Category: MIDDLE EASTERN ART
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Hassan Sharif, GARDEN 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 37
Hassan Sharif (1951-2016) made a vital contribution to conceptual art and experimental practice in the Middle East through 40 years of performance, installation, drawing, painting and assemblage. Prior to leaving the UAE to study in London in 1979, Sharif gained attention for his cartoons published in the UAE press – ironic, outspoken critiques of the rapid…
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Safwan Dahoul, UNTITLED 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 36
Safwan Dahoul, born in 1961 in Hama, Syria, Dahoul was initially trained by leading modernists at the Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Damascus before travelling to Belgium, where he earned a doctorate from the Higher Institute of Plastic Arts in Mons. Upon returning to Syria, he began teaching at the Faculty of Fine Arts…
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Rasha Amin, Always remember 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 35
“In the real world we find repetitive actions and experiences of violence, hatred, and loneliness. Unfortunately the reality became so connected to the digital world, especially with the rise of social media. As many researches has shown they make us more isolated, responsible for increasing of our negativity, violence, anger and hatred to grow within…
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Hosni Radwan; Jerusalem #6. 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 34
Hosni Radwan was born in Baghdad in 1955. He studied fine arts at the University of Baghdad specializing in graphics. He held a number of solo exhibitions in Iraq, Lebanon, Cyprus, Japan and Palestine. Radwan took part in international biennales including those of Berlin, Cairo and Sharja. He left Baghdad in 1979 and headed to Beirut…
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Hosni Radwan; Church of Nativity, Bethlehem 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 33
The Church of the Nativity, also Basilica of the Nativity is a basilica located in Bethlehem in the Palestinian West Bank. The grotto it contains holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. The grotto is the oldest site continuously used as a place of worship in Christianity,…
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Said Elatab; Arab Woman 01 Painting MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 31
Said Elatab, Arab American painter & photographer who considers himself the epileptic painter, always risking his life to work the best shots. Said has painted while experiencing vision loss and head-banging pain from his epilepsy. Elatab, in art history aspires to be like the great Princes in the world of Painting. One would be Vincent Van…
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Meftah Raouf; AMOUR- حب – LOVE 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 30
Meftah Raouf. His love for calligraphy art and discovering art styles built his wealth and transmit it through his work. His calligraphy is the fruit of this wealth that raises questions. His calligraphy is unique and combined to other artistic techniques; they touch the heart and catch the eye of the public. Thanks to a perfect…
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Jamil Naqsh, Al-Haqq/ Truth 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 29
Jamil Naqsh, (25 December 1939 – 16 May 2019) was a British Pakistani painter who lived a reclusive life in London from 2012 until his death. He briefly studied at National College of Arts but left before obtaining a degree. His work has been described as idealized and sensual. Jamil Naqsh was born in Kairana, British…
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Faeq Hassan, Arabian 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 28
Faeq Hassan (1914–1992) was an Iraqi painter noted for founding several 20th century art groups, which collectively were responsible for bridging the gap between Iraqi heritage and traditional art and modern art. He is often called the ‘father of Iraqi modern art.’ Hassan was born in Baghdad in 1914 His father had died before Hassan was…
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Nuri Iyem, TWO WOMEN 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 27
“Nuri İyem worked on all types of paintings, but women’s portraits are obviously dominant in his art. Among his portraits, portraits of Anatolian women and landscapes with Anatolian women figures are especially memorable. It is generally accepted that Nuri İyem started painting Anatolian women’s portraits in the 1960s, but the first samples of such portraits…
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Sheeba Khan, ZEPHYR 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 43
Zephyr may refer to a light wind or west wind. For centuries, poets have eulogized Zephyrus, the Greek god of the west wind, and his “swete breeth”. Zephyrus, the personified west wind, eventually evolved into zephyr, a word for a breeze that is westerly or gentle, or both. Today, zephyr is also the sobriquet of a lightweight…
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Abed Abdi, B. 1942, PALESTINIAN 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 26
Palestinian art history is largely characterized by fragmentation, both in style and content, which is a result of ongoing wars and displacement of people. Despite historical ruptures in time and space, artists have flourished in a multitude of voices and places to create a vibrant Palestinian art scene. The featured works by Abed Abdi re…
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Mahmoud Sabri, AL MAWT AL-TAFL/ THE DEATH OF A CHILD 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 25
Mahmoud Sabri, 1927 – 2012, was an Iraqi painter, considered as one of the pioneers of Iraqi modern art and one of the pillars of modernism in Iraqi Art. Born in Baghdad, Iraq, died on 13th April 2012 in Maidenhead, England. Studied social sciences at Loughborough University (England) in the late 1940s. While in England, his…
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Antoine Malliarakis Mayo, YOUNG FELLAH, 02 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 24
Fellah, plural Fellaheen, is a farmer or agricultural laborer in the Middle East and North Africa. The word derives from the Arabic word for “ploughman” or “tiller”. Due to a continuity in beliefs and lifestyle, the fellahin of Egypt have been described as the “true Egyptians”. A fellah could be seen wearing a simple Egyptian cotton…
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Othman Khuzaim; Untitled 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 23
Othman Khuzaim الفنان عثمان الخزيم (Saudi) is one of the prominent names of the first generations of Saudi artists who participated in the establishment of the visual art procession including Al-Saleem, Al-Ridawi, Nabila Al Bassam and Safia Bin Zaqer. He is a graduate of the Institute of art Education for Teachers in Riyadh and holds a…
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Inji Efflatoun, FELOUKAS ON THE NILE 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 23
A felucca is a traditional wooden sailing boat used in protected waters of the Red Sea and eastern Mediterranean, in Egypt and Sudan (particularly along the Nile), including Malta and Tunisia, and also in Iraq. Its rig consists of one or two lateen sails. The crew consists of two or three people. Despite the availability of motorboats…
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Ghasem Hajizadeh, MARRIAGE PRIMEUR (FIRST MARRIAGE) 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 22
Ghasem Hajizadeh (orn April 1, 1947; Lahijan, Iran) is an Iranian–French painter and a pioneering Pop art figure in contemporary Iranian art. Hajizadeh was born in 1947 in Lahijan, north of Iran. He received his diploma in arts from Tehran High School of Fine Arts in 1967 and soon after started his art career. During his…
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Paul Guiragossian, MÈRE ET ENFANT 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 21
Paul Guiragossian (1926 – November 20, 1993) was an Armenian Lebanese painter. Born to Armenian parents, Paul Guiragossian experienced the consequences of exile from a very tender age. Raised in boarding schools, he grew up away from his mother who had to work to make sure her two sons got an education. In the 1950s, Guiragossian started…
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Shakir Hassan Al-Said, LADY WITH THE HAT 01 Paintings, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 20
Shakir Hassan Al Said (1925–2004), an Iraqi painter, sculptor and writer, is considered one of Iraq’s most innovative and influential artists. Born in Samawa, Al Said lived, worked and died in Bagdad. In 1948 he received a degree in social science from the Higher Institute of Teachers in Baghdad and in 1954 a diploma in painting…
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Tarek Al-Ghoussein, Untitled 9 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 37
‘It’s about looking at a space – how one relates to a space and how that space defines a person too,’ says Palestinian-Kuwaiti artist, photographer and academic, Tarek al Ghoussain. Long considered amongst the most progressive and engaged photographers at work in the Middle East today, al Ghossein’s intellectually-engaged and visually powerful imagery addresses the duality…
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