BY LAILA TAWEEL, LINA KHALED, SAMA SHAHROURI, TAWFIQ DAWI, and ZEINA SALAMEH About the Exhibition
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BY LAILA TAWEEL, LINA KHALED, SAMA SHAHROURI, TAWFIQ DAWI, AND ZEINA SALAMEH About The Exhibition The realm of spatial existence carries possibilities of multiple conceptual realities. Of these, our select young artists each focused on a singular ecosystem to examine thoroughly. Separated by geography, personal values and mediums, the full body of presented work examines various realities of Space. The coming collection highlights various forms of art, from photography to sculpture and installation art. The young artists seem to be dwelling in thought over a brief encounter with a lifechanging event or the memories it rippled. Personal, Actual, Open, Safe and Mental spaces are studied in the coming works. On their own, each collection by the artists showcases a single conceptual reality, but together they formulate a whole greater than the sum of its part. LINA KHALED Artist Biography SEA RUMINATION Lina Khalid, is a Palestinian-Jordinian photographer and filmmaker. Born in Amman 1991, holds a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and I wonder, what would happen if I had superpowers? I wonder what Media from Petra University - Amman 2014. Her photographic would happen if that superpower was instead of dying we turn into experimentation focuses on the body and its relationship with its the Sea. I wonder, what if Amman was a coastal city? A view of a environment (such as the city and the sea) and how changes in this Sea. Any Sea. Not mediterranean, nor red, nor dead. What if we were environment influences the sensibility of the bodies within it. Khaled all sea creatures, and when God banished us, we turned into human uses analog as a medium for her photography, particularly black and beings? white film, to express her perpetual state of nostalgia for times she has not lived in, Lina cofounded Darkroom Amman in 2018. She presented her work amongst other artists from Amman in several exhibitions; MMAG, Gently Sparkling 2019, Beirut Amman 2020, and Negative Era 2020 with Darkroom Amman. She also presented her ﻣﺎذا ﺳﻴﺤﺪث ﻟﻮ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻟﺪي ﻗﻮة ﺧﺎرﻗﺔ؟ ﻣﺎذا ﺳﻴﺤﺪث ﻟﻮ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻫﺬه اﻟﻘﻮة أن ﻻ solo exhibition in Ohio at The Horn Gallery titled Lina Khalid: Photo ﻧﻤﻮت ﺑﻞ أن ﻧﺼﻴﺮ ﺑﺤﺮاً؟ﻣﺎذا ﻟﻮ ﻛﺎﻧﺖ ﻋﻤﺎن ﻣﺪﻳﻨﺔ ﺳﺎﺣﻠﻴﺔ؟ ُﺗﻄﻞ ﻋلى اﻟﺒﺤﺮ. .Diaries in 2018 أي ﺑﺤﺮ، ﻻ ﻣﺘﻮﺳﻂ وﻻ أﺣﻤﺮ، وﻻ ﺣﺘﻰ ﻣﻴﺖ. ﻣﺎذا ﻟﻮ ﻛﻨﺎ ﻛﺎﺋﻨﺎت ﺑﺤﺮﻳﺔ ًأﺻﻼ وﺣﻴﻦ ﻃﺮدﻧﺎ ﷲ ﻃﺮدﻧﺎ ﻣﻦ اﻟﺒﺤﺮ ﻓﺼﺮﻧﺎ ﺑﺸﺮاً؟ Lina Khaled, Big Brother, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Sea Stone, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 18.3 x 11.7 inch JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, To Beirut, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Family Portrait, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 18.3 x 11.7 inch JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Memories, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, Freckles of the