Showing posts with label Abdelaziz Gorgi. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abdelaziz Gorgi. Show all posts

Sunday, May 10, 2015

9 Works at the Contemporary Art / Doha. Abdelaziz Gorgi, Abdulnasser Gharem, Inji Aflatoun, Kour Pour, Mahjoub Ben Bella, Monir Farmanfarmaian, Nabil Nahas, Nejib Belkhodja,

Inji Aflatoun
1924 - 1989
L'OR BLANC (WHITE GOLD)
signed and dated 63; signed and titled on the stretcher
oil on canvas 
66.5 by 79.5cm.; 26 1/8 by 31 1/4 in.

Abdelaziz Gorgi
1928-2008
JOUEURS DE CHKOBA; VEILLÉE DU RAMADAN (CHKOBA PLAYERS; EVE OF RAMADAN)
signed
acrylic, gold leaf, ink and pen on paper
76 by 55cm.; 29 7/8 by 21 3/4 in.
Executed circa 1960-1969. 

Mahjoub Ben Bella
B. 1946
UNTITLED 
signed
oil on canvas 
133 by 95cm.; 52 1/4 by 37 1/2 in.
Executed in 1987

Rachid Koraïchi
B.1947
NEDJMA (THE FOUR SEASONS) 
hand woven and embroidery silk, in four parts 
Each: 304 by 152 by 7cm.; 119 3/4 by 59 7/8 by 2 3/4 in.
Executed in 2009.

Nabil Nahas
B. 1949
COLOR BLIND
signed, titled, and dated 1998 on the reverse
acrylic on canvas
121.9 by 121.9 by 8.9 cm.; 48 by 48 by 3 1/2 in.

Nejib Belkhodja
1933 - 2007
MEDINA ENTRE DEUX ORAGES (MEDINA BETWEEN TWO STORMS)
signed and titled on the reverse 
acrylic on canvas
96.5 by 194cm.; 38 by 76 1/4 in.
Executed circa 1982.

Kour Pour

B. 1987

LOVE CHILD 
signed and dated 2010 on the reverse of each panel
acrylic on canvas, in eight parts
Overall: 122 by 183cm.; 48 by 72 in.

Abdulnasser Gharem
B.1973
MEN AT WORK (TIME MAGAZINE PERSON OF THE YEAR 2003: THE AMERICAN SOLDIER) 
ink and lacquer paint on rubber stamps and board, in four parts 
Overall: 160 by 200cm.; 63 by 78 3/4 in.
Executed in 2011.

Monir Farmanfarmaian
B. 1924
A NEW SPRING 
signed and dated 2007 twice on the reverse 
mirror, reverse-glass painting and plaster on wood 
93.5 by 122.5cm.; 36 1/2 by 48 1/4 in.

Thursday, April 23, 2015

Contemporary Art / Doha - Abdelaziz Gorgi

Abdelaziz Gorgi
1928-2008
JOUEURS DE CHKOBA; VEILLÉE DU RAMADAN (CHKOBA PLAYERS; EVE OF RAMADAN)
signed
acrylic, gold leaf, ink and pen on paper
76 by 55cm.; 29 7/8 by 21 3/4 in.
Executed circa 1960-1969. 

His oeuvre is a testament to a strong attachment to Tunisia, both in its form and practice.  As one of the founders and last president of the Ecole de Tunis, of whom he remained an active practicing artist alongside Jallal Ben Abdallah and Hedi Turki, Gorgi's paintings and tapestries are colourful, repeatedly featuring tokens such as 'chechias', the traditional Tunisian headgear or Chkoba, the traditional Tunisian card game, which both act to symbolize his personal background. Gorgi was also very active in encouraging the arts within his community, designing the first Tunisian postage stamp in 1956 and establishing the Tunis School of painting which he presided over until 1983. In 2000 his efforts were repaid when the Tunisian ministry of Culture announced that the country to be celebrating a ‘Gorgi Year’ of culture. More