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December 2010
Jabbar Al Ghadban
One-Man Show
Bahrain Arts Society
5 - 15 December
One-Man Show
Bahrain Arts Society
5 - 15 December
Ines A. Landmesser
Tomorrow is now
Tomorrow is now
Ghaf Art Gallery - Abu Dhabi
5-15 December
5-15 December
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Abu Dhabi. Ines A. Landmesser’s explores individual and social aspects in her work.
Her life in Abu Dhabi and the fast changes in today’s world are reflected in a unique mixture of different themes. Urban life and changes in day to day business from the time she arrived in the Emirates(1989) concluded in the theme of “Tomorrow is now” - a reflection on busy life and impact of movement towards individual ‘open spaces’’. It is a journey showcasing open spaces, impressions of daily life and the meditative transparence of nature. Having seen the world on numerous travels she reflects her live in the Emirates in her very own perspective.
Finding a balance between open spaces for the individual and integration into society is an important part of her work.
Our retreat is family, friends and partners in life and the environment that we should treasure and take care of for future generations.
Each of us is a part of this experience featured in “The Abu Dhabi Code” - painting. The Abu Dhabi Code is the promise to keep the balance between humans and nature, using all available resources for a better future. It is the impression to be already part of tomorrow’s world. We can no longer wait for others or anything to change it for us.
Tomorrow is now - every single day.
Landmesser’s work includes oils, pastels and mixed media as well as painting on china and hand built pottery sculptures. She has developed a special layering technique that creates a rich texture and adds depths to her paintings. Her illustrations for children’s books are well known in the gulf region. She was teaching pottery, created, managed and worked on 2 big projects for the German School, and joined the Camel Caravan and Arabian Horse projects.
She has been commissioned to create paintings for corporate spaces by reputed companies and prestigious institutions, held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions.
As a member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society, she was awarded a price for her paintings in 2001. In 2005 her work was chosen by the German Embassy to represent her country at the Sharjah Women’s Biennale.
The current exhibition will be held under the patronage of H.E. Klaus-Peter Brandes, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UAE.
Her life in Abu Dhabi and the fast changes in today’s world are reflected in a unique mixture of different themes. Urban life and changes in day to day business from the time she arrived in the Emirates(1989) concluded in the theme of “Tomorrow is now” - a reflection on busy life and impact of movement towards individual ‘open spaces’’. It is a journey showcasing open spaces, impressions of daily life and the meditative transparence of nature. Having seen the world on numerous travels she reflects her live in the Emirates in her very own perspective.
Finding a balance between open spaces for the individual and integration into society is an important part of her work.
Our retreat is family, friends and partners in life and the environment that we should treasure and take care of for future generations.
Each of us is a part of this experience featured in “The Abu Dhabi Code” - painting. The Abu Dhabi Code is the promise to keep the balance between humans and nature, using all available resources for a better future. It is the impression to be already part of tomorrow’s world. We can no longer wait for others or anything to change it for us.
Tomorrow is now - every single day.
Landmesser’s work includes oils, pastels and mixed media as well as painting on china and hand built pottery sculptures. She has developed a special layering technique that creates a rich texture and adds depths to her paintings. Her illustrations for children’s books are well known in the gulf region. She was teaching pottery, created, managed and worked on 2 big projects for the German School, and joined the Camel Caravan and Arabian Horse projects.
She has been commissioned to create paintings for corporate spaces by reputed companies and prestigious institutions, held several solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions.
As a member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society, she was awarded a price for her paintings in 2001. In 2005 her work was chosen by the German Embassy to represent her country at the Sharjah Women’s Biennale.
The current exhibition will be held under the patronage of H.E. Klaus-Peter Brandes, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to the UAE.
Biography
Ines A. Landmesser is a German artist who lives and works in Abu Dhabi.
She is a member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society and holds a Diploma in Graphic Design. She had training with famous artist as Otmar Alt, Martha Astfalck-Vietz, Peter Keizer, Bernd Moelck-Tassel and Prof. Markus Luepertz.
