Showing posts with label Abdulnasser Gharem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Abdulnasser Gharem. 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.

Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Contemporary Art / Doha - Abdulnasser Gharem

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.
"I HAVE NO STUDIO SO MY STUDIO IS WHERE I CAN FIND PEOPLE. WHEN I SEE THE OPPORTUNITY I GO. THAT IS MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT ART."

BORN IN 1973 IN THE SAUDI ARABIAN CITY OF KHAMIS MUSHAIT, WHERE HE CONTINUES TO LIVE AND WORK TODAY. IN 1992 GHAREM GRADUATED FROM THE KING ABDULAZIZ ACADEMY BEFORE ATTENDING THE LEADER INSTITUTE IN RIYADH. IN 2003 HE STUDIED AT THE INFLUENTIAL AL- MEFTAHA ARTS VILLAGE IN ABHA AND IN 2004 GHAREM AND THE AL-MEFTAHA ARTISTS STAGED A GROUP EXHIBITION, SHATTAH, WHICH CHALLENGED EXISTING MODES OF ART PRACTICE IN SAUDI ARABIA. SINCE THEN GHAREM HAS EXHIBITED IN EUROPE, THE GULF AND THE USA, INCLUDING AT MARTIN GROPIUS-BAU AND AT THE VENICE, SHARJAH & BERLIN BIENNALES. HE RECENTLY MADE HISTORY WHEN HIS INSTALLATION MESSAGE/MESSENGER SOLD FOR A WORLD RECORD PRICE AT AUCTION IN DUBAI, ESTABLISHING GHAREM AS THE HIGHEST SELLING LIVING GULF ARTIST. GHAREM DONATED THE PROCEEDS OF THIS SALE TO EDGE OF ARABIA TO FOSTER ART EDUCATION IN HIS NATIVE COUNTRY. HIS FIRST MONOGRAPH ‘ABDULNASSER GHAREM: ART OF SURVIVAL’ WAS PUBLISHED IN LONDON IN OCTOBER 2011. More