Let’s put it this way: a diarist, exhibitionist, blogger and artist; put them all together and you get the marvelous Ghada Al Kandari who keeps all of us anticipating for any upcoming show and never get enough of her ‘teasing’ posts in well-known blog: PrettyGreenBullet ! On November 5th, 2012 the established Kuwaiti artist presented…
Category: Feature
Syrian Artists Bare Their Thoughts in ‘True Colors’
What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal. Albert Bike “True Colors of Society, Hope and Survival” a group exhibition of 3 young Syrian artists Anas Homsi, Fadi Al-Hamwi and Wissam Shaabi at Joanna Seikaly Gallery, Beirut – Lebanon, featuring a collection…
Hilda Hiary … “Can You Cut Your Disturbing Self”
Jordanian artist Hilda Hiary introduces her latest artwork “Burden” a 180×180 cm painting using acrylic on canvas composed of two heads, one attached to a body and the other dispatched but the other part is holding it. Hilda dives once again into one’s inner world, but this time into the dark side. In this artwork,…
The Story of Peace One Day – Kuwait
“It all started 4 years ago… I heard about the NGO through the internet and an idea came to me why don’t we – Kuwait – host something like this here? 4 years later, this idea has turn into reality! Peace One Day (POD) is doing a great amount of charity works worldwide and…
The Battle of Good And Bad!
I remember having an argument with a friend whether art should only represent something beautiful, glorifying, love spreading … etc or represent reality’s all aspects including it’s ugly side. She strongly believes artists should give positive vibes and even if they want to cascade voilence, it should be easied and less-evocative. I totally disagree! During…