Basmah Felemban
It is He Who brings out the living from the dead, and brings out the dead from the living, 2014
Mixed Media Installation
26 x 45 x 45 cm (10 3/16 x 17 11/16 x 17 11/16 in.)
Edition of 5
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Abdulkarim Qassem
Wills of War 2, 2014
Work on paper
30 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
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Abdulkarim Qassem
Wills of War, 2014
Work on paper
30 x 21 cm (11 3/4 x 8 1/4 in.)
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Nasser Al Salem
Family Portrait, 2014
Silkscreen on archival paper
70 x 50 cm (27 1/2 x 19 5/8 in.)
From Language Is Stronger Than Light series, Edition of 5
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Nasser Al Salem
And Those Are The Days, We Rotate It Between The People, Plan, Population, Eqar, For Families Only, No Parking In Front Of The Door, Blueprint, No.63, Hatef, from the City Nomads series, 2014
Calligraphy on 100% cotton traditional tent fabric
100 x 200 cm (39 5/16 x 78 11/16 in.)
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Nasser Al-Salem’s work City Nomads is a movingly nostalgic piece that is a drastic departure from the artist’s previous calligraphic work. The subject, one that is close to his heart, is of the nomadic traditions that are forcibly disappearing by the ever-expanding cities and fast-paced modernization. The work comprises of hanging traditional tent flaps (that made-up the entrances of tents) on a number of scaffolds. Each ten-flap is marked with calligraphic verses and indications of modern-day ”tagging” that geo-records their location. The scaffolds are assembled in a way that force the viewer to explore and discover the tent-flaps within the skeletal structure. The assembly of tent-flaps, a traditional material for constructing the homes of Nomads, lay in stark contrast to the use of scaffolds, a modern day means for constructing buildings. Nasser’s hollow structure alludes to the flimsy and unstable, and appears to both question and highlight the foundation in which culture and tradition will continue to exist or disappear.
Tent-making was in fact the artist’s family’s main trade
for several generations. The artist has many fond memories of growing up in their Mecca shop, which was eventually closed down as plastic constructions replaced tents as shelters for Hajj pilgrims.
Nomads, by definition, leave no trace to mark their presence when they move to another location. This means that they actually have no tangible heritage. If their way of life disappears, there will be nothing but their oral traditions to prove they ever existed.
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A Group Exhibition
Curated by Mohammed A. Hafiz
Athr Gallery, 5th Floor, Spaces 01, 04, 05
Opening: 23rd January 2015
[insert range here] explores works that are centered on the use of Arabic text and language by Saudi artists from different generations, backgrounds and disciplines; their approaches and experiments vary from the conceptual to the formal, and stand in distinct contrast to its traditional aesthetics. The works are positioned as individual departing points that simulate the imagination, translating their meaning into limitless textual landscapes… Landscapes that are dependent on each viewer’s personal range of interpretation.
Participating artists include Ibrahim Abumsmar, Shadia Alem, Ayman Yossri Daydban, Mahdi Aljereibi, Abdelkarim Qassem, Nasser Al Salem, Bakr Sheikhoon, and Batool Alshomrani.
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معرض جماعي
تنسيق Ù…Øمد عبدالقادر ØاÙظ
أثر غاليري، الطابق الخامس
الإÙتتاØ: ٢٣ يناير ٢٠١٥
٢٤ يناير - ٢٨ مارس ٢٠١٥
يستعرض[ أدخل نطاق هنا] الأعمال التي تتمØور Øول استخدام الÙنانين السعوديين القادمين من خلÙيات وتوجهات Ùنية مختلÙØ© للعربية لغةً ونصاً. Øيث تتÙاوت مقاربة كل Ùنان منهم وتجاربه ما بين التصورية والشكلية، وتتميز بتناقضها الصارخ للجماليات التقليدية. وقد تمّ وضع الأعمال كنقاط انطلاق منÙصلة تØرّك الخيال Ùيرسم من المعاني مناظر طبيعية لا Øصر لها، ولا ÙŠØدها سوى نطاق التÙسير الشخصي لكل Ù…Ùشاهد.
الÙنانين المشاركين إبراهيم أبو مسمار، شادية عالم، أيمن يسري ديدبان، مهدي الجريبي، عبد الكريم قاسم، ناصر السالم، بكر شيخون، بتول الشمراني.
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