The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and the Embassy of Italy in Amman cordially invites you to the opening of the geographical exhibition entitled ” Tiles of Time” at the Jordan National gallery of fine Art -Building 1.
All exhibition proceeds will go to our families in Gaza.
We are glad to announce that [Digital] Transmissions, the artistic development program in its second edition is up and running!
We are glad to announce that [Digital] Transmissions, the artistic development program in its second edition is up and running!
Under the patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in solidarity with the people of Gaza and Palestine, invites you to attend the opening of the following events:
-The opening of a painting exhibition by artists from Gaza.
-Drawing & graffiti event at the park of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
On Sunday 5 November 2023 at 5:00pm.
All exhibition proceeds will go to the participating artists and their families in Gaza.
You are cordially invited you to the opening of an exhibition by the Chilean artist Rebeca Puga entitled “Undercurrent” at the Jordan National Gallery Building 2 – Wasl Gallery, 6:30 pm Sunday 8 October 2023.
We are pleased to invite you to the opening of “In Search of the Sea” an art exhibition for the researcher and curator Abdullah Al-Bayyari, as part of the Curatorial Art Projects by FACTORY/the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
At at the JNGFA – Building 1.
You are cordially invited to the opening of “GEOPOLITICS: Contemporary Photography Exhibition from Taiwan” at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
We are pleased to invite you to attend the opening of “Evocations Inspired by the History of Art” an exhibition by the previous winners in the fields of plastic and visual arts at Abdul Hameed Shoman Award for Creative Production for Children and Adolescents (Abde’).
Friends & Members, you are cordially invited to the opening of a Mosaic exhibition entitled “The Invisible Cities”
Friends & Members, you are cordially invited to the opening of a Mosaic exhibition entitled “With The Mosaic, Contemporaneity in Ravenna”
In cooperation with the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and Darat Al Tasweer, The Goethe-Institut Jordanien together with the German Embassy to Jordan are delighted to invite you to an exhibition by 12 photographers from OSTKREUZ, a photographer-led agency in Germany, on Wednesday 10 May 2023 at 6:00 pm at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1, third floor, throughout the month of May, as part of the 11th edition of the Image Festival Amman under the theme ‘Roots’.
A group exhibition and culmination of an artistic development programme and creative exchange between Jordan and the UK.
At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building (1)
[Digital] Transmissions presents work by a group of artists who came together in a creative exchange, networking and artistic development programme to learn and experiment with digital tools, while reflecting on society and the world in a digital age.
The topics and artistic explorations featured in this exhibition range from questions related to humanness, intimacy and spirituality to examining how technology shapes our cities and public sphere, how it can enable new interactions with non-human worlds and the environment; the artists in the [Digital] Transmissions exhibition open up new perspectives and portals to the world through their work.
Participating artists: Asiya Alsheshani, Aya Abu Ghazaleh, Diana Habashneh, Dima Mosleh, Haneen Jaafreh, Hescham AlKarshan, Laila Eltaweel, Lina Q. Asaad, Lubna Almousa, Mohammad Shehadeh, SalahEddin AlQawasmi, Zaid Abueisa.
Including work by the programme mentors: Alex May, Hashem Joucka, Kasia Molga, Turbo
[Digital] Transmissions is commissioned by the British Council in Jordan and co-developed by FutureEverything and the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, with the generous technical support of TechWorks – a Crown Prince Foundation Initiative.
As part of the celebrations of the bicentennial of Brazilian Independence, The Royal Institute for Inner- Faith Studies, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, The Arab- Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and The Embassy of Brazil cordially invite you to the conferance on the exhibition of “The Trip of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil to the Holy Land in 1876: A collection of Nineteenth Century Photos”
Invited speakers
Roberto – Director of the Center for Studies and Cultures of Latin America (CECAL) at the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik (USEK), in Lebanon.
Dr Mohammad Hashem Ghosheh – Director of El Hassan Centre for Jersusalem Studies.
Working Language: English.
You are cordially invited to visit the exhibition of “The Trip of Emperor Pedro II of Brazil to the Holy Land in 1876: A collection of Nineteenth Century Photos”, at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Building 1.
Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Sogetsu Ikebana “Amman central Branch – Jordan” exhibition entitled “Freedom” at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
6:00 pm Sunday 2 October 2022
The exhibition will run through 3,4 October 2022 from 10:00 am – 7:00 pm
Under the Patronage of
HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Cordially invites you to the opening of a
Retrospective exhibition
Nabila Hilmi
at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
The opening of the exhibition “Between Worlds and Knowledges” at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In collaboration with The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and The Royal Society of Fine Arts.
Ceramics, painting and graphic art exhibition by Emirati artists: Maysoon Saqr, Abdel Rahim Selim, Najat Makki, Abdel Qader Al Rayes, Ali Moza, Khalil Abdel Wahed and Mona Khaja.
Ceramics, painting and graphic art exhibition by Tunisian artists: Mohamed Hedi Labban, Al-Habib Bida, Hedi Turki, Ali Guermassi, Rafik Al Kamel, Ali Louati, Ibrahim Azzabi, Ibrahim Dahak, Khalid Asram, Gouider Triki, Khalid Ben Slimane, Nja Mahdoui, Kamel Ibrahim, Aicha Filali, Rim Karoui, Meriem Bouderbala, Abdelaziz Gorgi, Fawzia El Hicheri.
Ceramics, painting and graphic art exhibition by Moroccan artists: El-Hashimi Azza, Farid Belkahia, Abdallah Sadouq, Omar Yousefi, Najia El-Mahaji, Souad El-Ashiri, Mohamed Morabiti, Mahdi Al-Qotbi and Abu Ali Abdel-Aziz.
Ceramics, painting and graphic art exhibition by Bahrain artists: Balqis Fakhro, Abdul Jabbar Ghadban, Rashid Suwar, Jamal Abdul Rahim, Hala Al Khalifa, Abdul Rahim Sharif, Lubna Al Amin, Nabila Al Khair, Abbas Ahmed, Anas Al Sheikh and Ibrahim Bou Saad.
Ceramics, painting and graphic art exhibition by Jordanian artists: Rachid Koraïchi, Baya, Houria Niati, Abdel Rahman Ould Muhanna, Mohamed Aksouh, Hamid Tiboshi.
Painting, graphic art and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists: Said Haddadin, Katia Al Tal, Mona Saudi.
Painting, graphic art and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists: Anees Maani, Juman Nimiri, Mohammad Kaitouqa.
Painting, graphic art and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists: Adnan Yahya, Kuram Nimri, Nesreen Suboh.
The opening of the Contemporary Arab art from the Mediterranean exhibition at Pera Museum, Istanbul. The exhibition includes 55 painting, sculpture, installation and graphic artworks from the Permanent Collection of the JNGFA representing 44 artists from 9 Arab countries.
The opening of the solo photography exhibition by Palestinian artist Said Nusseibeh at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting exhibition by Romanian artist Anna Blum on the occasion of the National Day of Romania under the Patronage of H.R.H. Princess Rajwa bint Ali, The Royal Society of Fine Arts. In collaboration with The Romanian Embassy in Amman at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
From the opening of the photography exhibition ‘Bedu’ by Farah Foudeh, part of the Image Festival Amman #7 under the theme ‘Home at Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Farah Foudeh
Lagos born, Farah grew up in Nigeria, later moving to cities like Amman, Washington DC, NYC and is now based in Barcelona where she completed a Masters in Photography and Design. Farah uses photography as a tool to study our understanding of the world and its impact on perceptions and prejudices. She is inspired by the earliest use of the photographic medium, and its use in the portrayal of events and regions. She aims to push the boundaries of the viewer’s understanding of photography as a representational medium by working in performative ways that address the presence of the lens and question its role.
Bedu
‘Bedu’ addresses issues of identity and representation by studying the earliest Orientalist Western portrayal of the Bedouin man. Within this context, the Bedouin man was constantly performing for the voyeuristic gaze. Portrayed as immune to time, development and modernity. She collaborated with the Bedouin men of the Wadi Rum desert in Jordan to create an inclusive and reflective body of work. It is a performative play with the viewer’s vision of the man, the desert and the relationship between both. This dance within the landscape, hopes to emphasis the performative role that plays into the photographic process, and its limitations as a representative medium.
Photos from the opening of the Image Festival Amman 8th edition entitled “Wandering”, with two exhibitions by Josef Koudelka & Mimmo Jodice. Monday 1-4-2019 at 6:00 at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the “Photography & Space” Workshop Exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting and ceramics exhibition at Dossari Hall, Kuwait City. In cooperation, with the Kuwaiti National Council for Culture, Art and Literature.
The opening of the solo painting exhibition by artist Faik Hassan at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the solo painting exhibition by artist Suha Shoman at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the second floor at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
The Embassy of Italy in Jordan
Darat Al Tasweer
Cordially invite you to the opening of the photography exhibition
“The Immobile Nomad”
by Agnese Purgatorio
As part of the Image Festival Amman #9
7:00 pm Wednesday 15 September 2021
at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
The exhibition continues until 6 October 2021
In accordance with government regulations, kindly abide by all the sanitary and preventive measures.
Group show, painting, graphic art, sculpture, ceramics and weavings from the Permanent Collection of the JNGFA. The Barbican Center, London. In cooperation with the Islamic Arts Foundation, London.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Instituto Cervantes & the Embassy of Spain in Amman
cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition
“DON’T SHOOT”
by Spanish artist
ISIDRO LÓPEZ-APARICIO
As part of the Image Festival Amman #9
at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2
7:00 pm Thursday 2 September 2021
The exhibition continues until 30 September 2021
In accordance with government regulations, kindly abide by all the sanitary and preventive measures
We are pleased to invite you in the next meet up of “Hiwar Art Club” to join us on a tour and discussion through the exhibition “Objects of Imagination”: Contemporary Arab Ceramics, currently on view at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. ًWe are honored to host in this event artists Delair Saad Shaker Walid Rashid from the exhibition organizers along with artists Dina Haddadin, Hazem AlZubi and and others who will speak to us about their experience through this unique exhibition.
About the exhibition: by an initiative of Kinda Foundation for Contemporary Arab Art, a group of Arab artists from Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia and the Emirates were invited to participate in a unique and leading occasion in the history of Arab art, to execute and exhibit ceramic artworks for more than forty artists, so that each of them makes four ceramic works in the form of a circular plate. They are a variety of works combining outstanding artistic design, drawing, and sculpture, which were implemented with techniques other than drawing on the surface of the usual painting. These works were carried out over a year and a half in the studio of artist Dalair Saad Shaker, in cooperation with the artist Walid Rashid in Amman – Jordan.
Join us at 6:30 PM, Saturday 7/3/2020 At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building #2.
The forum was organized under the title “Cypress Memory”, organized by the Jordanian National Museum of Fine Arts and the Faculty of Arts and Design at the University of Jordan and supported by the Greater Amman Municipality on the campus of the University of Jordan with wide international participation of artists from France, Germany, Spain, Morocco, Bahrain, Palestine, Iraq.
