Remember back in school days, your classroom & mates how each and everyone of you had a standing out personality even at a very young age?! Remember the noisy one?! MR. or MS. ShowOff? The Nurd?! The Freak? Nicest and Meanest?! Remember yourself in classroom… What was your personality called?! Three architects: Aseel AlYaqoub, Jassim…
Category: Art
Youssef Abdelke Convicted With Intellectuality
It was .. actually still is shocking and heart aching to learn about the sudden disturbing news about Youssef Abdelke, the acclaimed Syrian artist and main figure in international art scene, arrest by Bashar Al Assad regime by Tartus – Syria yesterday. Read more here. It is unfortunate that we have daily evidences of how…
A Playful Sarcastic Pop-Up From Brooklyn to K-Town
Visual Therapy, online Kuwaiti-based art hub brings creatives from around the world, organized its first show “Not Just A Pop-Up” featuring original works and prints by Brooklyn-based artist Zebadiah Keneally and Kuwaiti artist F160 alongside was a live art performance done by artist Monstariam who created a mural graffiti. The event was originally one night,…
REORIENT: Down and Out in Kuwait City
Check out my interview with Ayyam Gallery’s Kunooz Comeptition winners from Kuwait; Mohammad Sharaf and Mohammed Al Kouh published in REORIENT where they honestly talk about Kuwait’s art scene and what does winning in regional comeptition tells about unappreciated talents in Kuwait… For as long as I had been writing about the Middle Eastern art…
الفنان حسكو: الكم الهائل من العنف الذي نعيشه لا أستطيع مواجهته إلا بالجمال
بقلم: ألينا عامر قبل ذهابي لمقابلة الفنان حسكو حسكو كان عقلي يضج بالأسئلة: اللغة الفنيّة، المدارس المتبعة، من هم الفنانين الذين تأثر بهم، مصدر إلهام العناصر في أعماله… الخ كان لدي تصور مسبق مستقى من الأعمال ولكن كل هذه المواضيع حلت بالمرتبة الثانية بالرغم من تعقيدها وأهميتها! تفاجأت بالبساطة والروح الريفية المتقشّفة التي تجد إلهامها…
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