Exhibitions
Participation in group exhibitions in the U.A.E. and Germany
Solo Exhibitions in the Cultural Foundation and Ghaf Gallery, Abu Dhabi
Women’s Biennial Sharjah 2005
Published Work (Illustrations)
Aisha and the turtle
Aisha saves the reef
Hamda and the magic fish
Awards
2nd prize in the 20th General Exhibition Of the Emirates Fine Arts Society
Projects
Camel Caravan ‘Jazz Camel’
Godolphin Arabian Horse ‘Inspiration
GIS - Project, Flag paintings (GIS AD)
Ines A. Landmesser is a German artist who lives and works in Abu Dhabi.
She is a member of the Emirates Fine Arts Society and holds a Diploma in Graphic Design. She had training with famous artist as Otmar Alt, Martha Astfalck-Vietz, Peter Keizer, Bernd Moelck-Tassel and Prof. Markus Luepertz.
Exhibitions
Participation in group exhibitions in the U.A.E. and Germany
Solo Exhibitions in the Cultural Foundation and Ghaf Gallery, Abu Dhabi
Women’s Biennial Sharjah 2005
Published Work (Illustrations)
Aisha and the turtle
Aisha saves the reef
Hamda and the magic fish
Awards
2nd prize in the 20th General Exhibition Of the Emirates Fine Arts Society
Projects
Camel Caravan ‘Jazz Camel’
Godolphin Arabian Horse ‘Inspiration
GIS - Project, Flag paintings (GIS AD)
Julie Askew - UK
Bruno Mueller-Meyer - Switzerland
Florencia Ratto - Argentina
Celebrating Oman
BAIT MUZNA GALLERY - OMAN
11 December - 31 January
Bruno Mueller-Meyer - Switzerland
Florencia Ratto - Argentina
Celebrating Oman
BAIT MUZNA GALLERY - OMAN
11 December - 31 January
Bruno Mueller Meyer
Wadi Shab II, Oil on canvas, 33 x 46 cm, 2010
Florencia Ratto
The escape, 100 x 0,60 cm, acrilico,2010
Julie Askew
Reef Patrol, 30x40 inches. Oil on canvas. 2010
MUSCAT. To mark the 40th Renaissance anniversary, Bait Muzna Gallery invites three international artists to reflect on Oman’s nature and animal world for their first exhibition in the Middle East through their particular styles and subjects: Wildlife, Landscapes and Horses. Julie Askew, a world traveller is a remarkable expert in wildlife; this will be the first time such wildlife will ever be seen in the Sultanate. Bruno Muller Meyer is a renowned artist in Switzerland based in Luzern. He exhibits regularly internationally and will present a unique series of Omani landscapes which he captured during his recent visit. Florencia Ratto works and lives in Argentina. She has grown up with horses and started to paint them since early childhood, a passionate artist who will present a series of Argentinean horses as well as Arab horses. A captivating exhibition for all visitors.
About Bait Muzna Gallery
Nestled in the heart of this sparkling clean city, the Bait Muzna Gallery also has its own unique history. Originally the home of a member of the Oman Royal Family, this traditionally styled house was renovated for use as an art gallery in 1999, opening its doors in January, 2000. This renovation came about through the vision and dedication of Sayyida Susan Al Said, American-born wife of a nephew of the original owner, Sayyida Muzna bint Nadir.
Supporting Omani art and artists
Art is the soul of a culture and the Gallery recognizes that contemporary art is an essential indicator of the state and progress of a society. As Oman continues to develop and open up to international business and tourism, Omani art and artists are set to benefit from this increased exposure. A main goal of Bait Muzna Gallery is to provide an accessible and welcoming venue to showcase these talents. Cooperation with the Omani Fine arts Society has helped in making this possible.
Nestled in the heart of this sparkling clean city, the Bait Muzna Gallery also has its own unique history. Originally the home of a member of the Oman Royal Family, this traditionally styled house was renovated for use as an art gallery in 1999, opening its doors in January, 2000. This renovation came about through the vision and dedication of Sayyida Susan Al Said, American-born wife of a nephew of the original owner, Sayyida Muzna bint Nadir.
Supporting Omani art and artists
Art is the soul of a culture and the Gallery recognizes that contemporary art is an essential indicator of the state and progress of a society. As Oman continues to develop and open up to international business and tourism, Omani art and artists are set to benefit from this increased exposure. A main goal of Bait Muzna Gallery is to provide an accessible and welcoming venue to showcase these talents. Cooperation with the Omani Fine arts Society has helped in making this possible.