This forum came to allocate the wood material only to the artists participating in the work, which was available in time with a lot of cypress trees and pine after the snowstorm that hit the Kingdom that year. And resulted in the break of a lot of trees within the campus of the University of Jordan.
Abdel-Hay Al-Daydai – Morocco
Ahed Younes – Jordan
Ahmed Kanaan – Palestine
Anna Hill – Germany
Ayoub Al Balushi – Sultanate of Oman
Faisal Al-Omari – Jordan
Fouad Khasawneh – Jordan
Francesca Marati – Spain
Ghassan Mafdala – Jordan
Hala Abu Bakr – Jordan
Hala Al-Twal – Jordan
Hussam Wahba – Jordan
Idris Al Jarrah – Jordan
Jan Nikolai Niels – Germany
Kuram Al-Nimri – Jordan
Khairy Herzallah – Jordan
Lojain Nahhas – Jordan
Omar Al-Najjar – Jordan
Samia Zaru – Jordan
Shinyar Abdullah – Iraq
Jamal Juqqa – Jordan
Yazan Salman – Jordan
The opening of the Contemporary African Art exhibition from the permanent collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. The exhibition opened under the patronage of Princess Wijdan Al-Hashemi.
The exhibition represents the continent of Africa with artworks from the museum’s collection, ranging from painting, photography, sculpture, ceramics, weaving and graphic arts.
This exhibition represents contemporary African art from pioneering to the present day, where the viewer can enjoy the diversity represented by the exhibition in terms of themes, techniques, styles and trends.
“Sin límites” exhibition will travel to Casa Árabe in Cordoba, Spain in 15 October 2020.
An exhibition organized by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in collaboration with Casa Arabe and Curated by Dr. Khalid Khreis and Dr. Rocío Villalonga presenting works of 16 Jordanian artists: Ala Younis, Ahmed El Khalidi, Ahmad Salameh, Asia Sheshani, Dana Kaoukji, Deema Shahin, Dina Haddadin, Firas Shehadeh, Juman Nimri, Khaldoun Hijazin, Linda Al Khoury, Mais el Azab, Mohammad Hawwari, Mo ‘ Men Khalid Malkawi, Raed Ibrahim, Reema Shatat.
“Sin límites” exhibition will travel to Museo del Revellín de Ceuta (Revellín Museum of Ceuta) – Spain, in 8 April 2021.
An exhibition organized by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in collaboration with Casa Arabe and Curated by Dr. Khalid Khreis and Dr. Rocío Villalonga presenting works of 16 Jordanian artists: Ala Younis, Ahmed El Khalidi, Ahmad Salameh, Asia Sheshani, Dana Kaoukji, Deema Shahin, Dina Haddadin, Firas Shehadeh, Juman Nimri, Khaldoun Hijazin, Linda Al Khoury, Mais el Azab, Mohammad Hawwari, Mo ‘ Men Khalid Malkawi, Raed Ibrahim, Reema Shatat.
“In the haze of an invisible energy called Orgone, created in 1930 by Wihelm Reich, Nebulous is guiding you in the world inside an artist’s head and vision. It is to the visitor to explore each artwork’s emotion, whether it is fears, happiness, curiosity or anxiety. That primal anxiety that makes artists feel so raw exposed and liberated at the same time.
The terminology Art therapy is used extensively nowadays, but it would be interesting to ask ourselves – isn’t Art Always a therapy? Pictorial artistic expression was always used as tool to express, remember, treat nostalgia, and if we go back even further, the cave man pictorial art could have been a way to treat the cave man’s loneliness? Why not try to understand the prism that the artists see through by looking at a range of some of the most personal works of their careers.”
Victoria Gandit Lelandais, Curator
Projected: “Orgone energy is a hypothetical universal life force. Orgone was conceived as the anti-entropic principle of the universe, a creative substratum in all of nature. Orgone was seen as a massless, omnipresent substance, but more closely associated with living energy than inert matter. It could coalesce to create organization on all scales, from the smallest microscopic units to macroscopic structures like organisms, clouds, or even galaxies”
“All terms related to graphic design, architecture, graphism and visual arts tend to confuse the public. Instead of explaining, the sometimes complicated, relation between them, Graph’Art will show you how they interact, play and complete each other perfectly.
From traditional calligraphy to a de-structured lineal work, through graphic installation and sculptures the public will explore each dimension known in this world. We will navigate the universe of forms, shapes and visions that will clearer our understanding of graphic art and artistic design, in the Arab world.”
Victoria Gandit Lelandais, Curator
Painting exhibition.
Under the patronage of H.R.H. Princess Rajwa bint Ali, The Royal Society of Fine Arts The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, in cooperation with Kempinski Hotel – Amman Cordially invite you to the inauguration of the exhibition “9” by 9 graphic artists from Jordan at The Kempinski Hotel – Amman 5:00 p.m. Thursday November 20th 2008
Painting exhibition from the permanent collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, on the occasion of The Second Arab Women Summit Conference at the Intercontinental Hotel, Amman
Painting exhibition from the Permanent Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the University of Al al-Bayt, Mafraq, Jordan.
Painting, graphic art, sculpture and ceramics exhibition. The Royal Cultural Center, Amman.
The fourth edition of Spring Sessions is coming to an end! Join us for this year’s exhibition, which will run continuously for 48 hours from Thursday 29 June at 7 PM until Saturday 1 July 2017 at 7 PM. A series of talks, events and happenings will be announced soon.
This event is a culmination of the work produced during this year’s program, challenging notions of personal and collective desires and together exploring what is thinkable, permissible and doable.
Participating artists:
Adam Chad Brody, Ahmad Salameh, Ameer Masoud, Andre Mcheileh, Andrey Pavlov, Batool El Hennawy, Bayan Kiwan, Fadi Zumout, Hanna Al Taher, Husni Khalil, Magda Magdy, Mohammad Tayyeb, Mona Ali, Nour Mujahed, Reem Marji, Reham Sharbaji, Rula Al Tamimi, Sidy Benamar, Salim Salameh, Tala Abdulhadi, Tawfiq Dawi, Yasmeen Kanaan, and Yazan Ashqar.
Workshop conveners:
Batool El Hennawy and Karim-Yasin Goessinger (CILAS), Tita Salina and Irwan Ahmett, Yvonne Buchheim, Andrea Luka Zimmerman and Gareth Evans, and Brian Conley.
Organised by:
Toleen Touq (co-director) Noura Al Khasawneh (co-director/curator), Yvonne Buchheim (co-curator) , Victoria Dabdoub (assistant curator/program manager) , Raed Ibrahim (mentor), Hussam Da’na (technical support).
Spring Sessions is generously supported by:
Patrons: Mohamed and Mahera Abu Ghazaleh Foundation, Haya Al Fayez, Yassin Talhouni, Zein Al Naqib, and Zina Jardaneh.
Sponsors: Al Jazy & Co Advocates & Legal Consultants, Goethe Institute, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, and the Ministry of Culture’s Directorate of Arts and Culture – Ossama Mashini Theater.
The third exhibition, winner of the award, Egyptian artist Mohamed Nabil.
The Pure Felt Jordan project is collaboration between the Princess Taghrid Institute and the Swiss solidarity association Pure Felt, founded by felt artist Dianne Schepers.
Pure Felt Jordan is creating jobs and mentor-ships, and changes lives of unemployed low-privileged women and youth in Jordan.
Currently we are employing 26 women.
Based on ancient craft traditions our participants create contemporary commissioned felt textile art commissions for offices and residences, and they produce hand-felted interior design products with the wool of our local Awassi sheep.
– Jordan National Gallery Fine Arts
– Jordan Commercial bank
– Bank Al Etihad
– Islamic International Arab Bank
– Al Ahli Bank
– Bank of Jordan
– Cairo Amman Bank
– International General Insurance
– Eastern Holding
– National Paints
Under the Patronage of H.R.H. Princess Alia Tabbaa, The Jordan National Gallery for Fine Arts Has the pleasure to Present Stardust an Exhibition of Modern Jewelry Designed by HRH Miriam de Ungría, Princess of Bulgaria On Wednesday 14 December 2016 at 5:00pm.
The exhibition will run until Monday, 19th 2016.
Photography exhibition by Photographer Mia Flore & sculpture exhibition by Sculpture Patrick Renauld from France, on the occasion of the French week in Jordan. In cooperation with CAFRAJ and the French Institute
Photography exhibition, in cooperation with Embassy of France.
The exhibition includes the works of the winner of the artist Omaima Rashad from Egypt. In collaboration with Rafa Nasiri Studio.
Under the patronage of H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, The Royal Society of Fine Arts, And “Yuuma Study Group, Jordan”, Cordially invites you to the opening of the Sogetsu Ikebana yearly exhibition “Southern Panorama” at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2
5:00 pm Wednesday March 9th 2016
The exhibition will run through 10, 11 & 12 March 2016
From 10 am – 5:00 pm
Photography exhibition by Jordanian artist Sami Nabeel.
Under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Rym Ali, The Royal Society of Fine Arts is pleased to invite you to attend the opening of a photographic exhibition on the First World War on the occasion of its centennial anniversary (No to War) Prepared and Coordinated by the photographer artist Haitham Aziza.
On Wednesday 13th May, 2015 at 6:30 pm. at National Museum of Modern Art Jabel Waibda, Building 2
Under the patronage of H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, The Royal Society of Fine Arts And “Yuuma Study Group, Jordan” Cordially invites you to the opening of the Sogetsu Ikebana Flower yearly exhibition at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – building 2
5:00 pm Wednesday March 25th 2015
The exhibition will run through 26, 27 March 2015
Painting and etching exhibition from the collection of the Spanish Embassy & Private Collections in Jordan. In cooperation of The Embassy of Spain in Amman.
Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, the Royal Society of Fine Arts/ The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts organizes an Honorary Exhibition for the Artist Hussein Madi entitled “Hussein Madi in Amman”, 12:30 pm Monday 18 May 2015 at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.This exhibition represents the whole collection of 115 artworks donated by the artist Hussein Madi to the permanent collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, including drawing, painting, sculpture and graphic works in different techniques.Hussein Madi was born in Lebanon in (1938), He studied in Lebanon, and then moved to Italy, where he lived for twenty-two years. He mastered the crafts of painting, sculpture and printmaking, as well as the techniques of fresco, mosaic and graphic art at the Accademia di Belle Arti and the Accademia San Giacomo in Rome. Since 1965, Madi has held over sixty solo exhibitions and has participated in a large number of international exhibitions and biennials around the world.
From her side HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, President of the Royal Society of Fine Arts said “I have no words that can describe my feelings of recognition and gratitude towards Madi. I pray that he will continue enriching contemporary Arab art with his creativity, setting an example in generosity of spirit and appreciation of the public, for other artists to follow.