sea, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Lina Khaled, A Day to Remember, 35mm, Ilford hp5 400, Digital Print, 11.7 x 16.5 inch JOD 450 (+16% VAT) SAMA SHAHROURI SHADOW PLAY Shadow Play is an experiment in form. It depicts the architectural environment of an artist across the three different studio spaces she occupied since 2019. The series is an homage to the venues which inspired the artworks’ compositions. Shadow Play is not a mirror Artist Biography reflection of the venue, but a bare-walled memory of the spaces the artist called home. Sama Shahrouri is a Amman-based multidisciplinary artist whose work is predominantly focused on sculpture making. In her work Scenes of uninhabited architectural spaces are depicted in solid Shahrouri experiments with contrasts in themes and materials. She form. The protagonists of the work are unseen monolithic structures is inspired by the notion of physical space and experiments with the slowly intruding into the setting from concealed angles outside the different mannerism in which an object can occupy or influence a composition. They are only suggested through the cast of their sharp single spot. Human engagement is a vital element in the artist’s triangular shadows into the scene. The shadows create avenues work, where the audience is invited to interact with the space across the compositions intersecting with different elements and surrounding or being occupied by the work. In her artwork, Shahrouri extending depth into a two dimensional surface. examines figurative drawing, sketching and sculpture. Since 2016, she has conducted local and regional sculpture workshops and has participated in multiple group exhibitions and art programmes with multimedium works including drawings on paper, installations ﺗعﺪ ﺳﻠسﻠﺔ ﺗﻼﻋب ظلي ﺗجربة ﻧﺤﺘﻴﺔ في ﺗﺸكﻴﻞ اﻟﻤسﺎﺣﺎت. ّﺗﺼﻮر اﻟسﻠسﻠﺔ and video art. In 2018, she co-founded an online magazine called اﻟﺒﻴئﺎت اﻟهﻨﺪﺳﻴﺔ اﻟﻤخﺘﻠفﺔ اﻟﺘي أﺣﺎﻃﺖ اﻟفﻨﺎﻧﺔ داﺧﻞ ﻋﺪة اﺳﺘﻮدﻳﻮﻫﺎت artmejournal with artmejo where she holds the position of Editor-in- ﻣﻨﺬ أواﺋﻞ ﻋﺎم 2019. ﻧفﺬت األﻋﻤﺎل اﻟﻨﺤﺘﻴﺔ اﻟﻤخﺘﻠفﺔ إجﻼﻻً ﻟﻠﻤسﺎﺣﺎت اﻟﺘي Chief and works to elevate Arab art on the international artistic map. ﺗﺼﻮرﻫﺎ. ﻻ ﺗعكس ﻫﺬه اﻟسﻠسﻠﺔ ﺻﻮر ﺣﻘﻴﻘﻴﺔ ﻟألﻣﺎﻛﻦ اﻟﺘي ﺗﺤﺘضﻨهﺎ, ﺑﻞ ﺗجريدات ﻟﺬﻛﺮاﻫﺎ. ﻳﺘم تصوير ﻣﺸﺎﻫﺪ ﻣﻦ اﻟﻤسﺎﺣﺎت اﻟﻤعﻤﺎرﻳﺔ اﻟغﻴﺮ اﻟﻤأﻫﻮﻟﺔ في اﻟﺘكوينات اﻟﻤخﺘﻠفﺔ. أﺑﻄﺎل األﻋﻤﺎل ﻫي ﻫﻴﺎﻛﻞ ﻣخفﻴﺔ ﺗﺘﻄفﻞ ﺑﺒﻂء ﻋلى اﻟﻤسﺎﺣﺎت اﻟﻤﺼﻮرة ﻣﻦ زواﻳﺎ ﺧﺎرج اﻟﺘكوين الرئيسي ﻟألﻋﻤﺎل. ﻫﻨﺎك إشﺎرات ﻟهﺬة اﻟهﻴﺎﻛﻞ ﻣﻦ ﺧﻼل ﺗﺪلي ظﻼﻟهﺎ اﻟﺤﺎدة في اﻟﻤﺸﺎﻫﺪ. ﺗخﻠق ظﻼل اﻟهﻴﺎﻛﻞ ﻣﻤﺮات ﻣﺤفﻮرة ﻋلى أﺳﻄح األﻋﻤﺎل وﺗسﺎﻋﺪ ﻋلى إﻧﺸﺎء وﻫم اﻟعﻤق يف األﻋﻤﺎل. Sama Shahrouri, Drawing Studio Black, 2020, Plaster, 45 x 50 cm JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Drawing Studio White, 2020, Plaster, 45 x 50 cm JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Drawing Studio Shattered, 2020, Plaster, 45 x 50 cm JOD 350 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Panaromic, 2020, Plaster, 24 x 50 cm JOD 450 (+16% VAT) Sama Shahrouri, Space Entrance, 2020, Plaster, 24 x 50 cm JOD 650 (+16% VAT) TAWFIQ DAWI INSIGNIFICANCE In this collection I explore and represent the ways in which people interact with the unknown. Therefore, even