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JA JA GALLERY - and much more...
In difficult economical times, artist and businessman Shakir Muwwakkil turns up the creativity by introducing the Ja Ja (Jah Jah) Gallery to Phoenix, Arizona. Ja Ja is a creative gallery concept originally defined and now emerging out of the Los Angeles art scene. More than just a contemporary art gallery, it's a gallery with a serious innovative twist.
Unlike most traditional art galleries, whose business construct is to represent artists and sell to collectors, Ja Ja has intertwined another key element....entertainment.
The Ja Ja Gallery uses popular ideas and entertainment to introduce the fine art world to the unfamiliar. Along with it's traditional foundations of representing artists and being a resource for Interior Designers, the gallery often transforms into a lounge. The exclusive lounge setting often hosts fun stimulating discussion forums, poetry readings and live
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performances for it's guests and clientele. The lounge allows individuals the opportunity to see and feel contemporary art in a lifestyle setting. While one is bobbing to eclectic tunes, sipping on saavory wine and engaging with others, the art becomes a must have. The gallery lounge also hosts live sessions of "Artists At Work." This allows attendees the opportunity to witness the often private moments of an artist madly at work; which generates a better
appreciation for the arts.
In an interview Shakir mentions, "When the world looks gray and times are uncertain, people will always look for a positive vibrant setting to unleash within". He believes the light of creativity will be the guide to better times and a brighter tomorrow, for everyone.
Ja Ja Gallery is located at 819 W. 22nd Street, Suite 101, Tempe, AZ 85262
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