Gallery Al-Quds Archives - Page 13 of 31

Summer Film Series: “Io sto con la sposa (On the Bride’s Side)” by Antionio Augugliaro, Gabriele Del Grande, and Khaled Soliman Al Nassiry

August 9, 2021April 25, 2016 by Samirah Alkassim

On the Bride’s Side records the 2013 journey of five undocumented Syrian and Palestinian refugees who end up in Italy fleeing the war in Syria, and with the help of the filmmakers, continue on from Milan to Stockholm where they seek to attain political asylum. The refugees and their supporters travel as a fake wedding party complete with a bride in a white gown, hoping to avoid detection and arrest.

“Eye of the Blossom” – Interview with artist Amr Mounib

July 27, 2021April 21, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

“Whatever becomes of the politics of Egypt’s ‘Arab Spring,’ the future of the country’s blooms certainly appears bright, colorful and clear. Really clear.” – John A. Bray

Artist Amr Mounib, Gallery Al-Quds appear in Al-Ahram Newspaper

July 27, 2021April 21, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

“Spring Flowers… and Mary Mounib’s grandson”

“From the Ruins of a Shattered Legacy”

July 27, 2021March 29, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

Gallery artist Corinne Whitlatch’s stained glass sculpture, titled “From the Ruins of a Shattered Legacy” features Turkish pottery and a mosaic dove. This exhibit is sponsored by the National Capitol Art Glass Guild.

The Eye of the Blossom

July 27, 2021March 25, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

“Growing up in a garden of flowers … literally, as a child I was fascinated, taken by its diversity in shape and color, and feasted my eyes and never ignored…. As a photographer I always carried my camera with me and always on the lookout for flowers. No matter what assignments I had I always noticed the flower everywhere.

Classical Calligraphy by Nawaf Soliman

July 27, 2021March 22, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

Calligraphy is more than beautiful Arabic handwriting. It is the imaginative expression of individual creativity, the area of aesthetics where skill meets genius. Primarily a means for worshipping the Creator, the Arabic language is organically linked to the Qur’an. Thus both words and the forms of words take on power greater than their individual entities. It is from this that ornamental calligraphy stems.

The Institut Culturel Franco-Palestinien has announced the 5 winners of Palest’In & Out 2016

July 28, 2021March 15, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

The winners will be invited to participate in the Palest’In & Out Festival 2016 in Paris (7-13 July 2016) and Palestine (24-30 October 2016).

Curator’s Comments: Vantablack and Artistic Freedom

July 27, 2021March 15, 2016 by Lucian Dieterman

By Dagmar Painter

In the sometimes rarified world of art and artists, there has recently emerged a controversy that I think serves to illustrate a greater truth, that of artistic freedom and the power of the artist to illuminate injustice and spur social change. World-famous artist Sir Anish Kapoor has acquired the exclusive rights to a type of carbon-based pigment called Vantablack, “the blackest shade of black ever made,” according to numerous articles published in Smithsonian Magazine, the Daily Mail, Artnet News, The Huffington Post, etc.

Palestine Profiles: Poet Fadwa Tuqan

July 27, 2021March 8, 2016 by Samirah Alkassim

By Zeina Azzam

Palestinian poet Fadwa Tuqan (1917-2003) was born to a prominent family in the West Bank city of Nablus during the year of the Balfour Declaration, which presaged the eventual dispossession of the Palestinian people of their homeland. Her poetry reflected the pain, loss, and anger of the Nakba, the experience of fleeing war and living as a refugee, and the courageous aspirations of the Palestinians to nationhood and return to their homeland.