Ayyam Gallery Dubai (DIFC) is pleased to announce Return to Abstraction, the solo show of Asaad Arabi, a pioneering contemporary Arab painter and acclaimed art theorist. After years of musical expressionism, with colourful series portraying the iconic Um Kulthum, Arabi returns to lyrical abstraction, all the while preserving a vibrant palette, harmonious compositions, and multi-angle method of execution.
During his doctorate studies at the Sorbonne, Arabi conducted a decade-long research project and produced subsequent writings on the spiritual relationship between music and form that undeniably marked his artistic practice, whether through figuration or abstraction. In his flamboyant paintings, both seem to mingle, confirming the artist’s belief in a certain correlation of these genres.
