Tag: HOSNI RADWAN
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01 Paintings, Middle East Artists, Hosni Radwan’s City of Paradoxes 6, with Footnotes #76
The city of Jerusalem is the focus of Hosni Radwan’s latest series of artworks. Using charcoal, acrylic, and gold leaf on canvas, he attempts to express his fascination with a city haunted by shades of paradoxes. The minute Radwan saw Jerusalem, after living in the diaspora most of his life, he fell in love with it.…
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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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HOSNI RADWAN, Jerusalem #3, c. 2018 51 YEARS OF OCCUPATION 01 Painting, MIDDLE EASTERN ART, With Footnotes – 15
The overwhelming significance of the physicality of Jerusalem as a national symbol permeates many of the artworks. The iconic representation of the Dome of the Rock comes to the fore as some artists celebrate the city via exceptionally colourful works Hosni Radwan was born in Baghdad in 1955. He studied fine arts at the University of…
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