As for Dr. Khalid Khreis , Director general of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, welcomed the artist Hussein Madi by saying: “It gives us great pleasure at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts to present Hussein Madi with an exhibition that is honoring him for presenting the Museum with a whole collection of 115 pieces including sculpture, painting, drawing, giglée and graphic works, out of his belief that our Museum is crucial in safeguarding Arab art and decimating artistic culture locally and on the international level. I cannot but express my deep gratitude to Hussein Madi for his generosity, his noble feelings and love of Jordan that he continuously expresses in many ways.”
The exhibition will run through 30 July 2015.
HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, President of the Royal Society of Fine Arts, and in the presence of the French Ambassador to Amman, “Lyrical Abstraction 1945-1995” Exhibition Opening happened on Monday 11/11/2014.
This exhibition comes within the activities of the Jordanian-French cultural week organized by the Jordanian-French Chamber of Commerce «Cavrage» in cooperation with the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts with the Diane du Paris Gallery.
The exhibition continues at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Building 2, 1st floor until 27/11/2014
The turn of the 20th century with Vassily Kandinsky Abstract Watercolor (1910) and With the Black Ark (1912) as the first artist expressions of non representation in the West, and Kazimir Malevich extended the process of exploding forms started among others, by Cubism. Paris before the Second World War was in a state of complete artistic effervescence. The capital gathered the iconic figures of abstraction who had come from all horizons: Vassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondriaan and Paul Klee…
From the 1940s, Abstract Art divided into two major trends: Geometric Abstraction on the one hand plunged its roots into the first half of the 20th century. On the other hand, a more audacious trend took shape. The great pioneers worked in the shadows: Gérard Schneider, Georges Mathieu, Hans Hartung and Pierre Soulages, for example, concentrated on the expression of emotions, feelings, the “internal self”, thus giving birth to a form of painting that had never been seen before: Lyrical Abstraction.
There are as many expressions of this Lyrical Abstraction as there are strong artistic personalities. Among the leading figures, four fundamental artists are presented here: Gérard SCHNEIDER (1896-1986), Hans HARTUNG (1904-1989), Olivier DEBRÉ (1920-1999) and Huguette ARTHUR BERTRAND (1920-2005). Four major artists of the 20th century, four key figures of the Parisian and global art world.
Gérard Schneider is the oldest member of this new generation. Originally from Switzerland, he arrived in Paris in 1916 and registered at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris in the studio of Fernand Cormon who also trained Van Gogh and Toulouse-Lautrec. “Lyrical Abstraction is above all embodied by Schneider just as Cubism is by Picasso” says Michel Ragon. Schneider fervently continued his study of the expression of his internal self. His broad brushstrokes and the audacity of his palette created works whose power is volcanic. With his friends Hans Hartung and Pierre Soulages: the Lyrical Abstraction trio, he exhibited amongst others at the Galerie Lydia Conti and then with the great dealer of Lyrical Abstraction, Samuel Kootz in New York. His friend Hans Hartung, originally from Germany, also deepened his investigations into abstraction in isolation. “The painter of lightening”, his work is characterized by free gestures, immortalized by black, cutting, graphic marks, afterwards laid out on colored planes.
A rare female painter of this glorious artistic period, close to Hans Hartung and Olivier Debré among others, Huguette Arthur-Bertrand included her work completely in post-war Lyrical Abstraction: her tight graphic manner, typical of the 1950s-1960s, later evolved towards gestures that became more and more free, like a serene echo to her final years, those of the maturity of an oeuvre that was fully accomplished. As for Olivier Debré, he is the major figure of French Color Field, the “European Rothko”. His work corresponds to a contemplative abstraction, “fervent” abstraction according to him, from which emotion springs, embodied for him by the sign. A painter of large spaces, his work has often escaped from the format imposed by the easel to flourish in large scale works, especially on stage curtains, such as those of the New Opera House of Hong Kong (1989) commissioned by the Louis Vuitton Foundation for the Opera and Music and that of the New Opera House of Shangai.
Today it is a privilege to present this concentration of talents and witnesses to history: this anthology of Lyrical Abstraction, from its beginnings in the 1940s in full artistic effervescence, until its uninhibited blossoming in the 1960s and 1970s and its full maturity in the 1980s and 1990s.
An exhibition of artworks from Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Yemen, from the permanent collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Paper Play by Elmer Dumlao at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building (1) First floor, this exhibition is part of Art Week Amman (AWA), it will be open to the public starting 7 September until 28 October 2013 Play on shape, play on colors, play on textures and play on concepts. That’s what Elmer Dumlao has been playing with his latest exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts entitled “ paper Play’ using paper as his medium as he actively played with coffee cups, match boxes, photo papers, sand papers, tissue rolls, paper bags, books, magazines, art papers and more. Resulted to contemporary art pieces using basic techniques of collage, painting, origami and sculptures. Elmer Dumlao pays tribute to the importance of paper, which play a big role in our daily lives. His subjects are commonly seen from households, business, commercial and industrial but uniquely recycled to form his playful art.
With a program set to unite the Kingdom’s leading art outlets, practicing artists, and enthusiasts within a unique multi-faceted event, Art Week Amman (AWA) will be launched in its first edition this year between September 5th and September 15th.
(AWA) will deliver a unique program of activities geared toward showcasing the many faces of the region’s vibrant art scenes, in addition to creating a well-rounded platform for probing the challenges and opportunities facing the region’s art market.
Organized by Jordanian Arts and Entertainment Management Company ArtMedium, AWA will encompass 10 days of activities spanning all aspects of the arts and involving all members of the community.
Its schedule, which invites art to take center stage, begins on September 6th 2013, with a VIP launch event hosted at the National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Boasting a guest list of executives, well established and progressive artists, art collectors, diplomats, and representatives of the media, the event is anticipated to be a grand commencement for an expressive week to follow by all stakeholders of the art scene in Jordan and the region.
The evening will then be trailed by a two-day forum titled “Connect Art”, featuring an agenda packed with interactive presentations, workshops, and discussion panels. Set to be the hub were new perceptions are born, the forum will shed light on the evolution of the regional art scene, artistic freedom of expression, and the social structure surrounding practicing artists, amongst other pressing topics.
Also worth looking out for, is the AWA Contemporary Art Exhibition which is scheduled to be held between September 6th and September 15th at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. This unique exhibition will showcase contemporary art pieces created by Jordanian and Middle Eastern artists.
AWA is also lending a space for Design to flourish, through a show titled “Design Now”. The show will feature a series of presentations, showcasing the latest design trends adopted in the field, curated by Nabad Art Gallery.
From another angle, art galleries across Amman will also be bustling with activity, showcasing special openings and art shows throughout the AWA event. Galleries to look out for include; the Zara Gallery, Dar Al Anda, The Orient Gallery, The Studio, Nabad Art Gallery, Jacaranda Images, Foresight Art Gallery and Orfali Gallery. ‘Park it Here’ will be the destination at the National Gallery of Fine Arts’ park adding its colorful splash to the Art Week Amman evenings, hosting daily performances by musicians, dancers, and expressionists.
Combining fun with learning, AWA’s program will also invite students to enjoy tours, film screenings, and cross cultural artistic exchanges all set to be held in collaboration with foreign cultural centers.
With its agenda boasting a “something for everybody” approach, the event is echoing a mission to place Jordan’s art scene on the international map of aesthetics.
Commenting further on the launch, Founder and General Manager of ArtMedium, Sarah Abu Alia says, “We anticipate Art Week Amman to be a great opportunity to showcase all of Amman’s art outlets and initiatives, and boost the city’s presence within international cultural arenas. An event of this magnitude will surely provide year-round inspiration for artists across the region. With this understanding, we are very proud to play a role in re-shaping the dynamic culture of Amman, and in creating an avenue for artists and creative individuals to freely express themselves.”
Abu Alia also pointed out that the region has a relatively young population, with the youth segment making up the larger demographic of Jordan in particular. She also affirmed that the youth of Jordan has been demonstrating exceptional levels of talent, and it is this talent that needs to be placed in the spotlight for other nations to take notice and to learn from.
“We live in an age where news travels fast, and with the help of smartphones and social media, the population is well aware of world artistic trends. With this awareness comes a need to place local talents in the international spotlight, and such an end can only be achieved by creating avenues for idea exchange. Therefore, we, at ArtMedium, feel that this event is ideal for spearheading this healthy exchange forward and consequently pushing Jordan’s cultural development towards new heights of prosperity,” she added.
ArtMedium is a forward thinking arts and entertainment production and management company that works on bringing all kinds of art to people, whether it be visual art, music, or theater. It is worth noting that ArtMedium had previously held a series of successful art events including: Souq Fann and the Amman Street Art Fair. These events were all attended by thousands of local art enthusiasts, and this success has inspired the Company to now venture into the regional art scene as well.
Building (1):
Ground floor – “Nebulous: imagination, dreams & identity search”
Second floor – “Graph’Art”
Event Link:
https://nationalgallery.orgevent/nebulous-graphart-exhibition-amman-art-week/
First floor – “Paper play” by Elmer Dumlao; this exhibition will showcase unique artworks focusing on the important and essential role of paper in our lives.
Event Link:
https://nationalgallery.orgevent/paper-clay/
Building (2):
First floor – “Design Now“; the show will feature a series of presentations, showcasing the latest design trends adopted in the field, curated by Nabad Art Gallery.
Second floor – “Video art”; part of the Third Line Gallery Collection, Dubai.
Third floor – installation with design graffiti art using architectural and graphic design techniques by Wissam Shadid and his fellow artists
Collective exhibition by creators from Spain, Latin America and Arab countries.in cooperation with Embassy of Spain and Cervantes Institute in Amman.
The opening of the painting, drawing, sculpture, graphic art, ceramics, video art, photography, installation, by 198 artists, from the Permanent Collection of the JNGFA. Biggest Jordanian art exhibition ever.
Photography exhibition, part of the third Image Festival . In cooperation with the French cultural center in Amman and Darat Al Tasweer.
Painting and engraving exhibition by Jordanian artists: Riham Ghassib, Saleh Abu Shindi and Omar Bsoul.
Painting, photography, video art and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists: Diana Shamounki, Oraib Touqan and Ghassan Mafadleh.
“Laura G – Art with Heart” Story of an Italian excellence – exhibition of handmade frames at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Painting, sculpture and graphic art group show, from the Permanent Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of Turkey, Amman.
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Painting, graphic art and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists: Adnan Sharif, Kheiri Hirzallah and Hazem Nemrawi.
Painting, sculpture and photography exhibition by Jordanian artists: Jalal Ariqat, Samia Zaru and Bader Mahasneh.
Sculpture and painting exhibition by Jordanian artists: Fouad Hattar, Samia Zaru and Yousef Baddawi.
Photography, sculpture and painting exhibition by Jordanian artists: Jan Kassay, Nazih Oweis and Abdel Raouf Shammoun”
Painting exhibition by Jordanian artist Diana Hajjar Shamounki.
Design exhibition. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Amman.
Painting exhibition by Swedish artist Ragnhild Lundén. In cooperation with the Embassy of Sweden in Amman.
