Filed under: Gallery Tilal, The Kuwait Scene | Tags: beads, gallery, jewelry, lbojzazz, tilal
here lubna fuses her passion for the environment with her love for bead work. i knew coca cola was good for something
I haven’t had much time to visit the galleries this season but this particular show was important to me because not only are LB o J’zazz‘s Lubna Saif Abbas and Bettina Al-Bakhit good friends of mine, but I am so inspired by their hand-made jewelry and am a little girl lost in their bead haven in the middle of Shaab (on the seaside). Totemic Flights is the duo’s first showing of their ‘artisanal body adornment’. You can meet Lubna and check out LB o J’zazz’s exquisite jewelry yourself; just click here for the details. (more…)
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, The Kuwait Scene | Tags: egyptian art, helmi el-touni, ibis, osiris, thoth
i want it all and i want it now: this exhibition was a collaboration between the gallery and mr. khaled al abdul mughni. al abdul mughni has been a true lover and patron of the arts for all the time i've known him. because of him, we have this wonderful chance to view el-touni's work without having to travel far
As I walked into Gallery Tilal this morning, it dawned on me like a warm Pharaonic sun: I’ve just died and gone to Helmi El-Touni heaven. Around sixty of the Egyptian artist’s works, from 1988 to 2011, are currently on display at Gallery Tilal for just three nights. If you missed the opening last night, you have a chance to go tonight or tomorrow. If you’re a fan of classic Egyptian art, El-Touni’s works are rife with the country’s folkloric iconography and symbolism. My inspiration was rekindled today when I looked at his earlier works and realized the effect his paintings had on my fledgling art in the late 80s and early 90s. For example, my use of blunt drop shadows was greatly influenced by El-Touni among others. I had forgotten all that until today. (more…)
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, The Kuwait Scene | Tags: Exhibition, gallery, sami mohammed, tilal
this painting welcomes you into a hall filled with sami mohammad's most recent works. known primarily for his sculptures, mohammad has on display around forty paintings and forty sculptures created over the past ten years
I visited Gallery Tilal for very personal reasons yesterday: the exhibition of my first ever inspiration, Sami Mohammad. I remember my father taking me to the Free Arts Atelier over thirty years ago. When my eyes fell on Mohammad’s shocking sculptures. As scary as they should have been to an eight-year-old, I wasn’t afraid; I was just fascinated by his depiction of the human form. He was the first person to demonstrate to me the impossibilities we can achieve through our work as artists with a free mind: the impossibility of a jaw stretching that far down, the impossibility of a man fitting in such a small box, the impossibility of the limbs bending the way they do. But most importantly, I wondered at the emotion and desperation which push a man to end up in such states of impossibility. And from that day on, I started testing myself, my mind and experimented with how far I could push that envelope. So although you exhibit very rarely, thank you for sharing yourself with us one more time (in a career which has spanned over forty years, this is just his third solo exhibition). (more…)
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Filed under: Ballerina Pink, Gallery Tilal | Tags: ballerina, gallery, office, painting, tilal
there she is. she keeps good company with gallery curator salwa alqadi and some works by syrian artist sabhan adam
I visited Gallery Tilal this morning to check on my painting Ballerina Pink, which is there for a prospective buyer. I must say, this is one of my most camouflage-ic paintings. It blends in anywhere it’s placed. At least I think it does.
