Contemporary Art Platform: Selections from Kuwait

Contemporary Art Platform: Selections from Kuwait

May 8, 2023 , , ,

Courtesy of the CONTEMPORARY ART PLATFORM (CAP)

 

A painted portrait of a face divided into multiple colored segments.

GHADAH ALKANDARI, UNTIL (2017),
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS (180 X 240 CM)

 

A rug with an image of Puerto Rico. Small cars are driving in front of a "place" in the background.

ALIA FARID, MEZQUITAS DE PUERTO RICO (PONCE) (2014),
PILE AND KILIM PRAYER RUG (114 X 172 CM)

 

A carved bust with ropes bound across the person's eyes and mouth and arms.

SAMI MOHAMMAD, I AM THE VOICE OF FREEDOM FOR THOSE
WHO HAVE NO VOICE (2000), BRONZE (17 X 20 x 20 CM)

 

A rug with an image of Puerto Rico. Small cars are driving in front of a "place" in the background.

FARAH K. BEHBEHANI, DAAD (2013), HAND EMBROIDERY ON LINEN,
THREADING AND BEADING (100 X 100 CM)

 

A black-and-white photo of a leopard against grassy fields.

DR. MOHAMMED ALKANDARI, “FAREWELL,”
PHOTOGRAPH ON FINE ART PAPER (60 X 88 CM)

 

A scribbled out portrait of a person staring off into the distance.

AMIRA BEHBEHANI, UNTITLED (2011),
INK (20 X 13 CM)

 

A colored image of a person with a dove on shoulder.

THURAYA AL-BAQSAMI, PEACE TALKS (1992),
ACRYLIC ON PAPER (45 X 60 CM)

 

Contemporary Art Platform (CAP) is a nonprofit organization founded in 2011, dedicated to developing and supporting the arts in Kuwait and throughout the region. The art gallery has presented exhibitions of local, international, emerging, and established artists through collective and thematic shows curated by Arab and international curators. CAP is equally committed to its educational program, which offers workshops, seminars, and weekly film screenings. The gallery includes a public library that holds one of the largest collections of art books in Kuwait and has recently opened a bookshop catering to the arts and design.

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Contemporary Art Platform: Selections from Kuwait

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