Chilean photography. In cooperation with the Embassy of Chile in Amman and Pablo Neruda foundation.
Ceramics, painting and graphic art exhibition by Jordanian artists: Hazem Zu’bi, Hind Nasser and Yassir Duwaik.
Painting, Ceramics and graphic art exhibition by Jordanian artists of the month: Hakim Jamain, Aziz Ammoura and Mahmoud Taha.
Painting and ceramics by Jordanian Artists of the Month: Ahmad Nawash, Nawal Abdallah and Raed Dahleh.
German design exhibition. In cooperation with Goethe Institute in Amman.
An exhibition in cooperation with the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Amman, the Textile Research Centre in the Netherlands and Mrs. Widad Kawar, Amman.
Graphic exhibition by 11 Jordanian Artists whose artworks were produced at the graphic studio of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Graphic design and graphic art exhibition. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes in Amman.
Photography exhibition by Swedish artist Mia Grondahl.
Painting exhibition by Norwegian artist “Håkon Gullvåg”. In cooperation with the Embassy of Norway in Amman.
Painting and weaving exhibition by Turkish artist “Devrim Erbil”. In cooperation with the Embassy of Turkey in Amman.
Video art exhibition by Spanish artist Eugenio Ampudia. In cooperation with Instituto Cervantes in Amman.
An exhibition by Jordanian artist Rami Daher about architectural urbanism on four regional metropolises: Amman, Istanbul, Beirut and Cairo.
Painting, etching and design Retrospective exhibition by Sudanese artist Tagelsir Ahmed.
Etching exhibition by Bosnian artist Safet Zec. In cooperation with the Embassy of Bosnia- Herzegovina in Amman
Photography exhibition by Jordanian artist Sami Nabeel.
Collective exhibition, On the occasion of celebrating Al-Quds Capital of Arab Culture 2009. In cooperation with Layan cultural foundation in Saudi Arabia.
Graphic exhibition by the German Graphic Designer and artist Lucian Bernhard. In cooperation with the Goethe Institute in Amman and the Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations.
The opening of the solo painting exhibition by the Turkish artist Yaclin Gokcebag at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of Turkey in Amman and Armani Art Gallery.
Painting, graphic art and design exhibition to honor the Pioneer artist Rafik Lahham.
Photography exhibition by Russian artist Jabagh Kaghado. In cooperation with Brain Storm Management.
Painting exhibition by Spanish artist Dario Basso. In cooperation with SEACEX and Instituto Cervantes in Amman.
Painting, graphic art, photography, sculpture and installation exhibition of 26 artists from European and Arab countries, . In cooperation with Art Consulting E.M.
Painting exhibition by Trkish artist Hikmet Barutcugil . In cooperation with the Embassy of Turkey in Amman.
British photography exhibition. From the Lafayette Archive of the Victoria and Albert Museum.
Painting exhibition by Czech artist Theodora Patirick. In cooperation with Czech Embassy in Amman.
The opening of the painting exhibition “Still together” by the late Palestinian artist Ismail Shammout and artist Tamam Akhal at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. Under the patronage of H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, The Royal Society of Fine Arts.
The opening of this exhibition, comes on the occasion of the second anniversary of the death of the artist Shammout, who carried in his artworks the concerns of the Palestinian people and their cause, just as it is a tribute to the march of these two important artists and their great role in the fine movement and their carrying the message of Palestinian and Arab contemporary art to the world.
The exhibition includes 46 oil paintings from the works of the artists Shammout and Al-Akhal, which expressed in their entirety the Palestinian suffering in all its forms and shapes, in addition to paintings that reflected the human aspects of their lives.
Ceramics, drawing and etching exhibition by Spanish artist Pablo Picasso. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Amman and Instituto Cervantes.
Painting exhibition by Spanish artist Anton Lamazares. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain and Instituo Cervantes in Amman.
Dutch painting reproduction & etching exhibition. In cooperation with the Royal Netherlands Embassy in Amman,
The opening of the photography exhibition under The Patronage of H.R.H. Princess Noor Hamzah, The Royal Society of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil in Amman at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Jewelry exhibition by Jordanian artist Rawabi Abu Ghazaleh.
Installation, photography and video art exhibition by Spanish artist Francesca Marti. on the occasion of the Spanish-Jordanian Cultural Week. In cooperation with the Spanish Embassy and the Jordanian-Spanish Friendship Association, Amman
Painting exhibition by a group of Jordanian and Swedish. In cooperation with the Art Association and the Embassy of Sweden in Amman.
Photography exhibition. In cooperation with the Embassy of Italy in Amman.
Etching exhibition by Spanish and international artists. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Amman and Instituto Cervantes.
Contemporary Chinese ink drawings by a group of 5 Taiwanese artists. In cooperation with the Taiwanese commercial office, Amman.
Sculpture and jewelry design exhibition by Spanish artist Octavio Sarda.
Painting and drawing exhibition by Iraqi artist Jamil Hamoudi.
An exhibition by Spanish artist Jose Maria Sicilia. Under the patronage of Their Majesties King Juan Carlos and Queen Sofia. Part of a multidisciplinary project entitled (A Thousand and One Nights). Oil and wax on wood, drawing, tapestry, etching. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Amman and Instituto Cervantes.
The opening of the painting exhibition by Greek artist Efthymios Warlamis under the Patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, The Royal Society of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of Greece and Embassy of Austria in Amman.
Painting exhibition by a group of Spanish artists. In cooperation with Institut Valenciana d’Art Modern (), the Embassy of Spain in Amman and Instituto Cervantes.
An exhibition from the Permanent Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. Under the Patronage of Their Majesties King Abdullah and Queen Rania Al – Abdullah.
Painting exhibition. In cooperation with the Embassy of Ukraine in Amman.
Painting and flower arrangement exhibition. In cooperation with the Ikebana Club, Jordan Chapter.
Painting exhibition by Syrian artist Mahmoud Hammad (artist of the month).
Painting exhibition by artist of the month: Lebanese artist Paul Gauiragossian.
Painting exhibition by Spanish artist Alberto Corazón . In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Amman.
The opening of the solo painting exhibition by Jordanian artist Ali Jabri at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Painting and installation exhibition of a group of 7 Arab artists,.
Painting exhibition of 19 artists. In cooperation with the Malaysian Watercolor Association.
The opening of the solo sculpture exhibition by Spanish artist Miquel Navvarro. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes in Amman.
Photography exhibition. In cooperation with the Embassy of France in Jordan and L’Ecole Biblique et Archeologique de Jerusalem.
Painting group exhibition. From the Permanent Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Etching exhibition by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain and the Instituto Cervantes in Amman.
Graphic art exhibition. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain in Amman.
Painting, sculpture, graphic art, and photography exhibition by a group of young Jordanian artists.
The opening of the jewelry design exhibition by Jordanian artist Rawabi Abu Ghazaleh at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Photography exhibition. In cooperation with the Jordanian Ministry of Tourism and Antiques.
The opening of the solo ceramics exhibition by Jordanian artist Mahmoud Taha at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting, sculpture and graphic art group show. From the Permanent Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts to celebrate “Amman: Arab Cultural Capital of 2002”.
Painting exhibition by a group of 15 Jordanian women artists. On the occasion of International Woman’s Day.
Painting exhibition by Swiss artist Didier Ruef. In cooperation with the Embassy of Switzerland in Amman on the occasion of “2002: U.N Year of the Mountains”.
Painting exhibition by Spanish artist Manolo Valdes. In cooperation Consortium of Museums of the Valencia Commune, the Embassy of Spain and Instituto Cervantes in Amman.
Painting exhibition by Syrian artist Wahbi Hariri. In cooperation with Georgetown Design Group Exhibits Trust. Washington D.C.
Photography group show. In cooperation with the Ministry of Culture.
Installation exhibition by Algerian artist Rachid Koraïchi. In cooperation with the Middle East Center for Culture and Development (MECCAD) and the Forum for African Arts.
Painting Group show. In cooperation with the UAE Embassy in Amman.
Painting and Arabic calligraphy exhibition by a group of Spanish and Northern African artists. In
cooperation with Instituto Cervantes in Amman.
Painting exhibition by a group of Italian artists. In cooperation with the Embassy of Italy in Amman.
Painting exhibition by Iranian artist Nasser Ovissi. In cooperation with Center for World Dialogue, Cyprus.
Painting group show In cooperation with the Embassy of the Russian Federation in Amman.
The opening of the photography exhibition by a group of American artists. In cooperation with the Embassy of the United States in Amman.
The opening of the painting group show at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Modern Art Museum in Tehran and the Embassy of Iran in Amman.
The opening of the painting group exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Commercial Office of Taiwan in Amman.
The opening of the painting & digital print exhibition by Palestinian artists: Ismail Shammout & Tamam Al Akhal at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting, sculpture, ceramics and photography group exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting, sculpture and ceramics exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Kuwaiti National Council for Culture, Art and Literature and within the Kuwaiti Cultural Week in Amman.
Retrospective painting and drawing by Muhanna Durra.
The opening of the painting exhibition by French artist Ralph Resch, in cooperation with the French Cultural Center, Amman.
The opening of the painting exhibition by Spanish artist Antonio Mounoz Degrain at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Consortium of Museums of the Valencia Commune, Spain.
Painting exhibition by Spanish artist “Jose Niebla”, in cooperation with the Consortium of Museums of the Valencia Commune, Spain.
The opening of the painting group exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with Pharos Trust, Cyprus.
The opening of the painting and sculpture exhibition by a group of Palestinian artists at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting and installation exhibition by Jordanian artists Nawal Abdullah, Saudi artist Faisal Samra and sudanese artist Hussein Shareef at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of Pakistan in Amman.
The opening of the solo Arabic calligraphy exhibition by artist Nassar Mansour at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the painting and installation exhibition by Palestinian artist Bashir Makhoul & Indian artist Alnoor Mitha at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Painting, sculpture, and jewelry exhibition by Pakistinian artists: Gulgee and Amin.
Painting and sculpture exhibition by a group of Palestinian artists.
Drawing, painting, sculpture and photography exhibition by Spanish artists :Clavé, Dalí, Gaudi, Miró,Picasso and Tàpies, in cooperation with Generalitat de Catalunya and Institut Català de la Mediterrània.
Painting, sculpture and installation exhibition.
An exhibition by Taiwanese artists :Chao Song, Li Chi-Mao and Shen Cheen ,In cooperation with the Young Muslim Women Association, Amman.
Indonesian painting exhibition, In cooperation with the Embassy of Indonesia, Amman.
Wood block prints exhibition by Japanese artist Fumio Kitaoka, In cooperation with the Embassy of Japan, Amman.
Installation exhibition by German group of artists.
Painting, sculpture, wall hangings, etching and installation exhibition, in cooperation with the Right to Hope Trust, South Africa.
Photography exhibition by Jordanian artist Zohrab.
Ceramics exhibition by Jordanian artists Najwa ennab and Jumana Sayegh.
