Packing|Day 1
Posted on October 16, 2010 2 Comments
there's a sadness in packing. and this surreal thought that the next time you see these pictures will be another day and another place, sometime in the future. good bye, ladies. see you in november
Framing Mad on Friday the 15th
Posted on October 16, 2010 Leave a Comment
the process of framing my first twenty postcards reminded me of the chilean miner's rescue operation: slow and careful at first, then rapidly more efficient by the end. the date of my exhibition is quickly approaching and i'm progressively freaking out
Notes & Doodles|Open House High School
Posted on October 14, 2010 1 Comment
there's a void because my pen ran out of ink. it's too bad because there were more words to be written and shadows to be drawn
eve takes a profile pic|not my day
Posted on October 12, 2010 5 Comments
this morning i turned her onto her back (well, sideways). previously she had been in portrait position
PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition
Posted on October 12, 2010 3 Comments
I have started the official countdown to my upcoming exhibition, PrettyGreenBullet|The Exhibition. Just typing this has aroused the dormant butterflies in my stomach. I’m not going to go into details of the exhibition because, although I have a general feel of what I want, I know my ideas and thoughts will shift, expand and possibly contract from today until the night of Tuesday, November 9 at the Sultan Gallery. So from now til then, it’s work, work, work. Hope to see you at the show.
Slave
Posted on October 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
I was at PQ Palms yesterday for brunch and I saw something that, if I had eaten my breakfast, I would have brought it right back up. This is not new to me, and I see it all the time at my children’s school, but yesterday morning it really disgusted me and I don’t know how much longer I can keep my mouth shut. I saw this 14/15 year old girl, walking ahead of her Ethiopian maid, typing away at her Blackberry, oblivious to everything and everyone around her. The maid (excuse me, nanny) was trailing behind holding the girl’s bag, a cardboard tray with two coffees, and the girl’s pink-jacketed iPad. How come nobody told me that slaves were the new must-haves? And how come I don’t have one? I want my slave!
eve takes a profile pic|return to
Posted on October 10, 2010 Leave a Comment
i'm very excited about this one
I’m bound and determined to finish this painting by the end of this week. Eve takes a Profile Pic is the second of a series for my March exhibition at the Gallery Tilal.
Teddy B’s Exhibition
Posted on October 6, 2010 3 Comments
there's my painting to the left, to be auctioned off for charity. and in the center is teddy b in full kuwaiti kit
I went to the highly anticipated (well, I was excited!) Teddy B exhibition last night at the Sultan Gallery. As expected, the gallery was swarming with Kuwait’s haves, have-nots, and would-probably-like-to-have-a-little-bit-mores. I’m not going to go into the noble little stories of Teddy, you can find those here. But I will talk about the exhibition and his mom/companion/alter-ego/creator Aseel AlYagoub’s admirable attention to detail. I’m not sure if you’re familiar with the Sultan Gallery but it’s basically a rectangular hall (a converted warehouse is more accurate). On either side of the gallery, Aseel had stuck up a photo of every single day of the life of Teddy. In the center of the gallery is a table displaying Teddy media reports, Teddy merchandise, and a massive Teddy B. coffee table book. I recommend the book because you can’t see the photos all in one go. And even if you do, you’re going to want to see them again, chew on them and mull them over in your head. The pictures are poignant and funny. And when you think you’ve seen Teddy in every single location a stuffed bear can visit, and that you can think of no other possible way to relate with him, you’re hit with a photo that takes you to that special ice-cream place in Salmiya where you shared a home-made caramel scoop with a special friend. I have to say, I fell in love with Teddy B…I mean Aseel…I mean Teddy.
The exhibition is open for just one more night. Read More
The Dancers
Posted on October 4, 2010 Leave a Comment
this is how i dance. if you don't like it, don't watch
oh, and stay out of my perimeter.
Notes & Doodles|Open House Middle School
Posted on September 30, 2010 3 Comments
class notes as good as any other
Waiting for the Tutor to Leave II
Posted on September 28, 2010 Leave a Comment
waiting for the tutor to leave while watching my son play amnesia
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