On September 6 Ayyam Gallery Damascus will proudly present the exhibition 2012. Spotlighting recent work by several Damascus-based artists, this forthcoming group show provides an unprecedented look into the complex intertwining of art and politics that has arisen over the past year as artists have intrepidly responded to widespread turmoil in the Middle East and North Africa. Featuring painters Nihad al Turk, Oussama Diab, Mohannad Orabi and Kais Salman, 2012 explores how some artists have been compelled to address the explosive nature of today’s sociopolitical sphere in a variety of ways, often altering their artistic approaches and/or reoccurring subject matter as they are challenged to represent the manic instability of cities and landscapes that have been overrun by domestic upheavals.