The opening of the hand-painted fans exhibition by Spanish artist Maria Bochol at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with Instituto Cervantes, Amman.
Painting, sculpture and weaving, In cooperation with the Royal Norwegian Embassy, Amman.
The opening of the painting, sculpture and ceramics exhibition from the Permanent Collection of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Painting, etching and photography exhibition, In cooperation with the National Council of Arts, Karachi and the Embassy of Pakistan, Amman.
Painting exhibition by a group of Arab artists living in France.
Painting and installation exhibition by Jordanian artist Suha Shoman.
Painting exhibition by Iraqi artist Shakir Hassan Al Said.
Panting exhibition by Palestinian artist Laila Shawa.
Group painting and ceramics exhibition.
The opening of the Islamic calligraphy exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. An exhibition in cooperation with Musée d’Art et d’Histoire, Geneva.
The opening of the solo painting and drawing exhibition by Jordanian artist Aziz Ammoura at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Graphic art exhibition, in cooperation with the Goethe Institute, Amman.
The opening of the painting exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Friends of Art from the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The opening of the exhibition of architectural plans and photography at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of Turkey in Amman.
The opening of the solo painting exhibition by Jordanian artist Nabil Shehadeh at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the solo sculpture and photography exhibition by Jordanian artist Samer Tabbaa at the Jordanian National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Painting, sculpture and installation exhibition by Jordanian artist Samia Zaru.
Ceramics exhibition by Jordanian artist Mahmoud Taha.
Drawing, photography, artifacts exhibition, in cooperation with the British School of Archeology, Amman.
The opening of the exhibition in cooperation with the Victoria and Albert Museum and the British Council, Amman.
The opening of the solo painting exhibition by American artist Shirl Goedike at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with Royal Jordanian.
The opening of the painting, sculpture and etching exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Egyptian Ministry of Culture and the Modern Art Museum, Cairo.
The opening of the painting and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists Aziz Ammoura and Kuram Nimry.
The opening of the solo silkscreen exhibition by Palestinian artist Kamal Boullata at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the solo painting exhibition by artist Paul Guiragossian at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Painting exhibition by Jordanian artist Ali Jabiri.
An exhibition in cooperation with the Sanegalese Ministry of Culture at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Drawing, painting and sculpture exhibition by Palestinian artist Munira Nusaiba.
The opening of the solo drawing and painting exhibition by Lebanese artist Wafa’a Sennno on the occasion of the International Day for People with Special Needs at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with Noor Al Hussein Foundation.
The opening of the painting, drawing, engraving and sculpture exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of Spain, Amman.
The opening of the painting, drawing , sculpture and ceramics exhibition in cooperation with the Iraqi Ministry of Culture at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Drawing & painting exhibition by Iraqi artist Rafa Nasiri.
Drawing & painting exhibition by the Jordanian artist Ahmad Nawash.
ِِِThe opening of the engraving and printing exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the French Cultural Center, Amman.
The opening of the painting, drawing, engraving and printing exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Culture, Turkey.
Sculpture exhibition from the permanent collection of the British Council, London
Photography exhibition from the collection of the Harvard Semitic Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA), In cooperation with the Jordanian Ministries of Culture and Tourism.
The opening of the drawing, painting, photography, porcelain, tapestries exhibition. In cooperation with Musée National d’Art Moderne du Centre Georges Pompido, Paris and Association Française d’Action Artistique at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Drawing & painting exhibition by H.R.H princess Wijdan.
Sculpture exhibition by the Jordanian artist Samer Tabbaa.
Drawing and painting exhibition by the Lebanese artist Amin Al Basha.
Ceramic exhibition by Jordanian artist Mahmoud Taha.
Painting, drawing and etching exhibition, In cooperation with the Embassy of Former Yugoslavia, Amman.
painting and drawing exhibition, In cooperation with Musée d’Art Moderne, Le Belvedere, Tunis.
The opening of the exhibition from the Permanent Collection of the JNGFA painting, etching, sculpture, ceramics. Under the patronage of His Majesty King Hussein and Her Majesty Queen Noor Al-Hussein.
“Sin límites” an exhibition opening tomorrow, Wednesday 11 March 2020, at Casa Árabe Madrid, organized by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in collaboration with Casa Arabe and Curated by Dr. Khalid Khreis and Dr. Rocío Villalonga presenting works of 16 Jordanian artists: Ala Younis, Ahmed El Khalidi, Ahmad Salameh, Asia Sheshani, Dana Kaoukji, Deema Shahin, Dina Haddadin, Firas Shehadeh, Juman Nimri, Khaldoun Hijazin, Linda Al Khoury, Mais el Azab, Mohammad Hawwari, Mo ‘ Men Khalid Malkawi, Raed Ibrahim, Reema Shatat.
Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Rajwa bint Ali The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Yuuma Study Group – Jordan. Cordially invites you to the opening of the Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of Iemoto Akane Teshigahara at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1, 5:00 pm Sunday 1 March 2020.
The exhibition will run through 2,3 March 2020 from 10:00 am – 5:00 pm
New York-based Yoshiko Chuma and Madaba-based Ryuji Yamaguchi present a multimedia experimental dance performance at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. Using the School of Hard Knocks method, created by Chuma and furthered by Yamaguchi, twenty highly skilled dancers will collaborate from their different backgrounds: from dabke to break-dancing and from Jabal Nuzha to Lweibdeh.
With both Japanese artists having been engaged with Amman since 2007, “Secret Journey: Amman” is a chaotic multilayered documentation of their experiences with the people and the landscape of the city. Using a variety of measures such as video, spoken texts, moving bodies in space, and props emerging on red cafeteria trays, the performance dynamically poses the question: how does one frame an experience?
Here’s are samples from July 2019:
https://vimeo.com/354132909
https://vimeo.com/354088996
This presentation also marks the formal launching of a new organization Midan: Amman Dance Lab ميدان: مختبر عمان للرقص. Midan is a figurative meeting ground for dance in Amman, promoting dialogue and collaboration across genre, geography, and socioeconomic class.
Yoshiko Chuma (conceptual artist, choreographer/artistic director of The School of Hard Knocks) has been an important and utterly unique figure in the dance scene of New York City since the 1980s. Chuma has consistently produced thought-provoking work that is neither dance nor theater nor film nor any other pre-determined category. Her career has spanned 40 years and 35 countries, working with over 2000 artists along the way. In Jordan and Palestine between 2007 and 2016, Yoshiko has directed and produced 6 major dance productions in collaboration with Ryuji Yamaguchi.
Ryuji Yamaguchi, originally from Japan, is a dancer and educator based in Madaba, Jordan. In 2007, Ryuji moved to Jordan as a founding faculty member at King’s Academy, a coeducational boarding high school with a strong local identity and financial aid program. With Yoshiko Chuma, Ryuji has produced six major productions in Jordan and Palestine, invited over 40 Japanese and American artists to the region, and worked alongside Jordanian and Palestinian artists. Ryuji also collaborates with Hungarian dancer Rita Gobi with their duo, Vibration. Ryuji is a member of Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks.
“Secret Journey- Amman”
Concept and Direction: Yoshiko Chuma
Co-direction: Ryuji Yamaguchi
Performers: Anas AlQatawe, Alaeddin Pasha, Raneem Wajeeh Nahhas, Emran Al-amareen, Valeria Dimitrova, Asem Abu Sham, Adam Wawi, Salleh Bellagon, Noor Aljamal, Zaid Aljamal, Haneen Shraim, Mahmoud Shraim, Yiran Zhao, Duanduan Lin, Yanlin Li, Ziqi Yu, Hanae Yoshida, Teera Altal, Hala Aldur, Zaid Zoubi, Mera Diab
Produced by: Midan: Amman Dance Lab ميدان: مختبر عمان للرقص, Ryuji Yamaguchi Dance
In cooperation with: King’s Academy, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Yoshiko Chuma and The School of Hard Knocks, Wa’ad Youth Organization مؤسسة وعد الشبابية
Laila is an artist, she studied at the University of Jordan. In her first year of visual art at the faculty of art and design, a lot of new genres of art were introduced to her. After that, she took Multimedia for her future three years of study. Currently, she decided to focus more on her personal studies and personal self-growth. She is giving a chance to try different media of art and design. Yet she’s still trying to find a way to visually communicate through what she loves most, art.
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If we have to choose between black and white (as an example), and we say we want both, we’ll end up having an option we didn’t expect, in our example grey, with none of the things we wanted. As a human being, we have that hunger that never gets satisfied. If we aren’t able to choose and have the fear of losing one thing only? and afraid of making mistakes, we end up losing everything and feel guilty. This is how I reached to express what happened to me if you have two things and you chose both of them at the same time and/or place, you will get hurt by yourself and you will probably lose them both.
“My message is to give a push to others to take a step and make their decisions”.
Under the Patronage of H.E. Mr. Ismail Aramaz Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey The Royal Society of Fine Arts & Amman Yunus Emre Institure Cordially invite you to the inauguration of “Prince Omer Fewzi Efendi” at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Under the patronage of HRH PRINCESS GHIDA TALAL The Royal Society of Fine Arts The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Cordially invite you to attend
Vernissage and book signing of
FADIA AHMAD BEYROUTH | BEIRUT PHOTOGRAPHS
CURATOR: PASCALE LE THOREL
On Monday 03.FEB.2020 Starting 6:00 PM
The exhibition will run through March 23rd, 2020 At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
The artist will be signing her book from
6 pm to 7 pm on February 3rd and 4th, 2020
The Royal Society of Fine Arts, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in cooperation with Kinda Foundation for Contemporary Arab Art Cordially invite you to the inauguration of “Objects of Imagination” Contemporary Arab Ceramics at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
IN/OUT Jordan Public Art Festival
“An art, by and for the people, in the common space that is the street.”
IN/OUT, International public art festival is an initiative from FACTORY for cultural mediation to establish new ways of thinking about the relationship between art, society, public, museums and institutions. This year’s festival includes 33 art projects selected from more than 100 participating projects from Jordan and abroad. All projects are selected by an international scientific committee through an open call from FACTORY by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. The program is implemented with workshops and talks always in search of mediation for the democratization of culture.
All projects come from different backgrounds of art, performance, music, contemporary dance, video art, projections, photography, sculpture, installations and graffiti, all going around social, economic and environmental topics that touch the local community, to be implemented in public areas in Jabal Al Weibdeh and Abdali district to be available to the public throughout the festival period.
In the infinity of small contacts that occur in the street, on the sidewalk, in the pharmacy, in the kiosk, each banal in itself, a sensitivity arises altogether for the “public” character of individuals, a social network of respect and trust. -Jane Jacobs
Due to our believe that a creative society builds bridges and not walls, we seek through the inclusion of workshops and talks, to bring a heterogeneous audience to share, experience and participate in IN/OUT. We are committed to a democratic public art, from and for citizens, in a specific social and spatial environment, in search of dialogue.
