word which means Popular. The `Ninki Art Project` of drawing and/on photographs consist of numerous archetypal images of popular celebrities in vague appearance. Their activities and character are anarchistic and individualized. The popular celebrities such as Michael Jackson, Mike Tyson, Zinedine Zidan, Diego Maradona, Shoib Akhter (world`s fastest cricket bowler), Asashoryu (25 times top division Sumo champion in Japan) are all popular icons during their span of career, but all have been blemished by controversy for one reason or another.
Firoz Mahmud focuses on celebrities in excited, playful, sporty and happy moments. He draws remarkable lines where they are about to fall or feel hard to gesture in the photographs. Their idolized appearances are highlighted by protective line drawings that display an awareness of the performative ethos of iconic expression. The lines underneath the falling position imply the stardoms can`t fall down from the gestures and positions that they are held in.
RRR (Rally Round Raja)
Urgency of Proximate Drawing (NinKi:UoPD) at 9th Sharjah Biennale 2009
Sharjah Art Museum, Sharjah , UAE
19 March - 16 May 2009
RRR Urgency of Proximate Drawing (NinKi:UoPD) is at the green pavilion `Halcyon Tarp`
