same dress|a new painting
Posted on January 6, 2011 2 Comments
oh fuck
There are two things I have to say about this painting but I’ll only speak about one: it sucks when you’re in the vicinity of someone who is wearing the exact item of clothing that you have on. It’s happened to me twice, but I’ll only speak about the one time. In a bizarre moment of a sartorialist’s version of being in the wrong place at the wrong time, a woman was wearing the same printed cotton pants (these were the 90s), on a plane heading to Kuwait. I had spotted her earlier in the airport and immediately started tugging at my pants (which were quite stretchy). I don’t know why I pulled, it’s not like it would have been any less embarrassing if they’d come right off. The problem was that there was nothing ambiguous about the pattern on these pants: the design was autumn-colored, bold-printed paisley. We were wearing the same pants. As I boarded the plane, I passed her (she was already seated in her chair [I’m surprised I don’t still remember her seat number]), I turned to her and said, “Nice pants”, and remained seated for the rest of the six hour trip.
gallery tilal|a cupful of eves
Posted on January 5, 2011 4 Comments
a cupful of eves, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 100cm
The title of this painting changed from A Bowlful of Eves to A Cupful of Eves. These things happen sometimes. Read More
gallery tilal|eve & her cock
Posted on January 4, 2011 3 Comments
eve & her cock, 2011, acrylic and collage on canvas, 100 cm x 120cm
the tiny protectorate
Posted on January 3, 2011 4 Comments
you'll be surprised how fine we both would be
camel stain
Posted on January 3, 2011 2 Comments
rude
I’m really not trying to be rude. I try to be the most polite I can be, but sometimes interacting with other people in this country puts your best behavior to the test. You just want to say, “May you drown in your own camel piss, you honking, self-important, microphallic armpit!” But instead you take the civilized route, and still end up being pissed on. Ugh.
eve & her cock|december 31 pm
Posted on December 31, 2010 4 Comments
i usually paint my backgrounds with this cerulean blue to block out the noise. and i'm often tempted to keep the background blue. it's not my favorite blue to paint with but something about the plastic-like feel and solidness of the color complements the more tactile and textured aspect of my figures. this time, i might just succumb to that temptation
eve & me
Posted on December 29, 2010 1 Comment
eve and me. the photo was taken a few weeks before i did my painting on the left
My brother, Tareq, was over for lunch this afternoon. After we ate I saw him clicking away at his phone. Then he asked me, “Ghadah, do you have a painting of Eve at her computer?” and I said yes. Then he showed me a photo he had taken of me a couple of months ago and the similarity really shocked me. I know it’s a fairly common occurrence to be seated at one’s computer, but the thing that struck me was the composition, the long flowing dresses and the fact that my brother had taken a photo which I painted a few weeks later.
Eve on TV
Posted on December 28, 2010 8 Comments
eve earlier this morning, before the arrival of the ktv crew
I was visited this morning by the Kuwait Television crew (Rashed Bader, Amani Al-Enezy, Ahmed Al-Mutairy and Abdulaziz Alhadad), who came in to film a segment for a new variety show to air next year. I was quite nervous because I had to talk about my work in Arabic, and unfortunately I’m not too familiar with the whole art jargon in any other language but English. The whole process took around two hours, and I was surprisingly easy with painting for film (I’ve done it before but that was me filming me). Read More
the shirking of a responsibility on the day before christmas
Posted on December 24, 2010 2 Comments
merry christmas
Gallery Tilal|Stories of Eves|Eves’ First Cigarette
Posted on December 23, 2010 2 Comments
eves' first cigarette, 2010, acrylic and collage on canvas, 120cm x 150cm
last page
Posted on December 23, 2010 2 Comments
this is the last page of my derwent journal. hold the jubilation, i have another one waiting
Gallery Tilal|Stories of Eves|Eve Chatting With Eve
Posted on December 23, 2010 Leave a Comment
eve chatting with eve, 2010, collage and acrylic on canvas, 100cm x 120cm
Gallery Tilal|Stories of Eves|Fight Fight
Posted on December 23, 2010 2 Comments
fight fight, 2010, collage and acrylic on canvas, 120cm x 100cm
three paintings this close to being done
Posted on December 22, 2010 1 Comment
i'm glad i decided to color eve's gown red. i hadn't thought of it earlier and was a little stuck as to how i'd create the dress
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