kiss & cut } two pages today
Posted on February 7, 2013 4 Comments
page 2
Yesterday I got a call from Gallery Tilal. They urgently needed hi-res images of my works for the invitation. I immediately called my right-hand woman Jana and she came through for me. J, you’re a rock star! Here are the two images I sent (I am really so very happy with them!) and some behind-the-scenes shots (because I love Jana’s studio). Read More
kiss & cut } sin and release
Posted on January 31, 2013 Leave a Comment
sin, 31/1/2013, carbon and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120cm
By how much work I got done today, you can tell two things: One. I didn’t pick up my children from school today and two. I’m in a bit of a bad way.
the only fishie in the sea for me
the release 31/1/13, (actually i just realized the date today is palindromic so i’ve removed the comma to make it part of the title), 2013, carbon and acrylic on canvas, 100 x 120cm
kiss & cut } how.
Posted on January 31, 2013 2 Comments
how will my heart cope if one day i’m this…
…and the next i’m this
what is contemporary about contemporary art? by kate busby
Posted on January 30, 2013 Leave a Comment
Every now and then I like to include works by other artists, and sometimes writers too, on PrettyGreenBullet. This is a piece by Kate Busby who I met six weeks ago. It was originally sent to me via email as a casual rant, the version of which I am using in my latest work titled ‘A Girl Called Kate’. And I often wonder how many overlooked artists have experienced the situation Kate addresses in her piece. And how many would applaud her for an opinion too many are afraid to admit.
WHAT IS CONTEMPORARY ABOUT CONTEMPORARY ART? By Kate Busby
Have you ever walked into an art exhibition and walked back out again? Of course you have, because maybe the sight of house bricks arranged across the gallery space didn’t do anything for you.
Have you ever wondered why contemporary art looks like this?
Here’s one answer: a lot of European and North American artists that are currently ‘hot property’ exhibit artworks that are the fruits of them picking apart intellectual theories about form and space from the 1960s. Their aim: to produce an idea or an object that catches you, the viewer, off guard. “What IS that?” these artists hope you screech upon clocking their masterpiece-a giant Father Christmas butt-plug inflatable – as well as other questions like “Why on earth is this in an art gallery?” And much to the pleasure of the artists, this is exactly what most of us do, because let’s face it: an enormous plastic butt-plug in the shape of Santa is always going to be somewhat disarming.
santa claus, 2001, paul mccarthy
kiss & cut } inverse and obverse
Posted on January 29, 2013 5 Comments
Last night I had an idea to inverse a section of one of my recent journal entries, many of which are white on black, producing a negative effect. I often accidentally press ‘command i’ (invert) instead of ‘option command i’ (resize image); the effect of which, although always undone, is quite pleasing. To me, a negative print is very mysterious and magical. So I thought, why not try it the other way around, take the mystery out of my drawing? See what it looks like ‘in real life’, extract the fact from the fantasy. So I did.
I don’t know. Yawn?
this is the original, white on black, negative effect
although i feel like i’ve uncovered a hidden message by inverting the image, i fear the mystery is gone
the traveling tap 2 } current location } doha, qatar
Posted on January 28, 2013 1 Comment
with maysaa
This tapestry is in Doha at the moment, being taken care of by one of my best friends, Maysaa Almumin. To locate the other four tapestries and where they are and have been, click on tapestry 1, tapestry 3, tapestry 4 or tapestry 5. And if you’re interested in taking care of one of these and it’s in your area, drop me a line at ghadah@kandari.org. Read More
a dollop of red saves the day
Posted on January 23, 2013 1 Comment
i was having a terrible time with this panel until i was inspired by some earlier ‘kisses’ to play with red. and i’m finally happy
kiss & cut } the cuts } page from a journal } january 14 + 15
Posted on January 15, 2013 Leave a Comment
in the beginning
Oh I’m so happy with this latest development. Why haven’t I thought of this earlier? I think I did once upon a time and just never saw it through. I could do this forever. Read More
working on a sunny thursday morning
Posted on January 3, 2013 Leave a Comment
i love this white carbon paper. the possibilities are endless…
My little cousin was on the plane with me a couple of nights ago. She saw my sketchbook and asked me, ‘Do you draw every day?’ I immediately said, ‘Yes’. Without even thinking. Even though I hadn’t drawn a thing is days. Was that a lie? Or just circumstances which kept me from what I do most naturally? Today, I drew again for the first time in over a week. And it feels great. And I’m probably going to be drawing every single day until the first week of March, when my next exhibition will be. Read More
the traveling tap } current location } barcelona
Posted on January 2, 2013 1 Comment
this is the last post by @aj_lee. the sculpture is ‘cavall de troia’ by artist maria helguera. isn’t this stunning?
AJ, AJ, AJ. He just took the tap experience up a few notches. He and his partner in crime Carles (one shoots, the other hones) keep outdoing themselves with every photo. Funny thing is, I was in public every time I saw one of their posts. The first two times my jaw dropped (not literally but not figuratively either, because I did go gaaaaaaah in public, and people don’t generally do that). The third post (with the sculpture) I just bit my lip. Really. Amazing. You can’t imagine how that makes me feel. For these people, no longer strangers, to embrace one of my works this way, it’s very heart-warming. And as George Fikry (previous Custodian of the Tap) so eloquently put it: trouser-dropping.
the traveling tap 5 } current location } london
Posted on December 23, 2012 Leave a Comment
in my studio. salwa, kuwait
the traveling tap 3 } current location } beirut
Posted on December 21, 2012 Leave a Comment
tap3 is in beirut now. this is my parents’ home in the mountains. my mom and her partner in crime aunty aisha did a good job here. except for the hashtag part, so i took it upon myself to repost and tag. moms. sheesh
the traveling tap } current location } london
Posted on December 18, 2012 Leave a Comment
the current location of the original traveling tapestry is london. the current owner is george fikry. thank you, george for being part of her life! and this beautiful lady is george’s friend yazzy
If you’re wondering about TheTravelingTap series, you can read about it here. It would be so cool if you could take part. So far I have four in circulation: one is in Goa, one is in Beirut, and one is in California. This one is in London, soon on her way to Barcelona. If only I were foldable and lightweight. *sigh*
Cross the bridge to check her out on her previous travels! Read More
preparing for an exhibition in march } number three
Posted on December 14, 2012 Leave a Comment
# 3 memories in wallpaper
Number three is done. I’m still playing. *sigh* Read More
feeling like this on a cloudy wednesday morning
Posted on December 12, 2012 6 Comments
How do I look? How do I feel?
preparing for an exhibition in march } number two
Posted on December 10, 2012 2 Comments
the unhappy party, mourning a birthday gone
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