Filed under: Lantern, PrettyGreenBullet } TheThirdExhibition | Tags: art, chinese, craft, decopatch, eve, figures, Kuwait, lantern, upcycle, women
I never intended for my girls to be stuck with the name Eve, but people won’t stop calling them that. Oh well. (more…)
Filed under: Eventful, Stories of Eves | Tags: alkandari, eve, Exhibition, gallery, ghadah, stories, tilal
Ten days left. Or is it nine? I’m starting to feel a bit of the buzz I usually get a few weeks before any exhibition. The butterflies I usually reserve for opening day. That’s when I can’t sit still and it’s best to avoid me. Cross the bridge for a map to Gallery Tilal. (more…)
Filed under: My Studio, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, eve, jana alnaqeeb, photography, stories, studio
eve takes a profile pic
Jana came in this morning to photograph the complete Stories of Eves collection. I tried to set up the studio the best way I could to achieve maximum efficiency. I love to feel that I can win over time, so I’m always finding ways to reduce it. So much that I think I can be a little annoying. Jana and I worked like a machine and I am so happy with the results. The photos do my paintings justice. Thank you, J!
- jana and the mob
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
what a mess in my studio. i've been stuck on four paintings for one reason or another. technically, emotionally, supply-wise or a lack of time. four paintings. forever
Filed under: Step By Step, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, collage, eve, giant, painting, Step By Step, tracing paper, untitled
i started this painting two days ago. it's big and i think i'm going to enjoy it. i have so far
Filed under: Stories of Eves, You'll Be Famous | Tags: eve, fortune, origami, teller
it's pretty cloudy outside, so the lighting in my studio's a bit dim; that's why i couldn't take a proper photo of this painting. once i get these photographed professionally, i'll post it as part of the whole collection. i like this photo because of the two eves peeping from behind!
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 | Tags: acrylic, air, collage, correspondence, dear, eve, Exhibition, gallery, john, Kuwait, letter, mail, painting, tilal
thirty-five pages front and back, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 100cm x 100cm
Filed under: Same Dress | Tags: acrylic, canvas, dress, eve, gallery, party, same, tilal
oh fuck
There are two things I have to say about this painting but I’ll only speak about one: it sucks when you’re in the vicinity of someone who is wearing the exact item of clothing that you have on. It’s happened to me twice, but I’ll only speak about the one time. In a bizarre moment of a sartorialist’s version of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a woman was wearing the same printed cotton pants (these were the 90s), on a plane heading to Kuwait. I had spotted her earlier in the airport and immediately started tugging at my pants (which were quite stretchy). I don’t know why I pulled, it’s not like it would have been any less embarrassing if they’d come right off. The problem was that there was nothing ambiguous about the pattern on these pants: the design was autumn-colored, bold-printed paisley. We were wearing the same pants. As I boarded the plane, I passed her (she was already seated in her chair [I'm surprised I don't still remember her seat number]), I turned to her and said, “Nice pants”, and remained seated for the rest of the six hour trip.
Filed under: A Bowlful of Eves, Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves | Tags: acyrlic, eve, gallery, painting, tilal
a cupful of eves, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 100cm
The title of this painting changed from A Bowlful of Eves to A Cupful of Eves. These things happen sometimes. (more…)
Filed under: eve & her cock, Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, collage, eve, gallery, Kuwait, rooster, tilal
eve & her cock, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 100 cm x 120cm
Filed under: Derwent Journal Two, Sketchbook | Tags: derwent, eve, ink, journal, Kuwait, new, sketch, Sketchbook, year
36b
Filed under: eve & her cock, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, blue, collage, color, eve, gallery, Kuwait, rooster, tilal
i usually paint my backgrounds with this cerulean blue to block out the noise. and i'm often tempted to keep the background blue. it's not my favorite blue to paint with but something about the plastic-like feel and solidness of the color complements the more tactile and textured aspect of my figures. this time, i might just succumb to that temptation
Filed under: Stories of Eves, Tareq's Story | Tags: coincidence, eve, painting, phone, photo
eve and me. the photo was taken a few weeks before i did my painting on the left
My brother, Tareq, was over for lunch this afternoon. After we ate I saw him clicking away at his phone. Then he asked me, “Ghadah, do you have a painting of Eve at her computer?” and I said yes. Then he showed me a photo he had taken of me a couple of months ago and the similarity really shocked me. I know it’s a fairly common occurrence to be seated at one’s computer, but the thing that struck me was the composition, the long flowing dresses and the fact that my brother had taken a photo which I painted a few weeks later.
Filed under: My Studio | Tags: eve, film, Kuwait, studio, television, variety
eve earlier this morning, before the arrival of the ktv crew
I was visited this morning by the Kuwait Television crew (Rashed Bader, Amani Al-Enezy, Ahmed Al-Mutairy and Abdulaziz Alhadad), who came in to film a segment for a new variety show to air next year. I was quite nervous because I had to talk about my work in Arabic, and unfortunately I’m not too familiar with the whole art jargon in any other language but English. The whole process took around two hours, and I was surprisingly easy with painting for film (I’ve done it before but that was me filming me). (more…)
Filed under: Eve's First Cigarette, Gallery Tilal, Stories of Eves | Tags: acrylic, collage, eve, Exhibition, gallery, Kuwait, painting, smoking, sneak, tilal
eves' first cigarette, 2010, acrylic and collage on canvas, 120cm x 150cm
