An Interview with Omar Khouri
Posted: November 6, 2014 Filed under: Uncategorized 2 CommentsAn Interview with me by Qifa Nabki’s Elias Muhanna about painting, comics, politics and film
I recently caught up with a friend of mine, Omar Khouri, with whom I spent a few summers as a kid in Lebanon (along with other luminaries like Omar Naim and Fadi Baki). Khouri’s star is rising in the art world; his paintings have been exhibited in New York and Beirut, and some of his recent stuff is available for sale at Saatchi online. I suggest that well-heeled readers go out and buy his work now before it becomes outrageously expensive.
We sat down for a virtual chat about fine art, comics, film, and politics.
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QN: What have you been up to these days? You’re busy.
Khouri: I’m preparing for my upcoming solo exhibition, starting on the 10th of March, 2015, at Agial Art Gallery in Beirut. The opening will coincide with the release of a book of my work, published by Plan Bey, that dances the line between comics and painting. I…
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Eye For A Tooth
Posted: July 31, 2014 Filed under: Comics قصص مصورة, English باللغة الانكليزية | Tags: comic strip, comics, Gaza, israel, palestine 1 Commentوعد بلفور Balfour’s Promise #4
Posted: July 29, 2014 Filed under: Landscape, Painting | Tags: Balfour Declaration, Gaza, gouache, landscape, night, painting, palestine, فلسطين, غزة Leave a commentGouache on paper, 51 cm x 36 cm
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The World’s Smallest Violin #3
Posted: July 24, 2014 Filed under: Landscape, Painting | Tags: bombing, Gaza, gouache, miniature, occupation, painting, palestine, فلسطين, غزة Leave a commentGaza by night
Gouache on paper, 6 cm x 4.6 cm painting on 36 cm x 26 cm paper
The World’s Smallest Violin #2
Posted: July 21, 2014 Filed under: Landscape, Painting | Tags: bombing, explosion, Gaza, gouache, occupation, painting, palestine, فلسطين, غزة Leave a commentGaza by night
Gouache on paper, 6 cm x 4.6 cm painting on 36 cm x 26 cm paper
Birthday Self(ie)Portrait
Posted: July 15, 2014 Filed under: Painting, Portrait, Self-Portrait | Tags: birthday, bromley by bow, gouache, july 14, miniature, painting, self portrait, selfie Leave a commentGouache on paper, 4.5 cm x 6 cm painting on 26 cm x 36 cm paper
The World’s Smallest Violin
Posted: July 14, 2014 Filed under: Painting | Tags: bombing, explosion, Gaza, gouache, landscape, occupation, painting, palestine, world cup 2014, غزة Leave a commentGouache on paper, 6 cm x 4 cm painting on 36 cm x 26 cm paper
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وعد بلفور Balfour’s Promise #3
Posted: July 12, 2014 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Balfour Declaration, bombing, explosion, Gaza, gouache, landscape, palestine, وعد بلفور, world cup 2014, غزة Leave a commentGouache on paper, 61 cm x 46 cm
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وعد بلفور Balfour’s Promise #2
Posted: July 10, 2014 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Balfour Declaration, bombing, explosion, Gaza, gouache, landscape, وعد بلفور, world cup 2014, غزة Leave a commentGouache on paper, 36 cm x 26 cm
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وعد بلفور Balfour’s Promise #1
Posted: July 10, 2014 Filed under: Painting | Tags: Balfour Declaration, bombing, explosion, Gaza, gouache, landscape, painting, وعد بلفور, world cup 2014, غزة Leave a commentGouache on paper, 51 cm x 36 cm
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