Birds
Collective Exhibition
of Sculptures
Curated by Hayfa Al Jishi and Artist Ahmad Al Bahrani
Albareh Art Gallery
12 December - 2 January 2011
Collective Exhibition
of Sculptures
Curated by Hayfa Al Jishi and Artist Ahmad Al Bahrani
Albareh Art Gallery
12 December - 2 January 2011
Manama. Albareh Art Gallery presents “Birds” a collective sculpture exhibition by a group of confirmed sculptors from Bahrain, the Middle East and around the world.
Curated by Hayfa AlJishi and Artist Ahmed Al Bahrani, This show will gather Major sculptors from Bahrain, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, France, and Japan, to participate in this unique concept, which centers on the theme of Birds. This region has a lot of affinity to birds as they represent beauty, strength, nationality, freedom, movement, free spirit, as well as love, unity and family.
Birds’ vast representations and meanings offer a chance to create unusual sculptures and to capture the essence and beauty of nature. Each Artist will present two artworks; that varies between abstract, impressionist or symbolic, featuring the aesthetic aspects of the birds wither scattered, in motion or in groups. Nests, eggs, wings, the existing and the legendary ones, in different Sizes and forms, and in different mediums; stone, wood, Bronze, Steel, Plastic, etc...
Thus “Birds” will be used as a symbol to what each artist have in mind in his own distinctive way, and to all what these creatures resemble and represent about us as humans and about nature in general.
Curated by Hayfa AlJishi and Artist Ahmed Al Bahrani, This show will gather Major sculptors from Bahrain, Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, France, and Japan, to participate in this unique concept, which centers on the theme of Birds. This region has a lot of affinity to birds as they represent beauty, strength, nationality, freedom, movement, free spirit, as well as love, unity and family.
Birds’ vast representations and meanings offer a chance to create unusual sculptures and to capture the essence and beauty of nature. Each Artist will present two artworks; that varies between abstract, impressionist or symbolic, featuring the aesthetic aspects of the birds wither scattered, in motion or in groups. Nests, eggs, wings, the existing and the legendary ones, in different Sizes and forms, and in different mediums; stone, wood, Bronze, Steel, Plastic, etc...
Thus “Birds” will be used as a symbol to what each artist have in mind in his own distinctive way, and to all what these creatures resemble and represent about us as humans and about nature in general.
Participating Artists
Ahmad Al Bahrani - Iraq
Hitoshi Tanaka - Japan
Jamal Abdulrahim - Bahrain Samer Tabbaa - Jordan
Ali Nori - Iraq
Jivko - France
Mostafa Ali - Syria
Nabil Basbous - Lebanon
Khalil Al Hashimi - Bahrain Nevine Farghaly - Egypt
Nedim Kufi - Iraq
Ahmad Al Bahrani - Iraq
Hitoshi Tanaka - Japan
Jamal Abdulrahim - Bahrain Samer Tabbaa - Jordan
Ali Nori - Iraq
Jivko - France
Mostafa Ali - Syria
Nabil Basbous - Lebanon
Khalil Al Hashimi - Bahrain Nevine Farghaly - Egypt
Nedim Kufi - Iraq
Sculpture by Ahmad Albahrani
Sculpture by French artist, Jivko
Qassim Alsaedy
ROAD TO BAGHDAD
ROAD TO BAGHDAD
Gallerie Frank Welkenhuysen
Utrecht - Netherlands
1 December - 16 January
Utrecht - Netherlands
1 December - 16 January
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UTRECHT. "Qassim's work is about the love of one person, an idea, a place or a country. The eternal struggle between war, hatred, ugliness and evil and their counterparts peace, love, goodness and beauty.
Qassim is a versatile artist alongside paintings, installations and works on paper makes. In collaboration with ceramist Brigitte Reuter, he produces dramatic and mysterious ceramic objects.
Qassim's work can look forward to an international crowd of admirers, lovers and collectors and was last year in various galleries and museums in the werld shown. "
Qassim is a versatile artist alongside paintings, installations and works on paper makes. In collaboration with ceramist Brigitte Reuter, he produces dramatic and mysterious ceramic objects.
