Ayyam Gallery Beirut is pleased to announce Drawings on Paper, the forthcoming solo show of Syrian painter Nihad Al Turk.Featuring a new body of work, the exhibition will highlight an essential component of Al Turk's artistic practice by examining his use of drawing as a formal device that gives volume and depth to expressionist figures and objects-subjects that appear to shift in place as masses trapped in disfigured shells.
Although widely known for allegorical paintings exploring a cast of monstrous, semi-autobiographical characters, Al Turk recently produced a series of large ink and acrylic drawings that chronicle the current conflict in Syria from it's early days as a popular uprising to it's current state as an all-consuming war.
Al Turk's new works follow a period of his art that restructured his compositions as he injected brilliant hues and minimised backgrounds with flat areas of colour.Inspired by his move from Damascus to Beirut after the outbreak of the war, the last series is ostensibly optimistic.In contrast, his most recent drawings provide a somber account of displacement through a medium that allows for the laden inferences of markings.As the artist's lines seem to cut into the surface of the paper, an evident tension is created.
Date : 2 April - 28 May, 2015
Timings: 2 April (7PM - 9PM)
Venue : Beirut Tower, Ground floor, Zeitoune Street, across from Beirut Marina.
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Ayyam Gallery Beirut is pleased to present Civilised Society, the solo show of Syrian painter Kais Salman.Debuting the artist's latest body of work, the exhibition will feature paintings that satirically explore the realm of politics in the Arab world through its various archetypes.Deconstructing the historical tradition of portraiture as a demonstration of power or social status, Salman scrutinises the public posturing of political figures-from armchair activists to international delegates.
At the same time, the new series demonstrates a shift in Salman's painting style as he employs a brilliant palette with a combination of expressionism and realism and introduces vividly described settings.These formal elements draw the viewer into each composition as mundane trappings surround monstrous figures.In The Anonymous Arab(2014), for example, a protagonist is enlivened by painterly brushmarks as he holds a meticulously rendered mask of the international hacktivist group.Outfitted in a tuxedo while lounging on an antique sofa, he is portrayed as a self-assured dandy experiencing a life of privilege.
Date : 29 January - 20 March, 2015
Timings: 29 January ( 7PM - 9PM)
Venue : Beirut Tower, Ground Floor, Zeitoune Street, Across from Beirut
Marina.
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You are cordially invited to Gallery Ward's exhibition at Beirut Art Fair.They are proud to be taking part in the 5th edition of Beirut Art Fair, where they are showcasing a collection of contemporary Egyptian art that highlights the diversity of talents and aesthetics among Egyptian artists. The collection features works by seven of the country's most prominent artists: Ahmed Kassim, Armen Agop, Atef Ahmed, Ayman El Semary, Essam Marouf, Essam Darwish, and Nagla Samir.
Date : 18 September - 21 September, 2014
Timings: 18 September (7PM)
Venue : Beirut Exhibition & Leisure Center (BIEL), Hall 2.
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Ayyam Gallery is pleased to announce Syria's Apex Generation, an exhibition featuring recent works by artists Nihad Al Turk, Abdul Karim Majdal Al-Beik, Othman Moussa, Mohannad Orabi, and Kais Salman.Curated by art historian and Ayyam Gallery Artistic Director Maymanah Farhat, the exhibition will spotlight a new school of Syrian painting in the midst of expansion despite the disintegration of the Damascus art scene, it's original centre.
Syria's Apex Generation explores the myriad ways artists are responding to the current conflict in Syria through multifaceted works that reflect a new phase of the country's contemporary art.Focusing on painters who launched their careers in the 2000s when the Damascus art scene experienced significant growth, the exhibition will demonstrate how these artists have contributed to the catapulting of Syrian art over the past decade, which reached a high point just before the onset of the war.
Date : 9 June - 2 August, 2014
Venue : Ayyam Gallery Dubai (Alserkal Avenue)
Telephone : +97143236242
Date : 9 June - 2 August, 2014
Venue : Ayyam Gallery Dubai (DIFC)
Telephone : +97144392393
Date : 12 June - 2 August, 2014
Venue : Ayyam Gallery Beirut
Telephone : +9611374450/51
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