“Sipping my bitter tea with sugar cube, I look at these bits and pieces for a long time, I gathered them from the works of Old Persian masters, curios in their record of life events in different time space, is it the same…? I feel they call me, to get tested, I do my version…
Tag: solo exhibition
Abdullah Al Awadi’s ‘Anmat’ .. An Iconic Optical Illusion
What makes an icon? What gives its significance?! Is is size, color, meaning, myth or purely personal association?! These were the questions Kuwaiti artist Abdullah Al Awadi raised in his latest solo exhibition at Dar AlFunoon. “Anmat” , which means in English Patterns, Al Awadi takes the viewer into an optical illusion of icons that touched his…
Mark Your Calendar for June
“There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart.” ~Celia Thaxter Here is your June art events list to add splendor to your summer days! Leila Heller Gallery What: The first solo show in New York City of photography by Mitra Tabrizian featuring seven monumental photographs taken in Iran and England.When:…
Comparative Reading on Mohannad Orabi’s “It’s No Longer About Me”
“It’s No Longer About Me” is the title of Syrian artist Mohannad Orabi latest solo exhibition currently hosted by Ayyam Gallery (DIFC), Dubai, which caught my attention and made me wonder what is no longer about the artist?! To understand this statement, I had to look into Mohannad’s previous artworks and that gave me the answer. Comparing between latest and old…
“The Power of…” Embodies “Pain is Beauty”!
Every human has four endowments- self awareness, conscience, independent will and creative imagination. These give us the ultimate human freedom… The power to choose, to respond, to change. Stephen Covey “The Power of…” a controversial photography exhibition by Lebanese artist Mohamad Badr were he recorded the spiritual rituals of “Ashoraa” in southern Lebanon city, Nabaiyeh, in 2011. …
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