Qassim's work can look forward to an international crowd of admirers, lovers and collectors and was last year in various galleries and museums in the werld shown. "
About Qassim Alsaedy
Born in Baghdad in 1949. Qassim studied painting art at The Academy of fine Art , Baghdad 1969-1973. He has had been involved in numerous solo & group exhibitions "in : Iraq-Liban-Syria-Yemen-Libya-France-Netherlands-Germany-Belgum-United Arab Emiraties-Italy-Sweden. Qassim is also a member of many artistic associations: ISOA-Iraq;, Aiap-France;BEEK; GSA ; Kunstliefde-Netherlands. Qassim has taught art in ; Iraq, Libya and Netherlands.He won the "Kirkhof Prize "Netherlands 2002. Qassim has been exhibiting in The Netherlands since 2000 at Mr. Frank Welkenhuysen gallery, Lichtegaard 3, Utrecht.
Born in Baghdad in 1949. Qassim studied painting art at The Academy of fine Art , Baghdad 1969-1973. He has had been involved in numerous solo & group exhibitions "in : Iraq-Liban-Syria-Yemen-Libya-France-Netherlands-Germany-Belgum-United Arab Emiraties-Italy-Sweden. Qassim is also a member of many artistic associations: ISOA-Iraq;, Aiap-France;BEEK; GSA ; Kunstliefde-Netherlands. Qassim has taught art in ; Iraq, Libya and Netherlands.He won the "Kirkhof Prize "Netherlands 2002. Qassim has been exhibiting in The Netherlands since 2000 at Mr. Frank Welkenhuysen gallery, Lichtegaard 3, Utrecht.
About Jabbar Algadban
A fine arts graduate at the Damascus University, Syria in1981, he was not born painting in the style with which he is now associated with. Jabbar rejected the Impressionism he had initially embraced for a precise, stylised manner and dedicated himself to folklore – portraying and decorating the lives of Arab women.
The female figure, Jabbar’s ‘now’ celebrated icon, is itself a kind of allegory of art.
They suggest a powerful psychological undertow – a veneer of social realism. The
deceptively simple, semi-abstracted, doe-eyed women with long necks that are a little
too stiff – derive their power from the liberties that Jabbar has taken within the schema
of representation, and not from saving the human face as directly seen. In fact, Jabbar’s
temptation by allegory and his urge to make his extroverted icons’ secret dramatic narratives is the powerful modernist element in his otherwise regionalist art.
The simplified graphically conceived framed and firmly outlined objects in a Crayola-
bright palette are qualities that are quickly recognisable in all of his work.
A fine arts graduate at the Damascus University, Syria in1981, he was not born painting in the style with which he is now associated with. Jabbar rejected the Impressionism he had initially embraced for a precise, stylised manner and dedicated himself to folklore – portraying and decorating the lives of Arab women.
The female figure, Jabbar’s ‘now’ celebrated icon, is itself a kind of allegory of art.
They suggest a powerful psychological undertow – a veneer of social realism. The
deceptively simple, semi-abstracted, doe-eyed women with long necks that are a little
too stiff – derive their power from the liberties that Jabbar has taken within the schema
of representation, and not from saving the human face as directly seen. In fact, Jabbar’s
temptation by allegory and his urge to make his extroverted icons’ secret dramatic narratives is the powerful modernist element in his otherwise regionalist art.
The simplified graphically conceived framed and firmly outlined objects in a Crayola-
bright palette are qualities that are quickly recognisable in all of his work.
MANAMA. Bahraini artist Jabbar Alghadban certainly knows how to capture an audience with his paintings of beautiful women. Jabbar's women are melancholic and mysterious with a powerful physical intensity and a subtleness of form which almost makes you want to hold them.
The graceful lines express feelings, memories and deep emotion by means of the positions and expressions of the figures. His paintings are about feelings and states of mood, about dreams and expectations. In every work he tries to capture part of the mystery of the female personality by combining the beauty of the physical with the intensity of the mental. His contemporary style to pose, composition and colour produces paintings that are modern, vibrant and uniquely individual.
The graceful lines express feelings, memories and deep emotion by means of the positions and expressions of the figures. His paintings are about feelings and states of mood, about dreams and expectations. In every work he tries to capture part of the mystery of the female personality by combining the beauty of the physical with the intensity of the mental. His contemporary style to pose, composition and colour produces paintings that are modern, vibrant and uniquely individual.
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