MASTER STROKES: CONTEMPORARY CALLIGRAPHIC ART FROM THE ISLAMIC WORLD
23rd Mar – 22nd Jun 2002
Spanning the divide between word and form, these artists celebrate the beauty of poetry, religious texts, philosophy, and even words without literal meaning, by embracing styles from the lavishly intricate to the borders of abstraction. Their works articulate distillation of thought, word, and form into the pure expression: the outward gestures of profound revelation.
The exhibition includes works by Rasheed Butt (Pakistan); Ali Omar Ermes (Libya); Maysaloun Faraj (Iraq); Tajamul Hussain (British, origin Pakistan); Nja Mahdaoui (Tunisia); Hassan Massoudy (Iraq); Samir Sayegh (Lebanon); Laila Shawa (Palestine) and Wijdan (Jordan).
Also in Exhibitions
TARIQAH - Maraya Art Centre, UAE
Barjeel Art Foundation will host an exhibition entitled Tariqah (Pathway) at Maraya Art Centre on the 21st of February. The exhibition will present a collection of modern and contemporary Arab artworks inspired by Islamic art traditions. The artworks have been selected from the private collection of Sultan Saud Al Qassimi, founder of Barjeel Art Foundation. The exhibition coincides with the celebration of Sharjah as ‘Capital of Islamic Culture 2014′, with pieces on display referencing the ‘pathway’ of translating ephemeral ideas into material forms through art-making.
BETWEEN DESERT AND SEA: A SELECTION FROM THE JORDAN NATIONAL GALLERY OF FINE ARTS
The exhibition “Between Desert and Sea: A Selection from the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts” opened on 24 January 2013, it shows the common background in contemporary visual art between Turkey and the Arab countries that are on the shore of the Mediterranean which includes Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Palestine, Syria, and Tunisia.
MODERN ARAB ART AND LETTERS IN ART
Meem Gallery’s two-part exhibition, Modern Arab Art and Letters in Art, marks the first installment of the gallery’s new curatorial venture Meem Projects. Modern Arab Art will display key works, in a range of media (painting, sculpture, and drawings), by modern ‘pioneer’ artists.
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Clients
A selected number of artworks by Ali Omar Ermes have been acquired by public/private collectors, individuals and corporations. Below are some of his clients that own a piece of his work:
The British Museum
10 Downing Street
Mobil
Merrill Lynch
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology
Freer Sackler
Wereld Museum
Investcorp
LACMA | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Contemporary Art from the Islamic World
Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Barjeel Art Foundation
Meem Gallery
Written Art Foundation
Arab Heritage Gallery
Rose Issa Projects
Egee Art Consultancy
Saudi Aramco
BP
Jaeger-LeCoultre
Malaysia Airlines
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Riyadh King Khalid International Airport
Prince's Trust
Arab Banking Corporation
Maybank
USA Embassy
Japan Bank for International Corporation
Balai Seni Lukis Negara - National Art Gallery Malaysia
Uniteers Outdoor Advertising
United Engineers Malaysia
Beit Al Quran
Centre of Islamic Culture
MUSEUMS & GALLERIES
The State Hermitage Museum
Tate Modern
Saatchi Gallery
Christie's
Smithsonian National Museum of African Art
Ashmolean Museum of Art & Archaeology
London Middle East Institute SOAS
Linacre College - University of Oxford
The British Museum
SOAS University of London
Royal Tropical Institute
Leighton House Museum
Seoul Arts Center
The Ian Potter Museum of Art
Wereld Museum
Gobierno De Aragon
The Africa Centre
Dar Al Funoon
Tripoli International Fair
Dalton Gallery Agnes Scott College
Plymouth City Museum & Art Gallery
Academia Di Belle Arti Di Brera
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