تويت
Um Suqqeim Road, 290 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Save the date for the opening night of new works by Iraqi artist Faisal Laibi Sahi
Faisel`s œuvre spans fifty years and demonstrates the artist’s continuing commitment to the ancient, traditional, modern and contemporary culture of Iraq. His vividly coloured paintings of individuals and group portraits display ostensibly harmonious scenes of leisure, as demonstrated in his Coffee House series and portraits of fruit, textile, shoe shine and laundry vendors. In his exhibition at Meem Gallery, characters such as The Butcher and The Accordian Player are displayed; and in the case of larger works such as The Café 2, we see a grouping of people from the community – a waiter, a general, a couple reading a newspaper.
Faisel’s execution of the works is a stylized realism, the iconography simple and easy to decode, or so it seems. Upon closer inspection, the repetition of forms and figures throughout his work leave a sense of the satirical on the viewer; and open discussion into deeper concerns such as class structure and political hierarchies of contemporary Iraqi culture. Faisel is indeed sardonic in nature, something that is highlighted not only in his art, but can be linked also to his work with the periodical press in Iraq, and the publication of his London based satirical newspaper, Al Meirasha (1992-2002).
Join us on January 26th to meet the artist and view the works at Meem Gallery. The exhibition will run until March 3rd 2015.
المنشورات
SAVE THE DATE: Faisal Laibi Shahi Exhibition Opening at Meem Gallery
Um Suqqeim Road, 290 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
مشاركة مناسبة Meem Gallery من قبل Faisel Laibi Sahi.
إفتتاح معرضي في كاليري ميم في دبي: العذابات والإمتاع . يوم الأثنين المصادف 26 \ 01 \ 2015. فأهلاً وسهلاً ومرحباً بكم يا كل الأصدقاء
Save the date for the opening night of new works by Iraqi artist Faisal Laibi Sahi
Faisel`s œuvre spans fifty years and demonstrates the artist’s continuing commitment to the ancient, traditional, modern and contemporary culture of Iraq. His vividly coloured paintings of individuals and group portraits display ostensibly harmonious scenes of leisure, as demonstrated in his Coffee House series and portraits of fruit, textile, shoe shine and laundry vendors. In his exhibition at Meem Gallery, characters such as The Butcher and The Accordian Player are displayed; and in the case of larger works such as The Café 2, we see a grouping of people from the community – a waiter, a general, a couple reading a newspaper.
Faisel’s execution of the works is a stylized realism, the iconography simple and easy to decode, or so it seems. Upon closer inspection, the repetition of forms and figures throughout his work leave a sense of the satirical on the viewer; and open discussion into deeper concerns such as class structure and political hierarchies of contemporary Iraqi culture. Faisel is indeed sardonic in nature, something that is highlighted not only in his art, but can be linked also to his work with the periodical press in Iraq, and the publication of his London based satirical newspaper, Al Meirasha (1992-2002).
Join us on January 26th to meet the artist and view the works at Meem Gallery. The exhibition will run until March 3rd 2015.
المنشورات
SAVE THE DATE: Faisal Laibi Shahi Exhibition Opening at Meem Gallery
Um Suqqeim Road, 290 Dubai, United Arab Emirates
مشاركة مناسبة Meem Gallery من قبل Faisel Laibi Sahi.
إفتتاح معرضي في كاليري ميم في دبي: العذابات والإمتاع . يوم الأثنين المصادف 26 \ 01 \ 2015. فأهلاً وسهلاً ومرحباً بكم يا كل الأصدقاء