Ayyam Gallery is proud showcase a solo exhibition by a leading female Syrian artist: Asma Fayoumi from 2/2 – 21/2/2008.
Asma began her artistic career by painting portraits, and has since moved into expressionism and abstraction. She may have also traveled from a blue color period to black and white, but color remains central in her works. Born in Amman, Jordan, the artist worked alongside Master Syrian artists such as Mahmoud Hammad and Nassir Chaura in the 1960s, when abstract art was not yet fully established in Syrian art.
Her works both start and end with characters, allowing one to realize the spirit of the object, and not the object itself. Using her childhood memories, her works are influenced by childhood trips to the cinema, her home, and the groves and old streets of Damascus.