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Selections Arts - Samia Halaby’s ‘portrait’ for Curriculum Vitae Issue

CURRICULUM VITAE | SAMIA HALABY

THEY’RE THE MOST ARTISTIC CURRICULUM VITAES YOU’VE EVER SEEN. SELECTIONS ASKED A NUMBER OF MIDDLE EASTERN ARTISTS AND DESIGNERS TO CREATE BLISSFULLY ARTISTIC CVS, WHILE GIVING THEM CARTE BLANCHE TO ILLUSTRATE, PAINT, DRAW, SKETCH, PHOTOGRAPH OR COLLAGE THEIR LIFE EXPERIENCES…

©Elie_Bekhazi

THE DIARY OF AN ARTIST IN INTERESTING TIMES | ELIE BEKHAZI

Taking up this issue’s theme of ‘The Diary of an Artist in Confinement Interesting Times’, Selections invited artists to share their thoughts on work, art and life in general since the beginning of the year. What image(s) illustrate(s) 2020 for…

Photograph of Beirut Port after August 4th explosion taken by Ammar Abd Rabbo

THE DIARY OF AN ARTIST IN INTERESTING TIMES | AMMAR ABD RABBO

Taking up this issue’s theme of ‘The Diary of an Artist in Confinement Interesting Times’, Selections invited artists to share their thoughts on work, art and life in general since the beginning of the year. What image(s) illustrate(s) 2020 for…

Ramin Haerizadeh’s ‘education/work experience’ for Curriculum Vitae Issue #44

CURRICULUM VITAE | RAMIN HAERIZADEH

THEY’RE THE MOST ARTISTIC CURRICULUM VITAES YOU’VE EVER SEEN. SELECTIONS asked a number of Middle Eastern artists and designers to create blissfully artistic CVs, while giving them carte blanche to illustrate, paint, draw, sketch, photograph or collage their life experiences…

Hassan Sharif’s works, courtesy Estate of Hassan Sharif and Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde

ABDULRAHEEM ON HASSAN: MY BROTHER, MY FRIEND, MY TEACHER

By Myrna Ayad Hassan was my friend more than my younger brother. We shared everything, told each other everything, we never kept secrets from each other. We respected each other’s opinions; of course, we had different opinions, but at the…

Fereydoun Ave and Mohsen Ahmadvand, Untitled works from the exhibition: Sohrab & the Bees & the Rose & the Nightingale, 2018. Courtesy of the Artists and Dastan’s Basement

HEROES, SIGNS, INTERFERENCES AND FEAR

Two Iranian artists team up to create dazzling works By Sohrab Mahdavi It is clear from the title that the exhibit Sohrab & the Bees & the Rose & the Nightingale will flood us with a plethora of signs and…

Giuseppe Penone, Source of Light, View from below. Courtesy of King Abdulaziz Centre for World Culture

FOR HE IS THE TREE OF LIFE

Italian artist Giuseppe Penone unveils his new sculptural installation in Saudi Arabia’s Dhahran Giuseppe Penone has devoted his life to a most fascinating exploration: the link between nature and man. The revered Italian artist, who is best known for his…

Ahmad Morshedloo, Registration

HIJACKED BY FEREYDOUN AVE

Here we have hijacked this September issue of Selections Magazine with approximately 126 pages of images from some 64 Iranian artists who are content to connect to the world through their images: visual dialogue. Curator’s statement : Artist’s statements have…

Hanaa Malallah, Moment of the Light, wall installation + prisms, 200 × 200 cm, part of 6m wall installation

HANAA MALALLAH ON EQUALITY, MALE MENTORS AND IRAQ FROM THE OUTSIDE

Nada Shabout interviews Rheim Alkadhi, Hayv Kahraman and Hanaa Malallah There is no doubt that, at best, the notion of identity at large is fraught with various challenges and complications. Yet history has shown us that humanity is not capable…

Abdulnasser Gharem, The Stamp (Moujaz), 2017. Glass, 120 x 90 cm diameter. Photo credit Francesco Allegretto. Courtesy Gharem Studio Inc.

THE BRAINWASH | AN UNINTERRUPTED VISUAL CONTINUUM

THE BRAINWASH An uninterrupted visual continuum The pieces you see throughout the article are ones that SELECTIONS has handpicked with glee from our previously published editions. Feel free to check the links under each image and join us on a…

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