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christmas comes early
Posted on January 4, 2014 4 Comments
So I was reading the news on the BBC World website last night and as always I went to the photo section. Immediately my eyes caught the ‘Your Photos’ section. Then I saw ‘Your Pictures of 2013’ subtitled (because it matters to me) ‘A selection of the best readers’ photos’. Immediately my heart sank because […]
homes } khaled al-fraih
Posted on November 19, 2012 2 Comments
My Girl With a Book has found a new home in Khaled Al-Fraih’s art-filled house. Her neighbor is a Helmi El-Touni painting. Lucky her! Thanks, Khaled for sending me this photo :).
packing for dar.nur } bye-bye, girls
Posted on July 18, 2012 1 Comment
My paintings were finally transported to dar.nur this morning. I have to say I was bubbling with energy, really happy they were going to a better place! Be good, girls. I’ll be visiting every now and then x
Boushahri Gallery 4th Annual Art Salon
Posted on June 26, 2012 Leave a Comment
Boushahri Gallery opened its 4th Annual Salon last Sunday. The exhibition will be open all summer.
new pictures on friday
Posted on November 18, 2011 3 Comments
I started a new series titled Paintings About Sitting today. I really, really enjoyed doing these, from dying the coffee filters with food coloring to cutting and deco-patching the pieces onto the canvas and finally adding in my sitting ladies. Fun, fun, fun!
Stories of Eves|Complete Collection
Posted on April 3, 2011 3 Comments
eve takes a profile pic, 2010, acrylic and collage on canvas, 230 x 140 cm Here is my complete Stories of Eves collection. The paintings were photographed by Jana Alnaqeeb.
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 […]
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!
Homes:Dr. Tim Sullivan
Posted on June 11, 2010 4 Comments
Dr. Sullivan sent me this last night. He spread the pictures on the wall but felt they were lost, so he divided them by this sadu an ‘old bedouin woman who made it’ gave to him a few weeks ago. He says, ‘I say hello to the children every morning.’ That is so cool.
Homes:Shatha & Qatami Al-Qatami
Posted on April 12, 2010 5 Comments
This morning I visited Ophelia. I have never done this before, just visited a painting of mine in it’s own right. It took my breath away when I spotted it as soon as I walked through Shatha Al-Qatami’s front door. But my first glimpse of Ophelia was through a mirror, which is what took me […]
Period
Posted on March 23, 2010 2 Comments
I painted this one over an older painting. I know, you should never ever do that but I did and felt much better after I did it. Only a fraction of the original painting shows through and that’s the figure you see sitting in the pillow. I was never happy with the original painting. It […]
Contemporary Art Auction|17 February 2010|Kuwait
Posted on February 18, 2010 3 Comments
I am very happy to announce that the auction last night raked in over half a million dollars! 30% of the proceeds will benefit K’s Path, which aims to bridge the gap between the humans and animals who call this country their home. And because things happen or tend to be clumped in threes, I’m […]
Homes: Mohammed Alkandari & Jana Alnaqeeb
Posted on February 2, 2010 Leave a Comment
I’m introducing the Home section here (which was part of my now defunct blogspot site). Because when I am parted with a painting I feel a little gut-wrenched, I ask for it to be photographed in its new home. And to my delight, many have obliged, bless them. This is the first installment, the home […]
Cultural Re-Expressions 101
Posted on January 11, 2010 1 Comment
In 2004, my brother Tareq and I collaborated on an exhibition of his conception and design which he used ‘Cultural Re-Expressions 101’ as a working title for. Soon, that title disappeared and it became ‘that show you did with your brother Tareq at the Life Shopping Center’. Basically, he had this idea to present a […]
Clown Complete
Posted on November 19, 2009 4 Comments
Clown, 2009 Acrylic and oil pastels on canvas 91×151 cm
Yink & Yanc
Posted on November 17, 2009 Leave a Comment
yink&yanc, 2009, acrylic and markers on canvas two panels, 20×30 cm each These are Yink and Yanc. They are my contribution to a charity exhibition spearheaded by Kuwaiti artist Thuraya Al-Baghsami, coordinator of Ghadeer Gallery, and Dr. Labeeba Tameem, a member of the Hayat Committee for Cancer Patients. People, both locally and abroad, of all […]
Laura Boushnak’s Photos: Yellow Tape Portraits Part II
Posted on September 26, 2009 Leave a Comment
This is the second segment of Laura Boushnak‘s photos of my exhibition: preparations for The Yellow Tape Portraits Exhibition at the Sultan Gallery.
The Yellow Tape Portraits
Posted on September 24, 2009 1 Comment
These are photos from my last exhibition at the Sultan Gallery, entitled The Yellow Tape Portraits. The show ran from the 10th to the 12th of February, 2009. For more on these paintings please click on the image above. Photos by Mohammed Alkandari
