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Akram Halabi
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Faces from my Village
artist's
book (25.5 x 25.5cm) and 8 paintings, acrylic on canvas (135 x 135 cm
each); Al Mahattah Gallery, Ramallah
Sectarianism is spreading in an area that
has no sects! And now there are those who mix religion and nationalism
and who also ride their donkeys backwards!Seclusion and isolation has
made a whole community invent a myth to survive on, for the mere sake of
creating superstitious meanings rooted in memory alone, in total
contradiction to our living reality. This herd surrender has molded
comic characters that became part of the area’s decorative furniture,
their faces erased by strange materials and turned into pots and pans.
Faces that adore traditional poetry for macho competitiveness alone,
mixing religion and belonging and producing a base creation. These faces
have turned into cement puppets!
Akram Halabi
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1981 |
Born in Majdal Shams, Golan |
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Education |
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2008 |
BA student, Fine Arts Academy, Vienna, Austria |
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2001-2005 |
BA in Art, University of Damascus, Syria |
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1997-2000 |
Courses in drawing and painting, House of Art, Majdal Shams,
Golan |
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Work Experience |
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Member at Fateh Mudarris Center of Arts and Culture, Golan |
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Selected Group Exhibitions |
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2007 |
'From Golan', Al Hallaj Gallery, Ramallah
'From Golan', The Virtual Gallery, Birzeit University, Birzeit
'From Golan', Bethlehem Peace Center, Bethlehem |
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2006 |
'Youth Exhibition', Al Riwaq Art Gallery, Damascus, Syria
'Aleppo the
Capital of Islamic Culture', Al Khangs Gallery, Aleppo, Syria
Graduation Exhibition, Al Mada Publishing House Gallery,
Damascus, Syria |
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Solo Exhibitions |
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2006 |
Untitled, Fateh Mudarris Center of Arts and Culture, Majdal
Shams, Golan |
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Residencies |
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2005 |
Workshop, 'Damascus Colours', Mustafa Ali Gallery, Syria |
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2003 |
Workshop at
Darat Al Funun
(Khalid Shoman Foundation), Amman, Jordan |
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Awards |
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2003-2005 |
Awards from Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus, Syria |
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