Participating Artists:
Asem Al Khojah, Alaeddin Pasha, Anas Al Horani, Ahmad Salameh, Amr El Maghraby, Albaitil Ashwai, Areej Huniti, Ayloul, Anastasija Delidova, Blues O’ Bantaloon, Deema Shahin, Drum Jam, doublelucky productions, Eliza Goldox, Elena Monleon (Mau), Jafar Aljabi, Juman Nimri, Juan Pablo (MawaTres), Laila Al Taweel, Lina Salah, Miramar Moh’d, miserable.noise.club, Mike V.Derderian, Mounir Saeed, NiliN, Naif El Zaben, Octave, Paul Wiersbinski, Ryuji Yamaguchi, Reema Shatat, Rania Atef,
Studio 8,Shams Team, Sondos Mahdy, Tito Senna, Yasmeen Sabri, Ziad Hajir Jr.
We’d like to thank our sponsors:
امانة عمان الكبرى Greater Amman Municipality, Shoman Foundation مؤسسة عبد الحميد شومان, EUNIC Jordan, Embajada de España en Amán / السفارة الأسبانية في عمان, Cairo Amman Bank, Markazia – Toyota Jordan المركزية – تويوتا الأردن, AbuShakra Trading Company, Live Audio Works, SAE Institute – Amman, مكتبة سمير وغسان Samir & Ghassan Stationery Shop, National Paints, Al Jawareh, MH University,
Venue Sponsors:
As part of Amman Design Week 2019 events, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Embassy of Italy in Jordan will be hosting an exhibition entitled “Shapes of Water” which is an international design project led by architect Silvana Annicchiarico, and promoted by Triennale Design Museum and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Water governance and its use have always been issues of planning interest. However, since water-to-drink is perceived as a limited resource, it has become more and more a matter of design – precious as a commodity, business element – and a status of quality. The scarcity of water and the attempts to promote an increasingly rational use of this resource is an extremely important issue for Jordan.
Join us from 4-12 October 2019 at the The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts building 2.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts is delighted to invite you the opening of exhibition: “About Archives In Jordan” on Wednesday, 21 August 2019 at 6:30 pm
ith the participation of: Dana Abu Khalil, Yasmine Alnabulsi, Mo’awia Bajis, Hiba Farhat, Khaldoun Hijazin, Karina Rbeihat, Omnia Sabry, Sama Shahrouri, and Raya Shanawani; In conversation with artworks from the National Gallery’s collection, featuring artists: Ahmed Mustafa, Asaad Arabi, Ufemia Rizk, Suhail Bisharat, Shaker Hassan Al Said, Riham Ghassib, Fahrelnissa Zeid, Fouad Hattar, Mona Saudi, Nasma Nimry, Ali Jabri, Hani Alqam, Wijdan, Yasser Dweik and others.
This exhibition comes as the culmination of Hiwar workshop: “On Art Archives in Jordan” where the joined participants were invited to choose artworks from the permanent collection of the National Gallery, and take it as a starting point for investigating histories, lineages and narratives that emerge(d) within the art scene in Jordan. Through the process, participants have analyzed and responded to their selections using various artistic, critical, contextual, and archival materials.
Organized by: Ala Younis, Raed Ibrahim, and Khaldoun Hijazin.
ِِAt The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Building 2 – Ground Floor. The exhibition runs until Saturday, 21 September 2019.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, The Embassy of Australia in Jordan, in cooperation with Japingka Gallery – Australia & Jacaranda Images – Jordan “A Sense of Place” Exhibition, Artworks by Indigenous Australian Artists and artworks by Jordanian Artists from the Collection of the National Gallery
from 8 to 30 of July 2019 at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Extended until 18 August 2019
At 6:30 p.m. Thursday June 2019.
At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2, Floor B.
Darat Al Tasweer
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Cervantes Institute in Amman
As part of The Image Festival Amman #8
Announces an open call for a photography workshop
Photography and Space
with Rocio Villalonga, Spain
Subject:
The workshop discusses photographic techniques in various formats, materials and strategies of its expansion in the space.
From photographic space to photography in space:
– Mural photography.
– The overlay.
– Installation.
The techniques that will be discussed:
1. Cyanotype: is a photographic printing process that produces a cyan-blue print. Engineers used the process well into the 20th century as a simple and low-cost process to produce copies of drawings, referred to as blueprints. The process uses two chemicals: ferric ammonium citrate and potassium ferricyanide.
2. Photographic transfers.
Participants: Anyone interested in art and photography.
Dates: The workshop is held over three days as follows:
Saturday 20/4/2019 from 10 am to 3 pm.
Sunday 21/4/2019 from 10 am to 3 pm.
Monday 22/4/2019 from 10 am to 3 pm.
An exhibition of the workshop results will be held on Tuesday 23/4/2019.
– Deadline for submission 17 April.
– Participants are required to attend all workshops.
– A professional committee will choose the accepted participants, and preference will be given to those who take precedence in the submission.
– The workshop will be accompanied by Arabic translators.
– The workshop is free and will be held at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
To apply, please fill in the “Application Form” your name, age, email, phone number and a brief why you are interested in participating, in Arabic or English, before the deadline.
Application Form: https://forms.gle/jbsyfDVZjjsJjr3b9
Rocio Villalonga- Spain. Has a PHD of Fine Arts. She is a visual artist, independent curator, professor at the Miguel Hernández University in Elche and a researcher at the Laboratory of Artistic and Intermediate Practices. Her artistic activity analyzes the construction of identities, the public and the private, the social, the political, the mass media and the environment. Based on multidisciplinary conceptual practices in the field of installations, photography, and video. She has exhibited in galleries and museums on several continents, and her work is presented in collections of museums and international institutions. Her work is disseminated in publications, courses, congresses, exhibitions and translated into different languages.
The Royal Society of Fine Arts The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts And the Royal Norwegian Embassy Cordially invite you to the inauguration of “Situations”
An exhibition by the Norwegian Håkon Gullvåg at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2
6:00 p.m. Thursday 28 March 2019
This exhibition is curated by Venke Aarethun
The exhibition will run through 11 April 2019
Darat Al Tasweer The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts The French Institute in Jordan Cordially invite you to the photography exhibition “Gypsies” by Josef Koudelka as part of the Image Festival Amman #8
6:00 pm Monday 1 April 2019
At The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
The exhibition continues until 30 April 2019
The exhibition is in collaboration with Magnum Photos and it is the first printed exhibitions to be hosted in Jordan from the touring exhibitions of Magnum Photos
Josef Koudelka
Josef Koudelka, born in Moravia, made his first photographs while a student in the 1950s. About the same time that he started his career as an aeronautical engineer in 1961 he also began photographing Gypsies in Czechoslovakia and theater in Prague. He turned full-time to photography in 1967.
The following year, Koudelka photographed the Soviet invasion of Prague, publishing his photographs under the initials P. P. (Prague Photographer) for fear of reprisal to him and his family. In 1969, he was anonymously awarded the Overseas Press Club’s Robert Capa Gold Medal for those photographs.
Koudelka left Czechoslovakia for political asylum in 1970 and shortly thereafter joined Magnum Photos. In 1975, he brought out his first book Gypsies, and in 1988, Exiles. Since 1986, he has worked with a panoramic camera and issued a compilation of these photographs in his book Chaos in 1999. Koudelka has had more than a dozen books of his work published, including Invasion Prague 68 (2008), and, most recently, La Fabrique d’Exils (2017).
Significant exhibitions of his work have been held at the Museum of Modern Art and the International Center of Photography, New York; the Hayward Gallery, London; the Stedelijk Museum of Modern Art, Amsterdam; the Institute of Chicago; the J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles; the Palais de Tokyo, Paris; and the Pompidou Centre in Paris.
Gypsies
Between 1962 and 1971, Josef Koudelka travelled through his native Czechoslovakia and beyond to rural Romania, Hungary, France and Spain. His main subject was the Romany Gypsies. Drawn to their nomadic lifestyle, rituals and customs, Koudelka took on a nomadic lifestyle on his own, often travelling with little more than a camera, rucksack and a sleeping bag as he journeyed into his subject matter.
Koudelka’s stark images depict the simplicity of Gypsy life, but he does not present their situation as a social problem that should somehow be fixed. Instead, he shows the Gypsies as perpetual outsiders, and their lives as a primal mix of glee and wonder, sorrow and mystery.
Darat Al Tasweer, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, The Embassy of Italy in Jordan Cordially invite you to the photography exhibition “Mediterraneo” by Mimmo Jodice as Part of the Image Festival Amman #8
6:00 pm Monday 1 April 2019
At The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
The exhibition continues until 30 April 2019
Mimmo Jodice
Mimmo Jodice was born in Naples. His name is well known in the history of Contemporary Photography.
In early 1960’s he began to experiment different materials, abstract forms and all linguistic and technical aspects of Photography.
During the 1970’s he was in contact with the most important avant-garde artists, such as Warhol, Beuys, Kounelis, De Dominicis, Paolini, Sol Lewitt, Kosuth and many others.
In 1969 he began teaching Photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he taught until 1994.
His first solo exhibition was held in Urbino in 1968. Since 1980 he developed a new perspective in which human figure was no longer the protagonist. A double thread runs through his work:
a surreal and uneasy vision of urban landscapes, and a research of his roots and the myths of Mediterranean.
Mediterranean
Mimmo Jodice’s artistic shots dedicated to the Mediterranean interpret at best the spirit of Italian cultural diplomacy in the geographical space who’s our country is a vital center, crossroad of past and present, crucible of cultures and traditions. This constitutes the core of Jodice’s extraordinary study, between statutes and human faces, ancient ruins of history and plentiful landscapes that seem to hope for a bright future. Now more than ever, this call of the shared cultural heritage which characterises the Mediterranean as a place of peaceful coexistence and richness of dialogue and contamination, is necessary to build bridges against the walls of indifference and intolerance.
Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Cordially invites you to the opening of the photography exhibition “Extravagant Illusion: Soul & Salt” by the Photographer Hadeel Al-Ramahi At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2, 6:00 pm Tuesday 19 February 2019.
The exhibition will run through 5 March 2019
We invite you in the coming meetup of Hiwar Art Club to join our open discussion with guest artist Ghassan Mafadleh where we will talk about the influence of primitive and ancient art on modern and contemporary sculpture. We will be discussing our guest artist’s current pop-up exhibition “Statues of Ain Ghazal: Radiation from the womb of History” in addition to other examples of sculpture from the region and the world. The discussion will be in Arabic.
This meetup comes as part of our January program, titled: “Primitive Traces in Modern and Contemporary Art”.
Join us at 6 PM, Saturday 19/1/2019 at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, building #2.
We invite you in the next meetup of Hiwar Art Club to attend the exhibition opening of our guest artist Ghassan Mafadleh, to see a collection of his sculptural artworks: “Statues of Ain Ghazal – Radiation from the womb of History”. These artworks have been produced by the artist through his creative full-time grant by the Ministry of Culture in 2018.
This meetup comes as part of our January program, titled: “Primitive Traces in Modern and Contemporary Art”.
