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Saturday Gallery Hop
Posted on June 9, 2012 Leave a Comment
I enjoyed a solitary game of gallery musical chairs this morning (ok one was Wednesday afternoon). I like galleries that open on the weekend because Saturday’s a day I often wonder what to do. So visiting an art gallery is as ideal as it gets.
museum of manufactured response to absence } intervention at the modern museum of modern art
Posted on June 4, 2012 Leave a Comment
Finally. Kuwait’s Museum of Modern Art holds an exhibition befitting its name (don’t get me wrong, the National Council has wonderful works of arts, but is, unfortunately, poorly curated). I heard about the exhibition Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence: Intervention at the Museum of Modern Art (MoMRtA) months ago and have, since then, been guessing at […]
rawiya } the other resurrection
Posted on May 16, 2012 Leave a Comment
I got a sneak peek this morning at CAP’s exhibition The Other Resurrection, a collection of photos by the Rawiya collective, a group of six Arab and Irani female photographers with a story to tell: Dalia Khamissy, Laura Boushnak, Myriam Abdelaziz, Newsha Tobakolian, Tamara Abdel Hadi and Tanya Habjouka. Go to capkuwait.com for details. Like […]
out of britain } teaser #2
Posted on May 15, 2012 Leave a Comment
This is the second Out of Britain exhibition teaser by MazajEntertainment, featuring installation artist Hamad Khalaf.
Sadu House } Laila Al-Hamad’s Zeri Crafts
Posted on May 9, 2012 1 Comment
I must admit that I am finding it difficult to get around to visiting galleries. But every now and then, I make the time, like I did this morning. I visited Laila Al-Hamad’s Zeri Crafts exhibition at the Sadu House. I went because Laila spoke to me about her idea to contemporize the sadu (traditional Gulf […]
Out of Britain } Teaser #1
Posted on April 17, 2012 2 Comments
This is the first installment of the ‘Out of Britain’ teasers by videomakers MazajEntertainment. The exhibition itself is organized by the British Council and curated by the Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) in Kuwait.
mutla ridge
Posted on April 3, 2012 1 Comment
The painting’s finished. I’m also going to share some really nice photos sent to me by Nawaf Alali. The pictures were taken by Liane Al Ghusain and Alia Farid.
a landscape in portrait } the filming of the making of two pictures
Posted on April 1, 2012 12 Comments
This morning, two film-makers, two curators and two artists headed off to the Mutla’a desert to film a teaser for an upcoming Gulf landscape exhibition organized by the British Council and, in Kuwait, the Contemporary Art Platform (CAP). So this morning, Hamad Khalaf (artist #1) and I (artist #2) met with Alia Farid and Liane […]
prettygreenbullet reader interview } bazaar magazine
Posted on December 10, 2011 4 Comments
A few weeks ago I asked you, my visitors, to help me out with an interview for Bazaar Magazine by submitting questions for me to answer. The interview went online last week. You can find it here: Ghadah Alkandari in Bazaar. I just want to take this opportunity to comment on one of my […]
pictorial stories from a palestinian cultural center exhibition set-up
Posted on November 13, 2011 1 Comment
My set-up mate and muse Hind and I often begin to enjoy ourselves on the second day of setting up for the Palestinian Cultural Center exhibition. Frankly, the gorgeous merchandise lends itself beautifully to being photographed. And so does Hind. The exhibition opens tomorrow, Monday, November 14th, 10 am at Bayt Lothan in Salmiya (by […]
gallery morning sunday
Posted on October 16, 2011 Leave a Comment
I had a busy morning bouncing from one gallery to another. In all, a friend and I dropped by four exhibitions. Our first stop was the Tareq Boutaihi exhibition at Boushahri Gallery. I didn’t immediately take to Boutaihi’s intimate look at barely clothed women but soon their bodies and expressions won me over. As much […]
Contemporary Art Platform|Opening Tonight
Posted on September 28, 2011 8 Comments
Tonight is the launch of the Contemporary Art Platform at the Life Center in Shuwaikh. For the first time since 2006’s exhibition Unity in Diversity at the Dar Al-Funoon gallery, you can find, in Kuwait, a collection of this caliber under one roof. From Andy Warhol to Shireen Nishat, this is the art lover’s candy […]
Contemporary Art Platform|Lift Off!
Posted on September 25, 2011 1 Comment
I think this is going to be one of the most exciting events of the year, if only for the birth of a new Kuwaiti hub for the contemporary arts. I’m not going to be able to attend but gallery director Liane Al-Ghusain was gracious enough to let me have a sneak peak Wednesday morning, […]
new painting|drinks & cigarettes
Posted on July 13, 2011 5 Comments
This is a commissioned work I started two days ago and finished this morning. Weeks ago, the request was simple: to paint a picture influenced by Sadu weaving. As simple as my goal was, I found myself floundering under the weight of the original painting I started for the job. It just wasn’t working out for […]
new painting|escaping ballerinas|july 1 & july 2
Posted on July 2, 2011 5 Comments
I started this painting yesterday. I didn’t think I’d get this far, but I got really into it. I’m very much enjoying the patterning, and I made it a rule to avoid all opaqueness, which is very different from my usual approach to painting. I only broke the rule at the end because it was […]
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