Footages from Safwan Dahoul’s solo exhibition “Repetitive Dream ” held in Ayyam Gallery London from May 9 – June 8, 2013. Scrambled, hanging on hope, teared apart, edge of losing patience, fear of waking up & facing a heartbreaking reality and bigger fear of seeing the same devastating dream again… Between reality and dream; Dahoul once…
Author: Mashaael Basheer
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Guns and Roses- Sonia Rentsch’s Still Lifes
Originally posted on Fawn Review:
Calls for the world to make love not war are as old as time itself. But that sentiment has been injected with some fresh zeal by Australian artist Sonia Rentsch. Her (perhaps a little opaquely titled) series Harm Less reconstructs weapons of war and violence through natural materials. Revolvers and…
Repetitive Dream :: The Talk
Art is not about studying, it is in your genes… you either have it or not! Safwan Dahoul On May 8th, Ayyam Gallery in collaboration with Edge of Arabia hosted “Repetitive Dream” talk by Syrian artist Safwan Dahoul and Co-founder of Ayyam Gallery Khaled Samawi moderated by Edge of Arabia Director Stephen Stapleton, included also…
Kunooz Found GCC Hidden Gems!
The first GCC competition by Ayyam Gallery, Kunooz, found hidden gems of the region as the prominent gallery announced today the three winners of Kunooz are: Kuwaiti artist Mohammad Sharaf Palestinian living in UAE, Walid Al Wawi and Kuwaiti artist Mohammed Alkouh So finally some recognition of young Kuwaiti talents from a regional scale! On…
Dual Art Initiatives Launching in Kuwait!
Instagram is on strike since Nuqat – a platform to develop Arab creativity on all levels” including design, advertising, communication that connects and architecture, fashion, production – announced a dual launch of: Nuqat upcoming seminar taking place from 7 – 12 November, and the launch of new young Kuwaiti initiative creative networking YOURAOK. The dual launch…
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