Filed under: PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: Exhibition, Kuwait, photos, pretty green bullet
sharoofa taking a break from her many doodles. her friend, hussa took this picture so technically these are not all her photos!
I think this is the last of the PGB exhibition photos. I don’t think I saw anyone else taking photos. Time to move on. Thanks, Sharoofa, for taking part of this experience and sharing your photos. It was fun, wasn’t it. (more…)
Filed under: PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: alkandari, Exhibition, ghadah, Kuwait, pretty green bullet, Sultan Gallery
my brother, mohammed, usually has a unique way of photographing objects and people. so he was kind enough to let me have the chip from his camera and share some of his photos with you
Like this:
Filed under: PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: photos, pretty green bullet, reem algharabali, tareq alkandari, yasmine alkandari
i love it that people got into the swing of things! this is my sister yasmine and her portrait
Because photography is always encouraged in my life, I asked people to bring their cameras. So you will be seeing a few of these posts in the next couple of days. (more…)
Filed under: Moving Pictures, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Video | Tags: ali sultan, charcoal, drawing, Exhibition, hamad alsaab, Kuwait, monira al qadiri, pretty green bullet, Sultan Gallery, thuraya albaqsami, video
Because I’m always showing videos and slideshows of my works in progress, I thought it would be a good idea to turn the tables and photograph others and their creative processes. So I set up a little work station and let people do their thing. Artists include Yasmeen Dimashkie, Yousef Abu-Ghazaleh, Khaled Abu-Ghazaleh, Zainab Abu-Ghazaleh, Omar Dimashkie, his friends Andrew and Evan, Lina Al-Adwani, Ali Sultan, Hamad AlSaab, Thuraya Al-Baqsami, Mai Alnakib, Rania Al-Nakib, Hind Al-Adwani, Hussa Al-Hassawi, Aseel AlYagoub, Sharifa Abdulsalam, Monira Al Qadiri, Mohammed Al-Kouh, Hassan Alkandari, Yasmine Alkandari, Waleed Shaalan, Siba Orabi and Suzan Al-Mutawa. I know there were a couple more who participated, but I didn’t get the names. Thanks, everyone. I love people who cooperate and get into the spirit of things! Cross the bridge for sectioned photos of this piece. (more…)
Filed under: Eventful, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: Exhibition, ghadah alkandari, Kuwait, pretty green bullet, The Sultan Gallery
For all the hardships endured in getting this exhibition up and ready, I would say that the opening went quite smoothly. And I think I might have even enjoyed it a little too much for a girl whose legs were about to collapse into a fleshy pile around her feet. But enough of my wobbly anatomy. The night was fun, and hopefully a wee bit insightful, funny and enlightening. That’s all I can ever hope for. And a spare set of legs, medium size, ecru.
Thanks to photographer Khaled Al-Saleh for these photos. I’ll be posting some more when the exhibition is over (tomorrow 10am-2pm is the last showing).
Oh, and finally, if you were one of the creatives who worked on the drawing, please send me your name. I know most of you but there were some I didn’t get! I’ll be making a stop motion film of the drawing in progress and would like to credit all the artists who participated. Thanks!
Filed under: New Monday, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: Kuwait, painting, pretty green bullet, Step By Step
I have finally completed this painting. It’s taken over a year (well, I did stop for months and months, but still, it was there gnawing at me, simmering on the back burner). I’m very happy with not just the way it has turned out, but the fact that I can include it in Tuesday’s show.
Filed under: Cut & Paste, Postcards, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Watercolor | Tags: collage, Exhibition, final, my studio, Postcards, pretty green bullet
these are the final postcards (and the only works) i've created especially for my upcoming exhibition
The date of my exhibition is creeping closer and my stomach just had to turn on me! In the past few days, my turbulent mind was stuck in a body that wouldn’t cooperate. I’ve finally mustered up enough strength, energy and appetite to post this final leg of my postcard series. For the next four to five days, I have to work my ass off to make it all work. And when I say ‘make it all work’, I’m just talking about the menial things like getting pictures framed and captions printed. But none of that compares to a shitty stomach virus so I’m not going to complain any longer! (more…)
Filed under: Press, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: daily, Exhibition, Kuwait, newspaper, press, star
Filed under: Cut & Paste, Postcards, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Watercolor | Tags: clipping, collage, dream, ink, Kuwait, newspaper, nightmare, watercolor
in a bad dream, there always seems to be someone falling
Filed under: Postcards, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Watercolor | Tags: circles, ink, postcard, watercolor
Many times when I do these postcards, I start off with circles. Watercolor is lots of fun when your brain is relaxed and you’re absent-mindedly painting colored shapes. When the circles are finally painted on and dry, either I get inspired immediately or not. With this one I didn’t get the inspiration until I started drawing the figure on the left and realized that to draw the rest of her body she’d have to be straddling the circle (at this point, ball). Then I had her arms precariously holding onto the balls on either side of her. Here I noticed the proximity of the ball above her to her head. I thought: how bizarre this pose is. It somehow reminds me of myself and my efficiency in handling my groceries among many other things at once, making me a human coat rack.
