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1 - [MODERN ART, KUWAIT] Three books a) Contemporary Art in Kuwa…
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[MODERN ART, KUWAIT] Three books a) Contemporary Art in Kuwait. Safat Kuwait / Rome: Kuwait International Investment Co. S.A.K. / Studio Tipografico Roma, 1983. Square format (26 cm), with dust jacket, unpaginated (ca. 48 pp. of text) + 112 off-text colour reproductions (painting and sculpture) + list and biographies of 43 artists. In Arabic and English. Limited edition of 5,000 copies. Contributions by Dr Safwat Kamal, Dr Abdullah Taqi, Khalifa Al-Qattan, Mahmood Al-Radwan, Sulaiman Al-Shaheen and Sammir Mohammed. A reference work tracing the development of the visual arts in Kuwait between 1950 and 1980. It looks at the major schools (al-Mubarakiyya, Atelier Libre), institutions (Kuwaiti Society of Visual Arts), pioneering initiatives (Ghazi Sultan Gallery) and founding figures such as Mu'jab Al-Dosary and Mohammad Al-Damkhi. b) AL QATAMI, Badr (Kuwait, 1943-2009). 209 days under occupation. [Kuwait], 1992. 70 colour reproductions. A realist painter, Badr Al Qatami exhibited for the first time in 1958. c) AL-ALI, Fareed. Formations of the Revered Word Allah / Tashkhīlāt fī lafẓ al-Jalāla. [Kuwait]: Al-Fajr Al-Kuwaytiyya Printers, January 1997 (Ramadan 1417). Paperback, 99 pp. + appendices (artist's biography and conclusion), 101 black illustrations. This collection presents a work based on the 99 divine names in a contemporary stylisation of Arabic calligraphy. A member of the Kuwaiti Society of Fine Arts, Fareed Al-Ali is a well-known figure on the calligraphic scene, having exhibited in Kuwait, Iraq, Sharjah, the United Kingdom and France; he has also carried out numerous public commissions.
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