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Reza Doust|Get Tested|The Sultan Gallery
Posted on June 1, 2011 5 Comments
Last Thursday, in the nick of time, I managed to make it to Reza Doust‘s exhibition at the Sultan Gallery. According to his tally, I was the fourth Kuwaiti artist to visit that afternoon. Not bad for someone who has never been in the top ten of anything before. Back to the point, I had […]
Without Boundaries|Young Kuwaiti Talents|FA Gallery
Posted on May 16, 2011 6 Comments
I wasn’t planning on visiting this exhibition last night because I knew it would probably be crowded and I wouldn’t fully appreciate the work. But I ended up going. I got in little later than I normally frequent these events, which served my purpose much better than I could have planned it to. Not only […]
Protected: Neither Here Nor There|Dar Al-Funoon |May 2-May 19
Posted on May 4, 2011 6 Comments
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.
crotches, cats, dervish dancers and a sole penguin|abed el kadiri|identity turbulences
Posted on April 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
I always enjoy the FA Gallery exhibitions. There’s something about the building itself both on the outside and in which is warm and welcoming. The openings are always a great buzz and more often than not I like the work I see. But this time there was more. Abed El Kadiri’s work moves me. Rare […]
Reminiscing Kuwait II: A Tale of a Country|By Ali Sultan & Hamad Al Saab
Posted on April 20, 2011 5 Comments
Both a celebration of and a requiem to Kuwait’s past, Ali Sultan & Hamad Al Saab’s Reminiscing Kuwait II reads like a story which has prematurely reached it’s happy ever after in the sixties and witnessed a steady decline ever since. I do, however, also think it’s a story of hope. Although my first impression when I […]
Monira Al Qadiri|The Tragedy of Self
Posted on April 13, 2011 2 Comments
I am so happy that I made it to Monira Al Qadiri’s solo exhibition The Tragedy of Self, at the Sultan Gallery last night. However, I could just kick myself in the bum for not taking my camera with me (I’m disappointed in myself for allowing this dust to keep me from going back this […]
Stories of Eves Exhibition Photos|Mohammed Alkandari
Posted on March 21, 2011 10 Comments
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 […]
Thuraya Al-Baqsami|Retrospective Exhibition 1970-2011
Posted on March 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
sergei, 1977, pastels on paper: it is a common (and quite ignorant) misperception in this part of the world that artists who take any path other than the realist one, can’t draw. these are the laypeople. i don’t think they understand that shifting away from realism is a choice the artist makes and not just […]
Ghadah Alkandari|Stories of Eves
Posted on March 11, 2011 3 Comments
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.
Bazaar Magazine & Me
Posted on March 2, 2011 2 Comments
This piece about my up-coming exhibition Stories of Eves was just published in the March issue of Bazaar Magazine. Click here for the complete article. Thank you, SB, for the interview.
Exhibition 50/20 Part II|The Sultan Gallery
Posted on February 21, 2011 6 Comments
I know I said the last time that I finally made it to the first installment of The Sultan Gallery’s 50/20 Exhibition. But this time I finally, finally made it. It’s been a week since the show opened. I like the whole idea of having two parts of a show, version one and version two. […]
Exhibition 50/20|The Sultan Gallery
Posted on February 3, 2011 Leave a Comment
I finally managed to make it to The Sultan Gallery this morning for a much-anticipated group show Exhibition 50/20. Most of the artists exhibiting here, when you put them in a room together, you’re going to get something like this: the ugly beautiful, the beautiful ugly, gender mish-mashes, political hodgepodge, religious under-, over- and […]
Sometimes I Think I’m a Photographer|Fatima El Hajj Exhibition at the FA Gallery
Posted on January 23, 2011 1 Comment
I had a very busy morning yesterday. It was one of those mornings you feel were worth getting out of bed and driving around town for. Good company, a big jar of assorted eye candy and a healthy dose of cultural adrenaline. After the car show, I drove to the FA Gallery to see Lebanese […]
Cultural Re-Expressions 101|A Walk-Through
Posted on January 11, 2011 3 Comments
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!
Notes & Doodles|Palestinian Culture Center Final Meeting Before Exhibition|November 22, 2010
Posted on November 22, 2010 3 Comments
These are the final notes for the upcoming Palestinian Culture Center exhibition opening on November 29th at Bait Lothan. I’ve been volunteering at the center for over fifteen years and it becomes a big part of my life twice a year. I’m going to include the invitation in this post for those of you […]
PrettyGreenBullet Exhibition Photos|Sharoofa Abdulsalam
Posted on November 14, 2010 1 Comment
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.
PrettyGreenBullet Exhibition Drawing
Posted on November 11, 2010 1 Comment
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, […]
PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition|November 9, 2010
Posted on November 10, 2010 18 Comments
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 […]