Filed under: New Monday, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Step By Step | Tags: acrylic, child, Kuwait, mother, painting, process, Step By Step
i'm not sure if i want to keep her hair 'gray' or not. i kind of like it the way it is. we'll see
Filed under: Packing, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: Kuwait, packing, pretty green bullet the exhibition
there's a sadness in packing. and this surreal thought that the next time you see these pictures will be another day and another place, sometime in the future. good bye, ladies. see you in november
Filed under: PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: framing, ikea, Kuwait, pretty green bullet exhibition
the process of framing my first twenty postcards reminded me of the chilean miner's rescue operation: slow and careful at first, then rapidly more efficient by the end. the date of my exhibition is quickly approaching and i'm progressively freaking out
Filed under: Eventful, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, The Sultan Gallery | Tags: Exhibition, november, pretty green bullet, Sultan Gallery
I have started the official countdown to my upcoming exhibition, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition. Just typing this has aroused the dormant butterflies in my stomach. I’m not going to go into details of the exhibition because, although I have a general feel of what I want, I know my ideas and thoughts will shift, expand and possibly contract from today until the night of Tuesday, November 9 at the Sultan Gallery. So from now til then, it’s work, work, work. Hope to see you at the show.
Filed under: PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Sketchbook, Sketchbook Twenty Ten Two | Tags: good-bye, ink, Kuwait, Sketchbook
When I did this sketch, I wasn’t aware that it was drawn on the last sketchable page in this book, my second of the Sketchbook Twenty Ten books. So I was a little shocked when I felt the quality of the page, grainless and smooth. Plus I’ve always believed in the necessity of good-byes and felt a little robbed of my moment to say farewell. So I drew on the last, last page. Adios, amigo. I’ll be buying a new book soon.
Filed under: Lub-Dub, Moving Pictures, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Video | Tags: caustic temple monkeys, ink, Kuwait, pen, video
Click here for more Caustic Temple Monkeys tracks. (more…)
Filed under: Cut & Paste, old new, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Watercolor | Tags: collage, ink, Kuwait, pen, rachell ashwell, shabby chic, wallpaper, watercolor
I’ve always loved the look of dilapidated buildings, especially when the inner walls had once been papered or postered. So Rachel Ashwell.
Filed under: Experimentation, Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, Moving Pictures, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Video | Tags: acrylic, charcoal, Experimentation, Kuwait, potato stamps, video
larvae, 2010, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 40cm x 40cm
I was feeling very organic last weekend so decided to go out and buy some untreated canvas and play around a little. I also remembered that I had two or three potatoes once destined for a hearty mash, just sitting around in the fridge. Who knew that this would be their destination. I made three of these ‘pictures’.
Scroll down for the video, sit back and enjoy, preferably with a bag of no-name potato chips.
Cross the bridge for more pictures, taken by my dear friend Cooper. Thank you, Cooper! (more…)
Filed under: Color Sketchbook, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition | Tags: color, ink, Kuwait, pen, Portraits, sketch
A few years ago I bought a sketchbook. At the time I couldn’t find these sketchbooks in Kuwait so would buy them in Europe or the States. It was always special when I bought a new one and I took very good care that the books were themed by medium and state of mind. This particular sketchbook was very emo-oriented as opposed to being whimsical like my other ones. I think most of it was filled using Japanese poster paints. The book itself has a very antique, rugged feel to it, like it had been left out in the rain and sun. I haven’t filled all the pages yet, but I hope to some day. (more…)
Filed under: Experimentation, Favorites, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition, Rants & Raves | Tags: anonymous, art, culture, gig, Kuwait, lime green, magazine, pink, underground
In 2006, I had this idea for an anonymous magazine, giving the writer/artist/photographer not just the freedom to display uncensored work, but the opportunity to be whoever they chose to be. The concept was to go all out, no holds barred. I e-mailed, messaged and called my most opinionated/creative friends and requested (demanded really) submissions. (more…)