Join us at 6 PM, Saturday 12/1/2019 at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, building #2.
Under the Patronage of H.E. Dr. Omar Razzaz, The Royal Society of Fine Arts Cordially invites you to the inauguration of “Contemporary Art from Asia” at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1, 7:00 p.m. Wednesday 3 July 2019. The exhibition will run through 31 December 2019.
Asia is the largest and the most diverse continent with respect to culture, ethnicity, natural landscape and population density. Since its inception, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts has been collaborating with people of different nations, regardless of their political affiliations, who have left their mark on the aesthetic map. Hence comes “Asia”, an exhibition that aims to enrich our aesthetic knowledge of the continent and its people’s creative output.
The Jordan National Gallery has held a considerable number of solo and group exhibitions of works by artists from a number of Asian countries. We are pleased to present this significantly large exhibition of artworks by 140 artists from 20 Asian countries from the gallery’s permanent collection.
The works in this exhibition vary in trend, technique and subject and deal with themes focusing on people and places. The audience is able to view traditional arts, miniatures and calligraphy, as well as works in the realist, expressionist and abstract styles that include paintings, drawings, engravings, prints, sculptures, installations and mixed media works.
Special thanks to our sponsor Romero Group
The exhibition comprises of 50 large and medium size portraits printed on paper and canvas will debut in Amman alongside 10 new portraits of figures from Amman’s rising artistic community. The exhibition includes Ja’bagh’s video piece, “Fragments”.
An exhibition entitled “Advertising and Design Enter the 20th Century” by the German Graphic Designer and artist Lucian Bernhard, showing 48 posters, 6 enamel plates, 84 advertising prints, 25 etiquettes and wrappings, and 42 books and magazines.
This exhibition was also part of the Fourth International Architecture Biennale in Rotterdam. As part of the Diwan Initiative, the photographs and texts on show present the evolution and lifestyle of urban cities in the Middle East from Istanbul, to Beirut, Amman, Cairo, and Dubai.
Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Rahma bint El Hassan, the Royal Society of Fine Arts at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, in cooperation with the Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, has the honor to invite you to the opening of the painting and sculpture exhibition by a group of five Venezuelan artists; Beatriz Blanco, Ender Cepeda, Saúl Huerta, Morella Jurado, and Luis Villamizar at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts. In cooperation with the Embassy of Venezuela in Amman. This exhibition includes paintings, sculptures, video art, and photography.
These artworks can be read as the trace, or proof, that something very important is happening in Venezuela, 200 years after the definitive battle for the independence and justice of its people. These artworks are, and hence the importance and social function of art, the good news that other sensibilities and meanings are transforming and profoundly enriching the Venezuelan culture of the XXI century.
The opening of the Italian art exhibition of the finest Italian gold jewellery created in the past fifty years, under the Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Alia Al Tabba’a. In collaboration with the Italian Embassy at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
The opening of the solo retrospective painting and relief exhibition by the Palestinian artist Abdul Hay Mosallam under the patronage of H.R.H. Princess Basma bint Ali, The Royal Society of Fine Arts at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
An exhibition by the Norwegian artist Håkon Gullvåg. This exhibition includes his paintings about the last war in Gaza.
A photography exhibition by the Swedish artist Mia Grondahl. For seven years (2002-2009) Mia photographed the walls in Gaza. Her exhibition consists of 60 pictures. They cover all kinds of graffiti: political slogans from all parties, portraits of martyrs, congratulations for weddings and the Hajj, and murals depicting Palestinian life and resistance.
This exhibition consists of 50 artworks of graphic such as serigraphy and objects, editions, video art and photography. These artworks are a result of a visual emerging group of artists of alternative urban the subjects of these scenes are around skateboards, graffiti, and hip-hop in Spain.
Painting, graphic art and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists:
Ghada Dahdalah, Margaret Tadros, Sahar Kamhawi.
“Echoes of Rome” solo exhibition by Wijdan, opening at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in Amman on the 2 November 2011.
Throughout her five years in Rome, Wijdan added a new dimension to her paintings and installations that of Murano glass sculptures. All the works are a continuity of her “Love Series” with their bright colours and calligraphic symbols replicating the word Hubb (Love) in its various forms and connotations.
During her five years in Italy, Wijdan held 2 exhibitions; the last was at the Museum of Rome in Trastevere.
The exhibition will run through January 5th 2012.
Painting, graphic art and sculpture exhibition by Jordanian artists: Nimat Al-Nasser, Nazih Oweis and Fouad Mimi.
Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, The Royal Society of Fine Arts (RSOFA) will be hosting an art exhibition titled “70 Years of Contemporary Jordanian Art”, set to take place at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts on May 21st, 2013. The event will showcase over 200 works created by 195 Jordanian artists from different generations.
Visible Differences an exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2
Wednesday 2 October 2013 – 6:30 p.m.The exhibition will run through 12 December 2013
Under the patronage of
H.R.H. Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi
The Royal Society of Fine Arts
cordially invites you to the inauguration of the exhibition
Rafa Nasiri: 50 years of painting and Printmaking
at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
6:00 p.m. Monday 11 November 2013
The exhibition will run through 14 January 2013
Under the patronage of
HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi
The Embassy of Italy in Amman Ambasciata d’Italia ad Amman
https://www.facebook.com/istituto.garuzzo The IGAV – Istituto Garuzzo per le Arti Visive
The Royal Society of Fine Arts
cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition
The Heritage of Art
at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
Tuesday 25 November at 6:00 pm
Director of The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts
cordially invites you to the opening of the exhibition
TRANSPARENCIES: Paper & Glass
by
Wijdan
at
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2
6:00 Wednesday 25 February 2015
Olga Sinclair: Retrospective exhibition at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Building 1, Wednesday 11-3-2015 at 6:00 pm
Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah The President of the Royal Society of Fine Arts Cordially invites you to the Retrospective Exhibition of Mezzo-tint Works by the artist Hachimi Azza at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 2, at 12:30 pm Tuesday 20 October 2015.
The exhibition will run through 20 December 2015.
Hachimi Azza is a well known artist on an international level and one of the Arab pioneers in Graphic Art as well as a master in the Mezzo-tint technique. This exhibition includes 161 artworks representing different periods and techniques.
Under the patronage of HRH Princess Dana Firas, The Royal Society of Fine Arts
Cordially invites you to the opening of “Melodies from Jordan” an exhibition of photographs by Jordanian photographer Sami Nabeel.
At the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts – Building 1
Monday 8 February 2016, 6:00 pm
the exhibition will run until 30 March 2016
Under the patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi The Royal Society of Fine Arts The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts Cordially invite you to the opening of the photography exhibition “Petra: Color Symphony” By Fouad F. Hattar.
The exhibition is a showcase of the beauty of the city of Petra, with artistic precision. Hattar was able to shed light on the harmony of the colors of its rocks, pillars and buildings.
And the exhibition consists of about 30 works of photography, depicting the picturesque nature of the Rose City.
Fouad Hattar exhibited in 18 solo shows and participated in many group exhibitions locally and internationally. He is a member of the Jordan Photographic Society, the Arab Union of Photographers in Europe and a member of the Executive Board of “Muntada Alrewad Alkebar”. He also participated in local and Arab jury committees. And won numerous awards locally and internationally.
Under The Patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts cordially invites you to attend an exhibition of photographs “Tale of Light” by Jordanian photographers Hadeel Al-Ramahi & Mohammad Anabtawi
From the collection of Barjeel Art Foundation, the exhibition showcases an elite group of Arab contemporary artists such as Margeurite Nakhla, Saad Al Khadem, Mona Saudi, Ibrahim Salahi, Habib Srour, Ezekiel Baroukh, Elias Zayat, Faik Hasan, Khalil Gibran, George Hanna Sabbagh, Abdelhadi Al Gazzar, Abdul Kadir Al Rassam, Huguette Caland, Hatem ElMekki, Clea Badaro, Ervand Demerjian, Kamel Mostafa, Paul Guiragossian, Louay Kayyali, Abdullah Al Qassar, Ahmed Nesha’at Al Zuaby and Mohammed Nagi
Enquiry into the training and exposure artists from North Africa and West Asia received at the turn of the 20th century, as well as ways in which it impacted their practice and outlook towards representation drove the selection of works for this exhibition. Changing social and political milieu during this time, layered with the artists’ academic backgrounds and travel histories played into the shifting methods and strategies employed to tackle familiar subjects
This exhibition addresses these fluctuations and evolving stances on depiction through arguably two of the most long-established genres in the history of art – that of representing people and places. While certainly not complete or presented as an unbroken developmental continuum, this compilation of work drawn from the collection of the Barjeel Art Foundation demonstrates a number of common directions and highlights milestones and patterns in the evolution of techniques, methodologies, and reasons for depicting bodies and landscapes in changing contexts. From a naturalistic representation of subjects, to the flattening out of space and subsequent experiments with different degrees of abstraction, always coupled with the artists’ subjective observation and understanding of the world, these works reveal the breadth of the spectrum of influences, interests and investigations carried out in the region in the 20th century
About Barjeel Art Foundation
Barjeel Art Foundation is an independent, UAE-based initiative established to manage, preserve and exhibit an extensive collection of Modern and Contemporary Arab Art. The foundation’s guiding principle is to contribute to the intellectual development of the art scene in the Arab region by building a prominent, publicly accessible art collection in the UAE. Part of this objective involves developing a public platform to foster critical dialogue around contemporary art practices with a focus on artists with Arab heritage internationally. The foundation strives to create an open-ended inquiry that responds to and conveys the nuances inherent to Arab histories beyond borders of culture and geography. By hosting in-house exhibitions, lending artwork to international forums, producing print and online publications, and fashioning interactive public programs, the foundation strives to serve as an informative resource for contemporary art by Arab artists both locally and on the global stage. In addition to building an informative database of artists, the foundation is seeking to develop an educational program that both understands and involves the local community. By establishing partnerships with arts and cultural institutions internationally, the foundation looks to create opportunities to encourage public awareness of the importance of art to the community
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and “Yuuma Study Group, Jordan” cordially invite you to the opening of the Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition “Ikebana & Haiku” at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts.
Under the patronage of H.R.H Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and The Embassy of Mexico in Jordan cordially invite you to the inauguration of a photographic exhibition of Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera on Monday April 3rd 2017 at 6:00pm, at The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts/ Building 2
The exhibition includes 48 photographs portraying the daily life of two of the most outstanding Mexican painters of the 20th century, through their work, their friendships and their personal relationship. Diego promoted the movement of Mexican nationalism and left testimony of his work in canvases and murals in Mexico and abroad. Frida developed her own style that reflects her passion for life and the drama of pain that accompanied her to the end
The collection showcases images captured by prominent international photographers such as Guillermo Kahlo, Peter Jules, Guillermo Zamora, Nickolas Murray, Edward Weston, Manuel Alvarez Bravo and Juan Guzmán, who witnessed moments of intimacy and creation in the life of Frida And Diego
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts invites you to attend the opening of Metascape: ِِan inclusive collaborative exhibition of local, regional and international artists who investigate the current “landscape” from diverse perspectives. Our hope is to cultivate dialogue between national communities through metaphorical, poetic and literal manifestations.
