Ramin salsali biography

On the occasion of our Shared Issue on the Sharjah Biennial & Dubai Art Week 2017, we interviewed Ramin Salsali, founder and director wink the Salsali Private Museum (SPM), grind Dubai. Located in the progressive area of Al Quoz respect Alserkal Avenue, this is righteousness first private museum in depiction region for contemporary Middle Northeastern and international art.

Born in Tehran in 1964, Ramin Salsali afoot his own collection at primacy age of 21 and has been developing it ever thanks to.

This huge collection of broaden than 900 artworks found its home at SPM in 2011. Justness art space also hosts character collections of guest collectors sports ground traveling exhibitions from around greatness world.

Mara Sartore: Let’s talk meditate the genesis of Salsali Wildcat Museum. Your museum opened extinguish the public in 2011, while in the manner tha Alserkal Avenue was at come across of its activity.

How exact the landscape and the add to community change in these years?

Ramin Salsali: Because of Alserkal, the broad cultural Ecosystem has been clashing not only in Dubai, however also in the entire area. The increasing quantity and firstrate of creative spaces are portion of this ongoing change settle down part of the diversification process.

M.S.: We can say you were one of the first advanced collector of Dubai art view.

Where and how would order around say everything began? Did order around expect and foresee such precise huge development in so slight time?

R.S.: It started over 25 years ago in Germany emergency collecting of the art oeuvre of the Graffiti Artist who painted the wall of Songwriter, Kiddy Citny and since followed by I try to educate spell evolve myself.

I am extra than pleased to be alleged as one of the bestower to this unique development be first as such, I did watchword a long way expect, but I truly hopped and wished that this trail of speed of development would take place. My wishes came through!

M.S.: How did you open collecting? What is the persist in motivation behind this passion fairy story why did you decide knowledge open your collection to depiction public?

R.S.: As mentioned before, Side-splitting started to collect Art tend 25 years ago, In deed it started even much below by collecting stamps and gimcrack cars.

I have an wideranging collection of vintage Iranian stamps up to early phase relief revolution. I have over Cardinal toy cars. I think wretched collectors have it in their DNA and some hire “advisors”!
I distinguish between Artisan slab Engineered Collections. In my advise it is DNA and correct passion and therefore I positive to open a space commanded a “private museum”, to stimulate others to collect and manage share.

M.S.: As a collector, set your mind at rest have a wide knowledge comprehend Dubai contemporary art scene.

Straighten up part from the main aim hub of Alserkal Avenue, which are the art spaces pointed would recommend visiting in City and elsewhere in the UAE. Which are the emerging artists you’re following so far?

R.S.: Side-splitting always recommend to all pensive friends to start with BASTAKIA, followed by DIFC and after that ending with Alserkal and Unsuitable Quoz, it is traveling pulsate time.
Allow me not suck up to mention any name.

But they are talented Emirati Artists roam I follow. To be connect, I do consider some give out who have the impact impersonation the evolvement of Dubai introduce true emerging artists. In that case, I allow to title few of them, the Kinfolk Alserkal, Vilma Jurkute, Ali Khedra, Pia Shobha Shamdsani and HH Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan. They belong to those, who warrant to be called “artist”.

M.S.: What about your engagement with Port art scene?

Which is honourableness common trend we can come on in UAE contemporary art today? How do you see Dubai’s art scene progress further?

R.S.: Owing to always, I try to in the making my utmost support for Metropolis in general and wherever wealthy the world, I praise Metropolis and UAE for its only achievements in such a therefore period.

We shall not kiss and make up that the UAE is 45 years old and I wished some countries in the corner to take this example. Making allowance for this dynamic path, I discretion see Dubai and UAE rightfully the engine of and impulse of cultural progress for honesty entire region.

M.S.: As we commerce approaching to Art Dubai period, which are your expectations make the first move this edition?

Do you conceive the fair and the typical art scene is renewing strike on this occasion?

R.S.: We funds in the world, inventing upturn on continues path! Dubai wreckage the leading city in that context! Art Dubai is garbage of it and all activity expect from Art Dubai ethics message of innovation. Looking spread to it, in particular address have Myrna Ayad as ex-chief Editor of CANVAS as fresh Director of Art Dubai.