Category: Art
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eL Seed: Écrire les mots, décrire les maux des autres
eL Seed est un artiste franco-tunisien qui se pose beaucoup de questions sur lui-même et sur le monde. Il utilise la sagesse des écrivains, poètes et philosophes pour transmettre des messages de paix et rappeler les points communs aux êtres humains. Son art rupestre moderne fait vivre les histoires des communautés qu’il rencontre aux quatre Read more
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The German Expat Who Co-Founded the First Camel Riding School
Linda Krockenberger is a German woman who studied hotel management and was steadily climbing the career ladder in Dubai. After she fell in love with camel riding, she decided to pursue her passion full-time, ultimately co-founding the UAE’s first camel riding school. This was enough to pique my interest and want to share her story!Get Read more
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Rawan Anani: Painting the Colours of Palestine
Rawan Anani is a Palestinian watercolour artist. Her work focuses on representing Palestinian heritage through its cities, culture and women. During an interview on a sunny afternoon, she walked me through her colourful and surreal world, full of bright optimism. The Background “I lived and grew up in Al-Bireh city in Ramallah from an artistic Read more
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Abdelrahman Elshahed: Portraying the Language of Angels
Dealing with concepts that help humanity and expressing them through contemporary art practice: this is Abdelrahman Elshahed’s mission. During a recent interview with the warm Mecca-based artist, calligrapher and architect, we analysed some of his work and share the most striking ones here. Born in 1993, Abdelrahman learned the art of calligraphy in the Holy Read more
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Faisal Alkheriji: the Saudi Cubist painter
Representing culture differently: this is Faisal Alkheriji’s calling, to paint original characters while blending different schools of art such as cubism and surrealism. Interview with the smiling Jeddah-based and Picasso-inspired artist. Monopoly in Saudi Arabia “Growing up in Jeddah is amazing, it’s my favourite city. It wasn’t the most advanced city, but it developed a lot Read more
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Wissam Shawkat: Turning Arabic Calligraphy Around
Unafraid of bringing out the contemporary that lies in the traditional, his life mission is to rewrite calligraphy, one stroke at a time. Meet the Iraq-born and Dubai-based artist who excels at his art, at the crossroads between script and shapes. According to its Greek etymology, calligraphy is the art of beautiful writing, which is Read more
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Noura Bin Saidan: the first mural artist in Riyadh
Optimism, energy, determination. Noura Bin Saidan embodies them all, as she brings colour to public spaces all over the world. On a warm September afternoon, we sat down in the artist’s Riyadh studio and after kindly offering Saudi coffee, dates, and chocolate biscuits, she shared her unconventional story. The choice of street art “I started Read more
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Ugur Gallenkus: un art engagé et absolu
Paul Klee, artiste peintre d’origine allemande, disait : ” L’art, est à l’image de la création. C’est un symbole, tout comme le monde terrestre est un symbole du cosmos. ”L’art divertit. L’art émerveille. L’art questionne. L’art dérange, parfois. Uğur Gallenkuş, @ugurgallen sur Instagram, est un artiste turc qui réside à Istanbul. Il crée des photomontages Read more
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Explorez l’océan des cent typos de Malo Malo
Vulgariser le nom et l’histoire des typographies.L’associer à un texte poétique sur l’exploration maritime.Le rendre disponible au grand public en format audio. Tel est le concept original que je vous présente dans cet article. Il prend la forme de chroniques audio dénommées ” L’Océan des cent Typos ” qui, à chaque épisode, détaillent les aventures de l’explorateur Read more
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Studio Pépouze : l’harmonie entre l’art et la nature
Associer l’art à la nature. Promouvoir la nature par l’art. Traiter une thématique environnementale et favoriser une prise de conscience à travers le graphisme et la micro-édition. Ceci est la mission de Studio Pépouze, baptisé ainsi pour exprimer sur un ton léger la tranquilité, la rigueur et la technique de son travail. Qui se cache Read more