African Masks
Making masks and using them for different aspects is one of the many popular art forms around the world. A mask is an object worn on the face, typically for protection and disguise. Usually, disguised masks are used to hide the identity of a person and by its own features to establish another being. This […]
Art Mediums
By: Ghazala Fatima Art has remained an integral part of human history. Our urge to express our thoughts, emotions and ideas has helped us to devisean array of artistic mediums throughout the ages.From time-to-time humans developed new methods and techniques to boost their artwork and make it last longer. From the early pigments used in […]
Body Art
By: Ghazala Fatima Whether it be mehendi designs on hands and feet for adornment in special occasions, or painting colors of national flags on faces and body to promote nationalism, or painting body with natural colours by soldiers in army to create camouflage, or making tattoos as element of hip hop culture, or painting body […]
Tarek Al-Ghoussein
Featured Artist
Born in 1962 Tarek Al-Ghoussein was a Kuwati multi-displenary artist who pursued the intersection of landscape photography, self-portraiture and performance art. He in his work moves away from land, belonging, nostalgia and boundaries to explore metaphorical ideas transit to his ancestral homeland – Palestine. Tarek was born in Kuwait to Palestinian parents who had been […]
NEVERCREW
Artist and Artwork
NEVERCREW is a Swiss street art group founded in 1996 by Christian Rebecchi and Pablo Togni. They have been working together since meeting 20 years ago at an art school in Lugano, Switzerlandwhile they were both students. NEVERCREW develops large-scale murals, installations, and urban interventions based on their perspective on human-environment interaction. As published on […]
Lesser-known Art Movements
AfriCOBRA African Commune of Bad Relevant Artists, or the AfriCOBRAmovement was borne from the Civil Rights and Black Power Movements. afriCobra is a collective of African-American artists founded by Jeff Donaldson, Wadsworth Jarrell, Jae Jarrell, Barbara Jones-Hogu, Nelson Stevens, and Gerald Williams in Chicago in 1968. The Organization of Black American Culture (OBAC), founded in […]
Najah Al-Bukai: Artist in Exile
“People might not look at a graphic photograph taken of a horrific situation, but when it is an artwork people react differently. They do look at it and feel compassionate about the subject of the artwork,”. Born in 1970 in Homs, Syria, Najah Al-Bukaiis a Syrian artist who lives and works in France. Member of […]
Jacques Villegle, Pioneer of New Realism
Jacques Villegle,was a French mixed-media artist famous for his alphabet with symbolic letters and innovative mixed-media collages, which he began creating in the late 1940s from ripped posters he found on the streets of Paris. Often regarded as France’s “grandfather” of street art,Villegle was the last living figure associated with Nouveau Réalisme (New Realism), a […]
Mounir Fatmi: Artist and Artwork
Mounir Fatmi is a Moroccan artist who lives and works in Paris. Born in 1970 in Tangier, Morocco he spent his childhood at the flea market in the Casabarata district, one of the poorest neighborhoods in the city. He studied at the School of Fine Arts in Casablancaand the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam. His multimedia practice […]
Graffiti and Murals
By: Ghazala Fatima There are numeroustypes of outdoor art, public art, and street art that can be made and interpreted in various ways. Wall art is one of the common and attractive outdoor art but many of us have difficulty to differentiate two distinguished types of wall art, murals and graffiti.Both of these are two unique […]