my artwork in exhibition at Dar Al Funoon

Examples from my series "China Trade Tiles."  These are framed porcelain artworks that I created during an artist residency at THE POTTERY WORKSHOP in Jingdezhen, China.

Dar Al Funoon cordially invites you to:

3^rd Affordable Art Show - Young Artists Edition

Opening on Monday January 21^st from 6 - 8 pm

Featuring works by 20 young artists, local and regional, in the field of fine art, digital art, photography, sculpture/installation. The exhibit runs thought Wednesday January 23th. 

Participating artists:

Ali Al Mutairi | Faisal Mohammed | Farah Al Kandari | Farah Khajah | Ghadeer Ali | Immanuel Rhema | Jacquelin Talotta | Khaled Al Najdi | Khalid Al Sahaly | Maha Alasaker | Mohammad  AbuHakmeh | Mohammad Razzouqi | Mohammad Sharaf | Philip Kamble |  Roa Al Shaheen | Usra ElMadhoun | William Andersen | Yousef Al Qaoud | Yousef Abdel-Husain | Zena Dabbous

Tel:+ 965 22433138

Address: Al Watiah, Behbehani Compound, House n. 28
Opening Hours: 10am-1pm 4pm-8pm Sunday-Thursday, Friday and Saturday: by appointment

3 exhibit openings tomorrow in Kuwait!

Despite Kuwait having a relatively small art scene, tomorrow October 14, three exhibitions are opening all in different parts of the city:

1). First solo exhibition of Ayman Hassan's Arabic calligraphy (my calligraphy teacher!). Opening ceremony will be on October 14th in Ahmad Al-Adwani Hall in Dhahiyat Abdullah Al-salem. Click here for a map to the location.


2). Dar al Funoon Gallery: October Collection
Dar Al-Funoon cordially invites to preview of The October Collection, featuring works by Shahriar Ahmadi, Jamal Abdul Rahim, Halim El Karim, Sinan Hussein, and Mohammed Abou El Naga. Preview starts Sunday ,14th October...

3). Boushahri Gallery: Exhibition of Kuwaiti artists Hameed Khazaal and Fadhel Al Abbar
Exhibition of two Kuwaiti artists Hameed Khazaal and Fadhel Al Abbar Opening on Sunday, 14th of October, 2012 at 7pm...

My artwork is mentioned in the Guardian's review of the Gwangju Biennale...

A grand canvas for Gwangju's role in dawn of South Korean ...

www.guardian.co.uk

Gwangju Biennale artworks deal with popular resistance from Asia to the Arab spring and the Occupy movement ...The market workers themselves, snoozing in the sun after the morning rush, are represented in murals and the cobalt-hued portraits, adorned with Hangul script, of William Andersen.

Portraits of local artists and traditional market workers in the Daein Market that reflect on the consolidation of multinational corporations’ hegemony over the shaping of peoples’ tastes and sense of identity around the globe, a topic especially pertinent now in South Korea where the highly divisive Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States just went into effect March 15, 2012. The portraits combine photography with Korean calligraphy and are mounted as traditional scrolls. My solo exhibition, entitled '…occurrences in dislocation' will be at Han Pyeong Gallery and the Mite-Ugro Archive in the Daein Market, Gwangju, South Korea from September 5 to October 4, 2012.

reception tonight for UWM alumni exhibit

I have 3 artworks in this exhibition that will be up for another month!  Please join the reception this Friday evening, September 14, 2012, as the Peck School of the Arts and the Department of Art and Design present Continuum 2012 in both the Union Art Gallery and the Arts Center Gallery.  The reception honoring 50 years of UW-Milwaukee Visual Art Alumni will be held from 5:00-7:00pm in the Union Art Gallery and 6:00-8:00pm in the Arts Center Gallery.

Refreshments will be served in the Union Art Gallery beginning at 5:00pm.  The Dept of Art and Design Chair's remarks begin at 7:00pm in the Arts Center Gallery.  

getting ready for the show...

My solo exhibition titled ... occurrences in dislocation opens tomorrow and runs through October 3, 2012 to coincide with the Gwangju Biennale.  Work will be displayed in the Han Pyeong Gallery and the Mite-Ugro Archive both in the Daein Market, Gwangju, South Korea.   Open hours are 10am - 6pm Monday through Saturday and the galleries will be open 10am - 12 midnight on September 7 and 8, 2012 for the Daein Market's Artists Night Market.

my solo exhibition opening in Korea...

My solo exhibition titled ... occurrences in dislocation opens tomorrow and runs through October 3, 2012 to coincide with the Gwangju Biennale.  Work will be displayed in the Han Pyeong Gallery and the Mite-Ugro Archive both in the Daein Market, Gwangju, South Korea.   Open hours are 10am - 6pm Monday through Saturday and the galleries will be open 10am - 12 midnight on September 7 and 8, 2012 for the Daein Market's Artists Night Market.
 

