Abdullah Hammas
Another renowned pioneer is the artist Abdullah Hammas. He is one of the very few artists who pushed the barriers of traditional art a bit further and introduced contemporary art to the Kingdom through his work. Yet still, all of his paintings demonstrate our collective heritage and culture with every brushstroke and splash of colour. […]
ATHR gallery in Jeddah, KSA
Athr Gallery is a leading contemporary art gallery in Saudi Arabia. A platform dedicated to Saudi and Arab artists, it strives to cultivate a situation that is deeply connected to its place and time. The Gallery fosters dialogue, connection and new understandings of collective meanings and values, while providing a public space in which the […]
LEGENDS OF THE ARAB WORLD
”In the future everybody will be world famous for fifteen minutes“ Andy Warhol- Pop Art crossed all boundaries between high and low culture to produce many of the twentieth century iconic images. Although it is possible that everybody would achieve fame for fifteen minutes, Legends of the Arab World depicts icons that have achieved fame. […]
Where’s My Culture
Last summer, I had the opportunity to visit Macau with my family. Like Hong Kong, Macau is a special administrative region of China, and is famous today for being the Las Vegas of the East with big brands such as the Venetian, MGM to the latest Cirque de Soleil shows bombarding its famous gambling strip […]
bandar al sudairi
Bandar first got into interior design through his intense love for fashion and fabrics. Bandar believes that keeping an open mind and wide knowledge of all fields is key to making it as an interior designer because it all related. He gives and example how people studying auto manufacturing have to take a course in […]
‘Maharem’
Ayman Yossri Daydban’s works reinforce the mul tiple layers imbedded in Arab culture and identity itself. Although he has lived and worked in Saudi Arabia most of his life, he is still regarded as a Pal estinian artist – his country of origin. Yet, due to the Political upheavals in Palestine (aka Israel), he holds […]
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology.
King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, popularly referred to as KAUST, welcomes a founding faculty of more than 60 accomplished scientists and engineers and a diverse inaugural class of 350 graduate students to the shores of the Red Sea, in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia. The university, located 80 KM north of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s second […]
ASSEM AL SABBAN
It is art that says so much in one glance. The compositions of Assem represent many forms of art at once. Using photography as a starting point, he builds an entire world upon a photograph, using textures and images that he compiles one on top of the other. His work even has a musical and […]
Mohammed Nairooz
His work mimics the art of the renaissance in the sense that it glorifies the human that fully expresses the emotion of every scene that he captures. “Light and shadow are your friends. Respect them. Play them well,” he says. Tell us about one of your quirks, Nairooz! “I sing 7/24. Even in the shower!” […]