Filed under: Cultural Re-Expressions 101, Home | Tags: acrylic, cultural re-expressions, painting
girl with doll
Over lunch, my brother Mohammed asked me if I knew who, from Inspire Advertising, bought one of my paintings from 2004′s Cultural Re-Expressions 101 exhibition. I told him that my memory doesn’t extend that far back. So he showed me this picture he took of one of my paintings outside the company’s offices, in the Alsaleh Building. It’s always exciting to hear when someone bumps into one of my painting! (more…)
Filed under: Cultural Re-Expressions 101, Exhibitions | Tags: acrylic, alkandari, culture, Exhibition, Kuwait, Paintings, re-expression, tareq
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A tour of the 2004 exhibition Cultural Re-Expressions 101. The idea and production was my brother Tareq’s and the paintings were done by me. Enjoy!
Filed under: Cultural Re-Expressions 101, Paintings | Tags: acrylics, cultural, Kuwait, painting, re-expressions, traditional
sharbika, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 185x325 cm
Filed under: Cultural Re-Expressions 101, Home | Tags: acrylics, contemporary, homes, interior, Kuwait, modern, painting, tradition, yelwa
yelwa, 2003, acrylic on canvas, 300cm x 179cm
This painting currently resides in Tareq’s office. I think it is my most travelled (within Kuwait and out) painting. It has yet to settle down in a permanent home. It is a little nomadic so I don’t see that happening in the near future. For now, it looks great where it is.
Filed under: Cultural Re-Expressions 101, Home | Tags: abbas mallek, acrylic, bird's eye view, dancers, homes, Kuwait
bird's eye drummers, 2003, acrylic on canvas
Mai and Adeeb’s painting is accompanied by two sculptures by Abbas Mallek on the left of the photo. Mai wrote to me that it ‘plays the music for Abbas Mallek’s wonderful dancing Kuwaiti man and woman’.
Filed under: Cultural Re-Expressions 101, Paintings | Tags: acrylic, aisha al-marta, black and white, colorful, dama, Kuwait, large, painting, people, singers, television, tradition
singing woman with a television, 2004, acrylic on canvas, 300cm x 180cm
