Ayyam Gallery to host works of leading Syrian painter Kais Salman

Ayyam Gallery, Dubai, is presenting Fables in the Unknown, consisting of the most recent body of work of one of Syria’s foremost expressionist painters, Kais Salman (Sept. 19 – Nov. 1).

A fable, as the gallery notes, is a literary genre, a succinct fictional story that features animals and legendary creatures and leads to a particular ‘moral’ lesson. In his work, Salman does the visual equivalent, a visual narrative, creating his own imaginary world in which his characters represent the mass.

He illustrates civilisation’s pros and cons and the chaos of the human condition. There is a difference between reading and seeing an idea; a writer dictates his concept.