Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority (TCA Abu Dhabi) announced today the second exhibition of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi collection, "The Creative Act: Performance - Process - Presence", at Manarat Al Saadiyat on Saadiyat Island. The exhibition, which will run from March 8th 2017, will bring together artists of different nationalities and generations who have emphasised performance, process, and human presence in their practice, offering a transcultural perspective on these defining aspects of contemporary art.

The exhibition follows the 2014 exhibition Seeing Through Light: Selections from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi Collection, which welcomed more than 90,000 visitors and presented artworks from the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi collection for the first time.

Saif Saeed Ghobash, Director General of TCA Abu Dhabi, said, "Abu Dhabi has become a vibrant cultural destination through unique public engagement programmes establishing an interactive dialogue between Abu Dhabi and the world, and creating its own cultural characteristic around its urban and contemporary landscapes. The Creative Act exhibition will emphasise intertwined histories among countries, within regions, and across continents, consistent with the curatorial vision of the Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, and echoing TCA Abu Dhabi’s strategic endeavours to transform Abu Dhabi to a hub for world cultures. This exhibition will highlight connections between contemporary artists revealing common sources of inspiration, lines of influence, and distinctive contributions."

Richard Armstrong, Director, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation said, "As with Seeing Through Light, The Creative Act presents some of the dynamic, original curatorial research underway for the future Guggenheim Abu Dhabi and draws back the curtain on the creative process through the work of a diverse group of artists featured in the growing collection. Many works in the exhibition focus on particular locales, among them Abu Dhabi, London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo. Both individually and collectively, they reveal a sense of wonder and magic that can be found in the everyday."

The exhibition will feature more than 25 works in a variety of media including installation, painting, photography, sculpture, video, and works on paper, representing more than 18 artists. 

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