Artists from Lebanon, Syria, Egypt & Pakistan, countries with ongoing conflicts & political unrest, have won 2013 Abraj Capital Art Prize to exhibit their artworks commissioned for Art Dubai 2013 (March 20 – 24) <a href=”https://almahhart.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/20120827-170104.jpg”> The winning artists are: Vartan Avakian (Lebanon), Iman Issa (Egypt), Huma Mulji (Pakistan), Hrair Sarkissian (Syria) and Rayyane Tabet…
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الربيع السوري … وجدانٌ وطنيٌ متفائل
الربيع السوري) عمل فني جديد يقدمه الفنان تمام عزام ، عبارة عن فراشة ملطخة بالدماء وهي لسان حال الثورة في سوريا التي اختلفت عن بقية الثورات في الدول العربية.. فهي الأطول والأفتك ، حمامات الدم لا تقف، مئات الاشلاء تصرخها الأرض، آلاف الضحايا تسقط والجثث تنهمر والبراءة تغتصب والعالم يصمت ولا يحرك ساكناً والجميع مسؤول…
A New Level of Arab Art in Melting Pot
On July 4th Ayyam Gallery Beirut hosted ‘Melting Pot’ a group exhibition featuring 14 artworks by five of the most promising emerging and mid-career abstract and figurative painters from Jordan, Palestine, Lebanon and Syria. this exhibition will provide an overview of the new wave of contemporary Arab painting presently produced throughout the Middle East and the Diaspora. A…
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…
Cease War!
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…
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