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Bashar Al-Hroub

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  • Страна местожительства: Palestine
  • Пол: Male
  • Born in: 1978
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Информация

Bashar Al-Hroub (1978-) is a Palestinian artist and academic , born in Jerusalem . He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Fine Arts from An-Najah National University in 2001, and holds a Master’s degree in Contemporary Art from the Winchester School of Art at the University of Southampton in Britain. 4D Foundation Scholarship In 2010, he participated in many local and international festivals and a number of artistic residencies in Arab and European countries. He has works and collections in many museums around the world.

He won the first prize (Grand Prize) at the fifteenth session of the Asian Art Biennale in Bangladesh in 2012 and was the first Palestinian to receive it.

His artistic vision

Working with a variety of media including photography, video installation, drawing and paintings, Al-Hroub's work directly addresses the debate over place. He began to engage in an inquiry into the self using the body as a signifier, dealing with personal vulnerability and the experience of existential anxiety strongly linked to issues such as religion and nationalism. Conflict and identity building. Moreover, he searches for meaning, not in the individual sign, but in the context of exile and fragmentation, and he believes that tales and myths constituted an important source for creating his imaginary world, which led him to study art and which played an important role in refining his personality and opening him up to understanding the worlds of the arts.

He also believes that the shock and tension that art creates is important because art does not only present aesthetics in the traditional sense and achieve a state of relaxation and calm. Rather, he sees the role of art as raising issues that we naturally try not to see and deliberately not see. Art is the mirror of the subconscious. The visual achievement of Bashar Al-Harub is It deals directly with debates and debates about place and how to humanize it.

His artistic residencies

He participated in many international artistic residencies, including:
New York Art Omi International artists Residency
Artist residency at Delfina Foundation/London.
Artist Residency at Artists' Village with the Chinese Museum of Printing, Shenzhen - China .
Artist residency between New York and Pittsburgh Matters Factory - America.
Artist residency in Bergen/ Norway .
International Artists Workshop / Britain.
International Artists Workshop / Jordan

His works

In most of his works, Al-Haroub seeks to discover the self using new tools, some of which are synthetic and some of which are visual.
Installation works (videoart):
Temple of Sugar, 2018.
Gate to Heaven, 2014.
No way out, 2014.
Threshold, 2013.
Al-Mutahhar (Al-A'raf), 2011.

His artistic contributions

He participated with his paintings in Palestine and around the world in several festivals and institutions specialized in contemporary arts, including:
Arab Museum of Modern Art , Qatar 2023.
Carthage Days Festival of Contemporary Art, Tunisia 2023.
Land of Salt Exhibition, Karim Gallery, Amman, Jordan 2022.
Arab World Institute , Paris 2017.
Imperial War Museum , London 2015.
Al-Ma’mal Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2014.
ICA Center for Contemporary Arts, London 2012.
15th Asian Art Biennale, Bangladesh 2012.
Tracing Boundaries Exhibition, Zawya Gallery, Dubai 2021.

His works in the world

Many institutions and museums sought to acquire and include his works, such as:
Imperial War Museum in London.
Boston Museum of Fine Arts Boston - United States of America.
Burjeel Arts Foundation in Sharjah .
Museum of Chinese Printing in China.
Paul Valery Museum - France .
Jordan National Museum.
Bangladesh National Museum in Bangladesh .
Birzeit University Museum in Palestine.
Bank of Palestine Group in Palestine.
Michael Abate Collection in New York.
Kuwait Contemporary Art Platform in Kuwait .
Dalloul Arts Foundation in Beirut

 

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