though I primarily sculpt Artist Biography and draw bodies, I am really looking into its relations and how to mirror the mix of grief, love, fear, anger, hope, peace & despair on it. I Tawfiq Dawi is a multi-functional-visual-individual. He combines his am fascinated by the dualities of life and death; growth and decay; and technological background as a self-taught graphic designer with the the human impulses to both creation and to destruction. Through my fact that he’s just another empty head in a meaningless timeline, works, I aim to put the concept of humanity into a conversation with creating art that embraces reality, non-existence, humanity and various aspects. death. Based in Amman, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Visual Arts from University of Jordan. في ﻫﺬه اﻟﻤجﻤﻮﻋﺔ، أﻗﻮم ﺑﺎﺳﺘكﺸﺎف وإﻋﺎدة ﺻﻴﺎغﺔ ﺗفﺎﻋﻞ اإلﻧسﺎن ﻣع اﻟﻤجهﻮل. غﺎﻟﺒﺎ ﻣﺎ أﻗﻮم برسم وﻧﺤﺖ األجسﺎم في اﻟﻤﻘﺎم األول، إﻻ أﻧﻨي أﺗﻄﻠع إلى ﺧﻠق ﻋﻼﻗﺎت ﺑﻴﻨهﺎ وﻋكس ﻣزﻳج اﻟﺒؤس واﻟﺤب واﻟخﻮف واﻟغضب واألﻣﻞ واﻟسﻼم واﻟﻴأس ﻋﻠﻴهﺎ. ﺗأﺧﺬني ثﻨﺎﺋﻴﺔ اﻟﺤﻴﺎة واﻟﻤﻮت، اﻟﻨﻤﻮ واﻟﺘعفﻦ، واﻟﺪواﻓع البشرية ﻟﻠخﻠق واﻟﺘﺪﻣﻴﺮ. ﻣﻦ ﺧﻼل أﻋﻤﺎلي أﻫﺪف إلى وضع ﻣفهﻮم اإلﻧسﺎﻧﻴﺔ في ﺣﻮار ﻣﺘعﺪد اﻻﺗجﺎﻫﺎت. Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 006, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 007, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 014, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 037, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 057, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 038, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 049, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 055, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi,Insignificance 030, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) Tawfiq Dawi, Insignificance 008, 2016, Digital printing & ink on paper, 42 x 59.4 cm JOD 250 (+16% VAT) ZEINA SALAMEH PASSAGE The little balcony of our room, part of “Passage” experience “Passage” experience consist of a small animation and a collection of 16 prints, telling the story of the little balcony of our room, and the nostalgia of what my family used to share in that very small spot of our house. I tried to re- create memories, times and emotions that I experienced in that space which was a station in my life. Artist Biography I used etching technic on zinc to create the prints. A magnifying glass Zeina Salameh is a visual artist and creative graphic designer whose was added to help the audience see the details. artwork takes the form of etching, lithography, silkscreen, linocuts, monotype, printmaking, installation, and video art. The small animation using those prints was created to complement the Passage experience and help telling the story The artist graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts - University of The little balcony of our room, was the first thing that I’ve checked Damascus, Graphics and Printmaking Department in 2000. She has when I went home first time after 7 years of war… been part of many humanitarian organizations through voluntarily educational workshops of fine arts. She is also a brand strategist and creative consultant for businesses.