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LEADING BAHRAINI artist Shaikh Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa’s groundbreaking achievements as a painter beginning in the 60s are featured in the book "Rashid bin Khalifa Al Khalifa - 40 years of painting from himself, by himself, for himself". The retrospective book is the first major survey of his work and is a giant step towards understanding the ongoing vitality of his practice.
Shaikh Rashid began creating art in the '60s to the present searching for ways to re-imagine painting. His retrospective oeuvre is a visual journey that threads through modern painting's history - from landscapes, figurative, two-dimension and abstract colour field painted on "convex" shaped canvas.
The book also covers an impressive range of productivity in Shaikh's practice in many forms - sketches, photography, interior design and graphic design. The impressive 146 page hardback contains over 200 beautiful colour photographs, a creative meditation and an historical testimony of one man’s dedication to arts - an exciting addition to any fine arts aficionados’ library.
The book not only serves to create awareness of Shaikh Rashid’s art but also serves as an excellent support to charity as all sales will go to an aid organisation.
Available at Jashanmal’s Bookstore, Seef Mall branch.
www.rashidalkhalifa.com
Shaikh Rashid began creating art in the '60s to the present searching for ways to re-imagine painting. His retrospective oeuvre is a visual journey that threads through modern painting's history - from landscapes, figurative, two-dimension and abstract colour field painted on "convex" shaped canvas.
The book also covers an impressive range of productivity in Shaikh's practice in many forms - sketches, photography, interior design and graphic design. The impressive 146 page hardback contains over 200 beautiful colour photographs, a creative meditation and an historical testimony of one man’s dedication to arts - an exciting addition to any fine arts aficionados’ library.
The book not only serves to create awareness of Shaikh Rashid’s art but also serves as an excellent support to charity as all sales will go to an aid organisation.
Available at Jashanmal’s Bookstore, Seef Mall branch.
www.rashidalkhalifa.com
PUBLISHED IN conjunction with Al Nasiri’s latest exhibition Beyond Time at Nabad Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan, Rafa Al Nasiri: His Life & Art, is a beautifully produced bilingual (Arabic and English) book and is divided into six parts. Beginning with the early, sequentially dated artworks and ending with the 2009 artist’s book on Mahmoud Darwish, this volume presents a chronological overview of Al Nasiri’s’s oeuvre.
As biography and identity are important factors in Al Nasiri’s work, the authors explored several aspects of his story including the compilation of essays by Etel Adnan, Salwa Muqdadi, Claude Dorval, Sadoun Fadhil and May Muzaffar brings to light his contributions to art over the course of five decades. Al Nasiri is known as one of the pioneering artists’ who played a significant role in the rise of Graphic Arts in the 1960s. He is an important figure in contemporary Iraqi art and theory and a fitting subject for such an ambitious retrospective.
The lead-off essay by Etel Adnan, The Poetic Vision (2004), merges Al Nasiri’s vision and inner spirit arriving at a compelling model for his art making today. The artist’s acceptance of Eastern canonical notions implied undeniable aestheticism resulting in a true Zen self-reflection in life and art.
The book situates Al Nasiri's work within Peking, China as a student in the late 50s to early 60s, the vibrant Baghdad art scene of the 70s as well as in between Amman, Jordan (his current residence) from early 1990s and Manama, Bahrain during late 90s up to 2003.
At the heart of the book is the essay by May Muzaffar, Ten Years, Three Cities (1989-1999), provides a first-hand description of Al Nasiri’s working methods. From his early graphic works that brought him to prominence to his most recent paintings and artist’s book, this volume is the first chance to see on a large scale how Al Nasiri’s talent evolved. The contents demonstrate definite and interesting artistic development from his earlier work.
Intimately engaged with the art and literary world of Iraq, Rafa Al Nasiri: His Life and Art, reflect the intellectual culture that nourished him and authors Sabah Al Nassiri and May Muzaffar have sensitively and perceptively portrayed the artist, his development and his times.
The 300 page book is compact and the overall design is pleasing. The percentage of text to the judiciously selected images in this volume is low and that makes it interesting for someone who feels compelled to read books from front to back.
Like Al Nasiri’s paintings, this book is worth savouring and is recommended for all art collections and is available at Nabad Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
www.rafanasiri.com
As biography and identity are important factors in Al Nasiri’s work, the authors explored several aspects of his story including the compilation of essays by Etel Adnan, Salwa Muqdadi, Claude Dorval, Sadoun Fadhil and May Muzaffar brings to light his contributions to art over the course of five decades. Al Nasiri is known as one of the pioneering artists’ who played a significant role in the rise of Graphic Arts in the 1960s. He is an important figure in contemporary Iraqi art and theory and a fitting subject for such an ambitious retrospective.
The lead-off essay by Etel Adnan, The Poetic Vision (2004), merges Al Nasiri’s vision and inner spirit arriving at a compelling model for his art making today. The artist’s acceptance of Eastern canonical notions implied undeniable aestheticism resulting in a true Zen self-reflection in life and art.
The book situates Al Nasiri's work within Peking, China as a student in the late 50s to early 60s, the vibrant Baghdad art scene of the 70s as well as in between Amman, Jordan (his current residence) from early 1990s and Manama, Bahrain during late 90s up to 2003.
At the heart of the book is the essay by May Muzaffar, Ten Years, Three Cities (1989-1999), provides a first-hand description of Al Nasiri’s working methods. From his early graphic works that brought him to prominence to his most recent paintings and artist’s book, this volume is the first chance to see on a large scale how Al Nasiri’s talent evolved. The contents demonstrate definite and interesting artistic development from his earlier work.
