There was a place, A home Where I was born Raised, walked, played, studied, got into a fight or two, fell in love & more, had coffee with friends, gossiped, argued, laughed, danced, painted, cried… At the end of the day I smiled because I was surrounded with loved ones, and I know there’s no…
Author: Mashaael Basheer
Journalist and writer
Word of The Day: Art is Part of the World, Not Apart of It
“To return things themselves is to return to the world which precedes knowledge, of which knowledge always speaks.” – Maurice Merleau. Pontry, Phenomenlogy of Preception. Whatever we know, we know from the world thay surrounds us. Art studies the world, in all its manifestations, and renders back to us not simply how we see, but…
Controversial & Contemporary At ‘The Samawi Collection II’
Have you been to a private collection exhibition that includes over 60 artworks varying from paintings, installations, photography, sculptures?! If you still havn’t it isn’t too late to head to Ayyam Gallery Art Center in Al Serkal, Dubai to see mesmorizing, conterversial, contemporary art pieces from ‘The Samawi Collection II’….
Word of The Day: Learn to Draw
“Drawing is more than a tool for rendering and capturing likeness. It is a language, with its own syntax, grammer, and urgency. Learning to draw is about learning to see. In this way, it is metaphor for all art activity. Whateverits form, drawing transforms preception and thought into image & teaches us how to think…
Word Of The Day: Art Can Be Anything!
“It is not defined by medium of its production, but by a collective sense that it belongs to a category of experience we have come to know as art” ~ by Kit White From “101 Things to Learn About Art” , sketch above and words are both by author Kit White. Cheers
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