Levant Summer
4 July - 15 August, 2009Press Release
"Levant Summer" exhibition at Ayyam Damascus
From 04/07 till 15/08/2009
Vernissage: Saturday 4th of July at 7:00pm
Four of the most influential artists from the Levant, Samia Halaby from Palestine, Nadim Karam from Lebanon, Nassouh Zaghlouleh and Mouneer Al-Shaarani from Syria join hands for this exhibition showcasing their latest works.
This exhibition will be an occasion to introduce Nadim Karam's works for the first time in Syria. Working in a variety of mediums, this versatile Lebanese artist is known for his groundbreaking urban design and cutting-edge paintings and sculptures.
Referred to by The New York Times as "mind-blowing," Nadim Karam is a world renowned architect and urban designer who was completed monumental projects in Melbourne, Tokyo, Prague and Dubai. Karam is most famous for "The Cloud "concept which outlines a massive public entertainment complex containing floating gardens, a lake, restaurants, a palace and a museum suspended in the air by rain-like stilts and covered with artificial condensation.
Please join us in Damascus for the opening as all four artists will be in attendance.
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Nadim Karam
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Nassouh Zaghlouleh
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Selected Works
NK36 Nadim KARAM 'Patience and the Cloud Carrier' 100 X 100 cm. Mixed Media on Canvas 2009
NK37 Nadim KARAM 'Dreaming Elephant' 100 X 100 cm. Mixed Media on Canvas 2009
SAH57 Samia HALABY 'Contstructivist' 153 X 203 cm. Acrylic on Linen Canvas 2008
SAH71 Samia HALABY 'Munir' 122 X 147 cm. Acrylic on Canvas 2008
NZ37 Nassouh ZAGHLOULEH 'Striptease Series' 112 X 112 cm. C-Print Plexi Frame Edition of 7 2008
NZ34 Nassouh ZAGHLOULEH 'Striptease Series' 112 X 112 cm. C-Print Plexi Frame Edition of 7 2008
SH132 Mouneer AL-SHAARANI 'Monuments are the Fruit of Resolution, Selections Ibn Arabi' 100 X 70 cm. Calligraphy Gouache on Paper 2009
SH129 Mouneer AL-SHAARANI 'People are the Spirits of Home' 70 X 70 cm. Calligraphy Gouache on Paper 2009