Intimately engaged with the art and literary world of Iraq, Rafa Al Nasiri: His Life and Art, reflect the intellectual culture that nourished him and authors Sabah Al Nassiri and May Muzaffar have sensitively and perceptively portrayed the artist, his development and his times.
The 300 page book is compact and the overall design is pleasing. The percentage of text to the judiciously selected images in this volume is low and that makes it interesting for someone who feels compelled to read books from front to back.
Like Al Nasiri’s paintings, this book is worth savouring and is recommended for all art collections and is available at Nabad Art Gallery, Amman, Jordan.
www.rafanasiri.com
Rashid bin Khalifa
Al Khalifa -
40 years of painting from himself, by himself, for himself
Al Khalifa -
40 years of painting from himself, by himself, for himself
Rafa Al Nasiri:
His Life & Art
by Sabah Al Nassiri and May Muzaffar
His Life & Art
by Sabah Al Nassiri and May Muzaffar
December 2010
Dia Al-Azzawi: Retrospective
Authors: Nada Shabout,
As’ad Orabi, Nadine Descendre
and Buland Al Haidairi
Editors: Charles Pocock and
Samar Faruqi
Art Design: Noura Haggag
Publisher: Meem Editions, Dubai
Authors: Nada Shabout,
As’ad Orabi, Nadine Descendre
and Buland Al Haidairi
Editors: Charles Pocock and
Samar Faruqi
Art Design: Noura Haggag
Publisher: Meem Editions, Dubai
Dia Al-Azzawi: retrospective is a complete monograph highlighting the artist’s oervre, displaying over 200 colour plates of his art from 1960s to his most recent paintings. It includes essays, in English and Arabic, by Dr Nada M Shabout, Asa’d Orabi, Buland Al-Hadari and Nadine Descendre. It also includes an extensive bibliography listing over 140 titles on Al-Azzawi, exhibition lists, and rare photographs from the artist’s personal archive.
Published by Meem Editions, Dubai , the 509 pages book is written in English/Arabic. Available in hardcover, the 29 x 30 cm book has 211 colour and 42 b/w images.
It is recommended for academic libraries, museums and large public libraries, and for all collections that support programmes in contemporary Iraqi Art studies.
Available at Meem Gallery, Dubai
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Published by Meem Editions, Dubai , the 509 pages book is written in English/Arabic. Available in hardcover, the 29 x 30 cm book has 211 colour and 42 b/w images.
It is recommended for academic libraries, museums and large public libraries, and for all collections that support programmes in contemporary Iraqi Art studies.
Available at Meem Gallery, Dubai
azzawiart.com
meem.ae
Parvis Tanavoli: Monograph
Authors: Parvis Tanavoli, Siah Armajani, Shiva Balaghi, Karam Diba, Gisela Fock, Maryam Massoudi, Alireze Sami-Azar and Tandis Tanavoli
Editors: Charles Pocock and
Samar Faruqi
Art Design: Noura Haggag
Publisher: Meem Editions, Dubai
Authors: Parvis Tanavoli, Siah Armajani, Shiva Balaghi, Karam Diba, Gisela Fock, Maryam Massoudi, Alireze Sami-Azar and Tandis Tanavoli
Editors: Charles Pocock and
Samar Faruqi
Art Design: Noura Haggag
Publisher: Meem Editions, Dubai
Parvia Tanavoli: Monograph is the most extensive catalogue raisonne of the artist to date, including over 250 colour plates displaying his sculptures from the early 1960s to his most recent work. It also includes essays, in English and Arabbic, by leading academics and figures from the Iranian and international art world, exhibitions and reading list, and rare photographs from the artist’s archive.
Passages from Tanavoli’s memoirs have been translated into Arabic for the first time in this publication, allowing readers to engage with Tanavoli’s art through his own words and recollections.
Available at Meem Gallery, Dubai
meem.ae
Passages from Tanavoli’s memoirs have been translated into Arabic for the first time in this publication, allowing readers to engage with Tanavoli’s art through his own words and recollections.
Available at Meem Gallery, Dubai
meem.ae
By Poet and Critic
MAY MUZAFFAR
Published by the Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, Amman2010
A volume dedicated to the aesthetic journey of Rafa Nasiri, a leading Iraqi painter and printmaker, widely-known in the Arab world and beyond for bridging the eastern and western artistic traditions.
Available at Nabad Gallery, Amman
rafanasiri.com
MAY MUZAFFAR
Published by the Arab Institute for Research and Publishing, Amman2010
A volume dedicated to the aesthetic journey of Rafa Nasiri, a leading Iraqi painter and printmaker, widely-known in the Arab world and beyond for bridging the eastern and western artistic traditions.
Available at Nabad Gallery, Amman
rafanasiri.com
RAFA NASIRI: PAINTER OF THE COSMIC SCENE
Conference of Birds No. 1. 2008
Coloured Bronze (Edition of 7) Sculpture.
h: 44.4 x w: 23.5 x d: 9 cm / h: 17.5 x w: 9.3 x d: 3.5 in
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Bird Cage Variation (No. 3)
Contemporary (ca. 1945-present)
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Hands and Grille III, 2005
Bronze Sculpture
h: 50 x w: 35.5 x d: 6 cm / h: 19.7 x w: 14 x d: 2.4 in
Edition: Unique
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Heech Lovers, 2007
Fiberglass Sculpture, h: 106 x w: 75 x d: 40 cm / h: 41.7 x w: 29.5 x d: 15.7 in
Edition 5/25
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