my eve shredding the note on the right and a painting by aya khair. i'm kicking myself for not getting the name of the sculptor so if anyone can help i'd appreciate it
I can’t believe these paintings have been up all summer! I would have loved to have visited earlier. It’s nice to know that something was going on in this long season of draught. If anyone is interested, the exhibition will be up until the end of August, at Gallery Tilal. (more…)
Filed under: Exhibitions, Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves, Stories of Eves|Exhibition, The Kuwait Scene | Tags: alkandari, Exhibition, Gallery Tilal, mohammed, opening, photos, stories of eves
And another opening passes by. I wish I could have enjoyed it more but I was (and still am) in the midst of nursing what feels like a stomach virus again. For someone who takes pleasure in food, that sucks. I hope, however, that for those of you who didn’t attend, you enjoy the photos taken last night by my brother, Mohammed. For those of you who were there, I thank you. It means a lot to me that you came. (more…)
Filed under: Gallery Tilal | Tags: bubble wrap, Exhibition, gallery, Paintings, preparation, tilal
i said farewell to my twenty-four paintings today. i'm not sure why, but i'm feeling quite down in the dumps. and the whole thing feels very anti-climactic because there's a month left until the opening of my exhibition, so it feels like i'm missing the excitement i usually feel right before opening night
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, My Studio, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, color, eve, gallery, Kuwait, painting, psychedelic, rays, studio, tilal
i don't know if you remember, but i said i would do two more of these psychedelicky eves and i just finished numbers three and four last night. i'm sure they will look a lot more formidable with a less cluttered background (ie. in the gallery)! this morning, these four paintings acted as large, flat building blocks for me. the high-contrast, colorful rays lend themselves to being re-formatted and re-interpreted. as always, i'm turning things into fun and games. i'll never grow up
Filed under: Cut & Paste, Eve Shreds the Note, Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves | Tags: bride, collage, eve, gallery, Kuwait, painting, tiara, tilal
i finished this painting earlier today. sorry about the quality of this photo, i'm getting these photographed professionally in a couple of days and will post the whole collection, 'stories of eves' then
Filed under: Eve Spills a Bowl of Spaghetti Bolognese, Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves | Tags: accident, acrylic, bolognese, canvas, Kuwait, painting, pasta, red, spaghetti, spill, stain, white
eve drops a bowl of spaghetti bolognese, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 90cm x 150cm
Filed under: Eve Draws a Picture, Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, collage, dress, green, hand, painting, turkey
eve draws a picture, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 90cm x 150cm
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, collage, eve, gallery, Kuwait, painting, stories, tilal
eve in a pretty yellow dress, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 120cm x 150cm
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves, The Percussionists | Tags: acrylic, eve, gallery, painting, tilal
the percussionists:dibs on the tambourine, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 100cm x 120cm
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, Paintings, The Fitting | Tags: acrylic, bows, collage, dress, gallery, Kuwait, painting, tilal, white
the fitting amended
This painting is a little jarring on the eyes, but sometimes I feel I have to step out of my comfort zone a little. I felt that the lines emanating from behind her, although at first a playful way to cover my canvas, became very necessary as they complemented her unsettling gaze. To quote just a couple of my children’s remarks: ‘She’s scary.’ ‘She’s mocking me.’ Perfect!
*I changed it. I might change it some more. It’s like that sometimes.
Filed under: Eve Plays Tek Too, Gallery Tilal | Tags: acrylic, cards, collage, gallery, Game, painting, play, take, tilal, two
eve plays tek too, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 100cm x 100cm
*Tek Too is the Kuwaiti pronunciation of ‘take two’. I would never dream of pronouncing it otherwise. It’s a card game my family is very keen on playing. Everyone plays, all ages and as many people as willing to play. It can be quite competitive and has on one or two occasions nearly caused the downfall of the Kandari clan. (more…)
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, My Studio, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, collage, frustration, gallery, painting, studio, tilal
this painting is THIS close to completion
Two of the three paintings I’m currently working on are giving me hell. If I could, I’d punch them both and get it over with. I’m struggling to get them out of the rut they’re in. But I know we’ll all pull through. Trust and patience. (more…)
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, The Stories of Eve | Tags: acrylic, chick, collage, gallery, holocaust, painting, slaughter, tilal
a moment right before the third holocaust, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 100cm x 100cm
Filed under: Gallery Tilal, The Stories of Eve | Tags: acrylic, dress, envy, garden, jealousy, Kuwait, painting, party, same
same dress same party, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 120cm x 150cm
