Essay | Naima Morelli

Published! Set yourself up for a 2022 full of art for Global Comment

24-12-2021

The question each one of us who loves art, and perhaps works in the art field must ask oneself is: with much uncertainty still looming in the upcoming year, how do artists, curators, art writers, and art appreciators keep themselves in the loop, not only growing their artistic sensitivity, but also becoming a vehicle for change towards a better society?

Global Comment has published my piece where I detail some strategies and a framework to re-articulate our approach to the art world in 2022 with renewed energy.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Etel Adnan on Middle East Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

08-12-2021

English, Essay, Middle East, Published

Lebanese artist Etel Adnan in her home and studio, Paris. Photo: Stefan Ruiz

Sometimes you get the chance to delve deeper into the work of great artists only when they pass away and images of their art starts popping up here and there. This was the case for me with the ouvre of Lebanese artist Etel Adnan. I encountered her work upon her passing, and was mesmerized by it.

I quickly learned she had a life like no others, and at this point I couldn’t help myself writing about it. And I did, for Middle East Monitor. It goes without saying, when you write about art which deeply resonates with you, it’s really a blessing. The pen is aligned with the heart.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Interview with Ruben Pang on Plural Art Mag

By: Naima Morelli

07-04-2021

Interview, Published, Singapore, Singapore Series

“Before you start painting, you’re a person in flux, multi-dimensional and colourful. You decide what characteristics you want to embody as a painter prior to entering the studio each day, ” says Ruben Pang from his studio in Sardinia, Italy.

I have interviewed the artist for Plural Art Mag for his new online solo show at Primo Marella Gallery.

Here is the link to the interview

Beyond pandemic fatigue: craving a rebirth

By: Naima Morelli

24-03-2021

Essay

Una rinascita. A rebirth. A resurrection.
As it has appeared to me with increasing clarity in the past few weeks, this is not about how things will look from the outside, in line after the pandemic. It will rather be about how things will feel like, which is in turn determined by what things mean.
Although life has been good to me during these endless series of lockdowns and red zones going on in Italy, I am finally starting to feel a bit of pandemic fatigue, just like everyone. And like everyone, I’m looking in the way my attitude can overturn the situation, transforming it into a precious lesson. I’m looking for a shift in perception.

Published! How a stuntwoman created a badass community during the pandemic

By: Naima Morelli

28-01-2021

English, Essay, News

MUST WATCH] Badass Staff Spinning Reel | Michelle C. Smith - YouTube

Global Comment just published a piece of mine which is a bit different from what I usually write.

It’s an article about Canada-based teacher, actor and stuntwoman Michelle Christa Smith, who showed up every day on YouTube and Instagram from the very start of the pandemic, teaching not only her signature style of staff spinning, but also resilience, consistency, and building an amazing virtual community.

I know because, of course, I practiced along!

Here is the link to the article

Published! Samandal, Lebanese graphic novelists collective

By: Naima Morelli

21-11-2020

English, Essay, Interview, Middle East, Published

Middle East Monitor has just published my interview with Lena Merhej, Karen Keyrouz and Barrack Rima, members of the Lebanese comics collective Samandal

Here is the link to the article

Reality, all of it

By: Naima Morelli

24-08-2020

English, Essay, Italy

Three weeks ago, I met with my friend Rod in Naples and we decided to give up our egos.
He was coming from Rome by train, I was coming from Sorrento by train also and I was very late, since the boats going across the gulf were cancelled.

That was the first time I saw Rod after the lockdown happened in March. Last time we met, we were conjuring up a show in Venice for a leading Indonesian artist, together with another great Asia-expert curator. We were thrilled, and Rod in particular was juggling the excitement for a new curatorial adventure, with the alertness for the new Covid restriction on his workplace, and finally the realization that he had to work on expressing more his emotions.

Published! Age of anxiety in Sharjah on Al-Monitor

By: Naima Morelli

24-03-2020

English, Essay, Interview, Middle East, Published, Review

The webmagazine Al-Monitor has just published my article on the exhibition “Art in the Age of Anxiety” at the Sharjah Art Foundation.

The exhibition (now postponed) looked at online technology and communications feeding existential angst. It seems more relevant than ever today amid the global fears due to the coronavirus outbreak and the extensive information available.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Palestinian political posters show on MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

18-03-2020

English, Essay, Interview, Middle East, Published, Review

The exhibition at Palestinian Museum “Glimmer of a Grove Beyond” aims to outline the links between landscape representations and historical circumstances, through the medium of political posters.

Such posters came to prominence in Palestine between the mid-1960s and late-1980s as a means of motivating and mobilising political support in the national movement and revolution, and its armed struggle.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Aïda Muluneh on MEMO

By: Naima Morelli

05-03-2020

English, Essay, North Africa, Published

The webmagazine Middle East Monitor has just published my interview with Ethiopian artist Aida Muluneh, an artist whose work I deeply admire.

Born in Ethiopia in 1974, Aïda Muluneh left the country at a young age. Her global upbringing helped her to develop a multiplicity of viewpoints. Inspired by Ethiopia, she transcends it, making her subjects universal metaphors.

Here is the link to the piece

Published! Singapore as new gateway for the SEA art scene

By: Naima Morelli

28-02-2020

Essay, Published, Reportage, Research, Singapore

The Australian webmagazine Artshub has just published my new piece titled “Why Singapore is the new gateway for the Southeast Asian art scene”

I had a steady collaboration with this amazing platform in the past, which started when I was actually living in Melbourne and carried on throughout the different changes of base.

It was interesting to connect my three years of research on the Singapore contemporary art scene with what I could appreciate last month during the Singapore Art Week.

Of course, my piece is very positive because it’s no mystery that I love Singapore and I have a lot of faith in the way things are developing there.

Here is the link to the article

Published! Pneuma show in Singapore on Qantara

By: Naima Morelli

21-02-2020

English, Essay, Interview, Singapore, Visit

How to talk about spiritual matters in a highly secularised, hyper-pragmatic society? This was the question artists exhibiting in the show “Pneuma: Of Spirituality in Contemporary Age” at the Stamford Art Centre in Singapore grappled with during the 2020 Singapore Art Week.

The webmagazine Qantara has just published my piece on the show.

Here is the link to the piece

Naima Morelli

Published! Set yourself up for a 2022 full of art for Global Comment

Published! Etel Adnan on Middle East Monitor

Published! Interview with Ruben Pang on Plural Art Mag

Beyond pandemic fatigue: craving a rebirth

Published! How a stuntwoman created a badass community during the pandemic

Published! Samandal, Lebanese graphic novelists collective

Reality, all of it

Published! Age of anxiety in Sharjah on Al-Monitor

Published! Palestinian political posters show on MEMO

Published! Aïda Muluneh on MEMO

Published! Singapore as new gateway for the SEA art scene

Published! Pneuma show in Singapore on Qantara

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