Exhibition Opening of Iranian artists Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 7pm

Boushahri Gallery: A Selection of Contemporary Iranian Art Posted: 25 Apr 2012 11:06 PM PDT Boushahri Gallery cordially invites you to the Opening of the Exhibition of Iranian artists Sunday, April 29, 2012 at 7...

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Boushahri Art Gallery:

Kuwait City,Salmiya
Baghdad St. , Building 36 ,
Working hours : ( 10 am - 1 pm)
                        (4.30 pm - 9 pm )
(Closed on Thursday evenings & Fridays)
T : (+965) 25621119
Boushahrigallery@gmail.com

Iranian Contemporary Art at Dar Al Funoon April 25 at 7pm

Opening at 7pm on Wednesday 25th April and continuing through to Thursday 10th May, 2012.

Collective Exhibition of Iranian Contemporary Art

Featuring works by Iranian artists Sabzi, Maryam Iranpanah, Sasan Gharedaghlou, and Harwar Amini.

The artist, Sabzi, will be present at the opening.

Click here for more info!  

AUK Student Exhibit Openings Tonight at 5pm!

The Office of Student Life will be hosting the 7^th Annual Art Exhibition. The purpose of this exhibition is to encourage all our students (whether they are art students or not) to showcase their talent or passion for the arts. This year’s exhibition will take place from the 15^th to the 19^th of April, with over 40 students participating. 

The opening ceremony will take place at 5:00 p.m. on the 15^th of April at the AUK Auditorium.  We are honored to have Ms. Liane Al-Ghusain, Education Co-ordinator for Contemporary Art Platform Kuwait, serve as judge and give out awards for student artwork this year. 

Opening tomorrow of Arabic Calligraphy exhibit, 7pm, Lexus Center Shuwaikh

Tomorrow at Lexus Center Shuwaikh, to celebrate the Beauty of Arabic Alphabet with the works of

11 artists Inspired from the Holly Quraan and Hadith, Literature and Poetry.

The exhibition titled " Letters' Whisper" is  in cooperation with Al Sayer Group and Boubyan Bank

Opening will be at 7:00 pm and the show will run for three days only! 

How I Learned to Stop Fearing and Love Exotic Art - opens at CAP on Nov. 20th

Celebrated artists from the Middle East and North Africa represented at JAMM’s inaugural exhibition in Kuwait

Strategic art advisory JAMM to hold an exhibition in Kuwait of 40 artworks by Contemporary Arab and Iranian artists

JAMM, an independent art advisory, will host its inaugural exhibition in Kuwait at the Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) warehouse located next door to the Life Center in industrial Shuwaikh (block 2, street 28). Curated by Ali Bakhtiari, the exhibition, entitled How I Learned to Stop Fearing and Love Exotic Art, will open on 20th November 2011.  The show will end on 10^th December 2011.

Highlighting the use of writing in the field of contemporary Arab and Iranian art, JAMM”s exhibition will feature artworks that incorporate text in its various forms- calligraphy, graffiti, quotations, poems and sometimes just a single letter. Featuring works by both emerging and established Middle Eastern artists, the participating artists include Parviz Tanavoli, Hassan Hajjaj, Farideh Lashai, Katya Traboulsi, Fareed Abdal, Amira Behbehani, Shezad Dawood, Nargess Hashemi, Susan Hefuna and Farhad Moshiri.

“This is a wonderful opportunity to present the works of contemporary Arab and Iranian artists and to showcase works in various artistic media that incorporate text. The use of writing is familiar theme in the field of contemporary Arab and Iranian art. We want to highlight and celebrate that.”

–      Sheikha Lulu Al-Sabah, co-founder of JAMM

About JAMM:

JAMM was founded by Kuwait based art-journalist and former Middle East Director for Philips de Pury, Lulu M. Al-Sabah and former head of Christie’s, Middle East, Lydia Limerick. Their mission is to create cultural projects without geographical boundary.

Projects range from large-scale exhibitions and events to small-scale activities focuses on the development of the art market in the Middle East and other key regional markets. For more information on JAMM, please visit www.jamm-art.com

For more information on JAMM, please contact

Lulu Al Sabah: lasabah@jamm-art.com

Gazala Shaikh: gazalashaikh@jamm-art.com

Met’s new Islamic wing: explore 360° panoramas!

The New York Times

Take an interactive tour of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s new Islamic wing. Explore 360° panoramas of the Moroccan Court and the Damascus Room. Zoom in on The Emperor’s Carpet. What are your favorite pieces from this interactive tour? Anything capture your interest?

At the Metropolitan Museum, a New Wing, a New Vista

www.nytimes.com

On Nov. 1, after eight years of renovations, the Metropolitan Museum of Art will open its new Islamic wing.

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." - Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011)

Steve Jobs’s Patents

www.nytimes.com

The 317 Apple patents that list Steven P. Jobs among the group of inventors offer a glimpse at his legendary say over the minute details of the company’s products.

"Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice." - Steve Jobs (February 24, 1955 – October 5, 2011

China and Taiwan Reunite Painting

The bulk of the artworks in the National Palace Museum, Taipei are from 2,972 crates of shipped artifacts that once made up the imperial collections of the Forbidden City, Beijing

China and Taiwan Reunite Painting - NYTimes.com

By ANDREW JACOBS (NYT)
The reunification of an ancient painting at a museum in Taiwan has become a metaphor for the possibility of reconciliation between the two countries.

Link to the website (which was very difficult to find) on the exhibit: Landscape Reunited

Gallery Tilal opening reception tonight!

radio interview on art exhibit

Click on the words above to hear my interview on the local Madison radio show WORT's 8 o'Clock BUZZ with Jonathon Zarov about my art exhibit titled "veiled ramblings."

On view from August 24–October 10 at the James Watrous Gallery, side-by-side solo exhibitions by William Andersen and Xiaohong Zhang.

The James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
221 State Street, Overture Center for the Arts, Third Floor - Madison, WI  53705
Phone: 608-265-2500 / Contact: Martha Glowacki, co-director

Hours: T/W/Th 11–5:00 pm, F/Sa 11–8:00 pm, Su 1–5:00 pm, M closed

solo exhibits: now - October 10

veiled ramblings William Andersen
contradictorily speaking Xiaohong Zhang

Side-by-side solo exhibitions

Left: William Andersen, Global Brands Kids (Kuwait Series #1), 2010,
oil, ink & acrylic on digital print on canvas, 36 x 26 inches.
Right: Xiaohong Zhang, Red Buddha, 2009, digital printing and paper-cutting, 70 x 80 inches

On view from August 24–October 10 at the James Watrous Gallery, side-by-side solo exhibitions by William Andersen and Xiaohong Zhang.

Milwaukee artist William Andersen's installations are informed by his extensive travel, and explore the impact of globalization, displacement, and cultural hybridization. His previous work focused on the social and economic ramifications of China's emergence as a world power. His exhibition, veiled ramblings, draws upon his recent experiences in the Arabian Peninsula and addresses common misperceptions about the region. Several pieces in this installation were created in collaboration with Iranian artist Maryam Hosseinia, Andersen's colleague at the American University of Kuwait.

Xiaohong Zhang is a first generation Chinese immigrant from Hubei Province who teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Her exhibition, contradictorily speaking, pairs digital printing with the traditional art of paper-cutting to create large-scale work that is both personal and deeply political. In precise, intricately patterned images, she reflects on the challenges of bridging cultures and raising children in a turbulent and violent world. "Fundamentally," Zhang writes, "I draw creative ideas from my experiences as a first-generation immigrant, artist, professor and mother." Zhang's current pieces focus on China's response to the Tibetan independence movement and the complex relationship between communism and Buddhism.

About the James Watrous Gallery

The James Watrous Gallery is the premier gallery for Wisconsin visual art. A program of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, the James Watrous Gallery presents works by Wisconsin artists, Wisconsin art and craft history, works owned by Wisconsin collectors, and exhibitions that bridge the sciences, arts, and humanities. Our mission is to promote the visual arts in Wisconsin through quality exhibitions and related educational programs. For gallery hours and current exhibitions, please visit wisconsinacademy.org or call 608-265-2500.

The James Watrous Gallery of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters
221 State Street, Overture Center for the Arts, Third Floor - Madison, WI  53705
Phone: 608-265-2500 / Contact: Martha Glowacki, co-director

Hours: T/W/Th 11–5:00 pm, F/Sa 11–8:00 pm, Su 1–5:00 pm, M closed

“Ride Like the Wind” exhibition by Golnaz Fathi

                             

Sultan Gallery cordially invites you to attend the opening of its next exhibition “Ride Like the Wind”, an exhibition by Golnaz Fathi on Tuesday, 6^th April 2010 at 7 - 9 pm.

Venue               :           The Sultan Gallery
Address            :           Sabhan, Sadeer Co., Block 8, Street 105, Building 168
Date & Time    :           Opening : April 6^th 2010, 7 - 9pm,

                           April 7^th 2010, 10am – 2 pm & 7 - 9pm

                           April 8^th – 22^nd 2010, 10am - 2 pm (Closed on Fri & Sat)

For further information : Contact the gallery  @ 24714325 or sultangallery@sadeer.com

Exhibit at Dar Al Funoon opens Wednesday, March 24th, 2010

Dar Al Funoon is pleased to invite you to the opening of the exhibition "Harf Al Nun" by Ali Hassan on Wednesday 24th of March 2010, at 7pm.

The exhibition continues through 8 of April 2010.

Dar Al Funoon exhibit opens TONIGHT!

Dar Al Funoon start 2010 with an exhibition "Al Mawaqif" by Bahraini artist Jamal Abdel Rahim.

Opening Reception: Wednesday the 13th of January at 7pm.

ps. The only access to the gallery is through Gulf road and all telephone lines are down due to constructions. For information please call on the mobile phone 99012928.