Exhibitions

Moustafa Fathi and Moustafa Ali, Leila Nseir, Abdul Karim Majdal Al-Beik

Buried in Tradition / My World / Walls Speak 11 Dec 2008 - 8 Jan 2009 From December 11, 2008 until January 8, 2009, Ayyam Gallery-Dubai will proudly present three exhibitions featuring some of Syria’s leading contemporary artists. Read more

Abdul-Karim Majdal Al-Beik

25 Oct - 13 Nov 2008 Abdul-Karim Majdal Al-Beik's creativity reflects a wisdom and sensibility beyond his years. Born and raised on the outskirts of Al-Hasakeh, Al-Beik grew up in a tiny village consisting of seven houses built of mud, brick and straw. He has also walked around the streets of old Damascus, observing and feeling the walls; how they differ from those of his childhood but how they are also vessels of reminiscence. Al-Beik explains: "Every alley is bound to have a 'Saeed loves Samira' kind of graffiti on its walls, a spray-painted arrow to some place, a 'For rent' sign, or the daubs of letters and numbers by the neighborhood's children,". Al-Beik adds: "Walls drink in the history of a place; I am trying to portray the passage of time". Read more

Black vs Colour

16 Oct - 30 Nov 2008 Ayyam Gallery, Dubai has gathered some of Syria's finest contemporary names from its formidable stable of artists for a group exhibition which will feature a vast variety of media. Some of the artists express themselves in shades of black and white, while others opt for colour. The show is an expression of both and will include paintings and photographs that cover different subjects, styles and techniques, all drawing on colour or monochrome. The six artists on show will be Khaled Takreti, Safwan Dahoul, Nassouh Zaghlouleh, Ammar Al-Beik, Asaad Arabi, and Youssef Abdelke. The exhibition is in essence six solo shows brought together by the theme of Black versus Colour. Read more

Contemporary Syria – Damascus & Dubai

9 Jul - 30 Sep 2008 During the summer season and with "Damascus Arab Capital of Culture" that's running through the year 2008, Ayyam Gallery is celebrating this event by highlighting Syrian art and artists under Contemporary Syria collective exhibition. A collection of 150 artworks by Ayyam emerging and established artists and also by old masters will be showcased all along the summer. New exhibited works each week. Read more

Walid El Masri

7 - 19 Jun 2008 Walid El Masri spends his time exploring the notion of 'chairs'. He slowly builds up his paintings from a blank canvas to a meaningful entity that captures the moment. Read more

Mohannad Orabi

24 May - 5 Jun 2008 Mohannad Orabi has a distinctive style of painting. A stylized character dominates his canvases, all of which he titles 'Self-Portrait'. Sometimes she turns out to be feminine, sometimes masculine, sometimes child-like... Nevertheless, they are all self-portraits in that they capture a certain state of being. " They don't look like me physically, sure, but their mood is mine," Orabi says…. Read more

Samia Halaby

5 - 22 May 2008 Samia Halaby is about metamorphosis. Entering her world is like having a conversation in a submarine. You are underground. In a place so unfamiliar it becomes strangely familiar. In a place so unusual it becomes inexhaustible; in a place as majestic, maze-like and wondrous as the world found in the pages of Alice in Wonderland. Painting to her "is visual ideas". Read more

Ammar Al-Beik

1 - 19 May 2008 Ammar Al Beik is a photographer who comes from another place. Neither traditional subjects tempt him, nor do familiar aesthetics mean anything to him. He rides his thoughts - ideas to take untraveled roads, to his own place. Read more

Safwan Dahoul & Nadim Karam

15 Mar - 17 Apr 2008 Dream, a dominating title in all of Safwan Dahoul paintings since 20 years. Every painting he ever created is a dream that never ends. Dahoul's elegant portraits, clean lines and flowing figures echo cubist tendencies, but have a life and originality all of their own. Their dominating earth colors, reason being he wants to carry out his message in a simple way without having to resort to colors to convey emotion. He has a vision that painting the motion of the human body allows him to deliver his message more thoroughly than by using any other means. A prominent figure in the global art scene, he enjoys great popularity among international art collectors. Today, the most important museums and art collectors collect his paintings. Read more

Asma Fayoumi

2 - 21 Feb 2008 Ayyam Gallery is proud to hold a solo exhibition by the artist Asmaa Al-Fayoumee, a leading female artist in the Syrian art scene. Read more

Mouneer Al-Shaarani

12 - 31 Jan 2008 Ayyam Gallery will exhibit amazing calligraphy work, that attain perfection rarely equaled in usual dimensions, by master Calligrapher Mouneer Al-Shaarani. With thirty five years of artistic career, Al Shaarani could achieve a contemporary, present in as much as it belongs to the history and cham of the previous calligraphic creations. Read more