Featured artists
Ali Yass – Mais Al Azab – Dina Daboub – Suje Garcia – Khaldoun Hijazin – Asia Shishani – Dina Douqa – Taglib Oweis – Nadia Makdah – Bashar Khries – Ahmad Salameh – Asil Jabr – Yazan Sitabouha – Raghad Otaibi – SalahEddin Qawasmi
Curated by Suje Garcia and Khaldoun Hijazin
Under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah, the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, in cooperation with CARAVAN Foundation, will organize the Art Exhibition “I AM”
The exhibition includes works by thirty-one artists from the Middle East, expressing the reality, concerns, aspirations, aspirations and hopes of women in this part of the earth. The exhibition aims to build bridges of love and peace, and to change the stereotype of women
“I AM” is an East-West peace building art exhibition featuring 31 premier and emerging Middle Eastern contemporary women artists from 12 countries visually celebrating the rich, diverse and pivotal contributions that Middle Eastern women make to the enduring global quest for peace and harmony. Their works ranged from painting, photography, collage, photography, digital art, sculpture and various materials.
The participating artists are Marwa Adel, Nermin Hammam, Karil Al-Homsi and Najla Samir from Egypt, Wijdan, Hilda Hiyari, Rawan Al-Adwan and Sheren Odeh from Jordan, Alia Ali and Bushra Al-Mutawakil from Yemen, Ziena Assi, Annie Korkdjian, Rania Mattar and Helene Zogheib from Lebanon, Maryam Ali Fakhro, Taiba Faraj, Luluat Al Khalifa, Marwa Al Khalifa, Nabila Al Khair, Ghada Khanji and Mayyasa Al Suaidi from Bahrain, Manal Deeb and Raida Saadah from Palestine, Oafson Wazadeh Ghatabi and Suhaila Sakhanfari from Iran, Ahd Al Amoudi from Saudi Arabia, Mithaa Dumithan from the UAE, Alala Al Saidi from Morocco, Faten Ghaddas from Tunisia and Hana Malallah from Iraq
The exhibition was curated by Janet Reddy, a contemporary art expert in the Middle East
The inauguration of the first show for “I Am” exhibition will be at the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts will then move on to its second stop in London, where it will be displayed in ST. Martin-in-the-Fields from the 3rd of June to the 20th of August. On the 5th of September, the exhibition will open at its third stop in Washington, DC, at the Katzen Art Center.
The Foundation is founded and established in Cairo, a non-profit international institution dedicated to building peace and building bridges through art between different faiths and cultures in the Middle East and the West. Through its expertise, the Foundation has proved that art is one of the most effective means of promoting understanding and deepening friendships among different religions.
This exhibition is part of the policy of the Jordanian National Museum of Fine Arts for cultural cooperation and exchange with international institutions concerned with culture and plastic arts. This exhibition is the result of the first cooperation with CARAVAN.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, Instituto Cervantes in Amman and the Embassy of Spain cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition “After Earth, everything”, by Spanish artist XAVIER MASCARÓ, under the patronage of Her Excellency Mrs. Hala Bsieso Lattouf -Minister of Social Development.
The exhibition includes a selection of 12 sculptural works of varying sizes, as well as three drawings from the artist’s private collection, which was chosen to tour within two years in many Institute of Cervantes’ centers around the world, starting at Amman.
This exhibition is presented by art historian Carmen Fernandith Ortiz, who organized the exhibition in all its details. She says in the introduction of the exhibition’s brochure: “Mascaró makes human and animal head and body, and when they’re born they’re alone, but he leaves them to grow together. He puts them in boats to start spontaneous journeys, It takes them to new heights, stories that vividly describe the art of silhouettes, with the beauty of the used materials and the their harmony, where ceramics blend with iron, metals with paper paste .. ”
Different global concepts and subjects appear in the artist’s works such as heads, masks, boats, human and animal bodies… The artist has the ability to move from one form to another smoothly, like the free creator who is tirelessly looking for symbols that represent what we can not understand with logic only, using iron, aluminum, porcelain, glass and paper, and leaving it to coexist in harmony.
Xavier Mascaró was born in Paris in 1965, and three years later his family moved to Barcelona. He holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of Barcelona, currently traveling in residence and work between Madrid and Mexico. At the beginning of his career he lived in New York and later in London. In 2002, he received the Best Theater Design Award at the Valencia Festival for his cinematic play work “Letter of Love” by Fernando Arapal, which was exhibited at the National Center of Drama – Queen Sofia National Museum of Art. In 2003, the Spanish Academy in Rome awarded him an honorary retirement. His artworks were exhibited in major European and American cities, the most important of which were exhibitions at the Valencia Institute of Modern Art, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Salta, the Recoleta Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, and in 2014, “At the Saatchi Gallery in London.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and the Embassy of Mexico in Jordan will inaugurate the art exhibition “From natural dye to brush strokes” by artist Maddalena Forcella.
She began her career as an art restorer and in 1987, moved to Mexico City to study interior design. She later founded a textile workshop in the city of San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas. There, she pioneered in the introduction of new designs and the production of traditional textiles, using only natural dyes
The artist has extensive experience working throughout Mexico with weavers and artisans. She has been devoted to the empirical dye-process and has deepened her search by experimenting with different textures, using various techniques and materials. Plants, bark, flowers and insects enable her to create an unlimited spectrum of colours, hues and saturations
Since then, she has been devoted to the empirical dye-process and has deepened her search by experimenting with different textures, using various techniques and materials. The artist’s work has been exhibited in the most prestigious textile museums of China, England, Lebanon, Poland, Turkey, the United States
On the sidelines of the exhibition, the National Museum and the Embassy of Mexico, in collaboration with UNESCO Jordan, will organize a workshop on natural dyes, conducted by a community based organization of Jordan Valley women (Safi Craft). The workshop aims to teach natural dyeing techniques to the participants and invite them to dye their own scarf, as part of UNESCO project to revive an also Jordanian tradition and empower Jordanian women by reintroducing natural dyeing in Jordan
This event is part of the efforts of the Government of Mexico, to promote its diverse culture and strengthen the bonds of friendship with Jordan, a country with which we share the responsibility to preserve world heritage and ancient cultural traditions
Under the patronage of H.E Mrs. Reem Badran, board member of the Royal Society of Fine Arts, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts cordially invites you to the opening of the exhibition “The First International Watercolor Jordan Forum”
You are cordially invited to the group exhibition “Empathy and Craft in the 21st Century” which marks the conclusion of a four week series of workshops that invited local and international artists to converge and investigate through various art forms the concept of “intersectionality” – the idea that we all inhabit multiple identities at once, and are affected by related systems of social injustice and discrimination. The term, being actively explored in 21st century art and activism was coined by civil rights advocate Kimberly Willaims Crenshaw.
In the past, labels such as gender, class, race and religion have tended to label us as one thing, when the reality is that we are complex beings. How do these labels keep us from having empathy for one another and what role can art making have in creating empathy and connection? How does the concept of intersectionality help liberate ourselves from old ideas and forms, both in how we think and what we make, and allow us to explore new ones? The artworks filling the experimental space of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts stand for the creative attempts in using craft to begin answering these questions.
Featuring Artists: Ali Yass – Ahmad Salameh – Bayan Kiwan – Diala Al Daghlise – Dina Malkawi – Diran Mataljalian – Ethan Murrow – Hannnah Jabare – Khaldoun Hijazin – Lina Salah – Mayada Abu-Qdais – Patte Loper – Sama Shahrouri – Tasneem Jaabo – Wujoud.
Curated by: Patte Loper, Diran Mataljalian, Ethan Murrow and Khaldoun Hijazin.
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts will host an exhibition entitled “A Chair Tale” as part of Amman Design Week, in cooperation and coordination with Mrs. Loubna Bdeir.
‘A Chair Tale’ exhibition uses a common household item – the chair – as a lens from which to tell a story about identity and material culture. The exhibition features myriad chairs of diverse upholstery, shapes and styles, each with their own story to tell. Every home has a distinguished chair, the one reserved for the head of the clan, like a father or grandfather chair. Those chairs become associated with valuable memories and unique tales that are passed from generation to generation. In this exhibition, the chairs represent these shared experiences and stories. Opening 9 October, 5:30 pm
About Loubna Bdeir
Loubna Bdeir was born and raised in Amman, and has a computer science degree from Yarmouk University with dreams of making a difference. Loubna then joined the non-profit organization Injaz, helping others reach their professional goals. She then became editor-in-chief at an Arabic lifestyle magazine Anty, and she is the one behind developing the concept behind ‘A Chair Tale’ exhibition, which is a one of a kind display
Under the patronage of HRH Princess Sarvath El Hassan, The Royal Society of Fine Arts, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts cordially invites you to the opening of the exhibition ”Lines that talk” by Internationally renowned Pakistani artist Jimmy Engineer.
The exhibition includes pencil drawings and more than 100 reproduction artworks, covering everyday life in Pakistan, such as people, animals, landscapes, mythology and architecture, characterized by a realistic style of craftsmanship and diversification of materials and techniques. Jaimmy Engineer is one of the 10 most influential figures in Pakistan. Born in 1954 in a Pakistani family in Baluchistan, Pakistan, through art he was able to transcend all the ethnic, racial and sectarian barriers in his country. Since 1976, he started making art professionally, and soon went beyond art creation by discovering his deep love and attachment to the people and the environment around him, especially those simple, incompetent. His artistic works became a true expression of the everyday life of those around him from people and animals. He devoted his life to supporting the defaulters and the social work institutions. His works are acquired by many countries like France, Switzerland, Sweden, Russia, the Netherlands, Spain, Germany, the United Arab Emirates, China, India, Canada and the United States, among others. With his rich production, Jimmy Engineer has more than five thousand and five hundred works of art, ranging from drawings and paintings to linear graphics. He has participated in more than 80 exhibitions inside and outside Pakistan, and has won more than 70 awards and medals of honor locally and internationally.
Under the patronage of his excellency Minister of Culture Mr. Nabih Shoqom, The Royal Society of Fine Arts Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts & Jordan Photography Society cordially invite you to the opening of the photo exhibition “How to See as a Photographer” by participants in the training program – How to See as a Photographer 2017.
The exhibition is the result of workshops and lectures organized by the Jordan photographic Society, in order to increase the artistic awareness and visual concepts of the Jordanian photographer to produce a meaningful and competitive image locally and internationally. The program was prepared and presented by Engineer Mohamed Ammar, participated in the criticism and analysis Dr. Mohammed Musa, and was supervised by Mr. Ali Katana. The exhibition comes within the policy of the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts with openness and cooperation with various local cultural institutions in supporting Jordanian artists and promoting young and emerging talents. Eight photographers will participate in the exhibition: “Nesma Al Hammadi, Ibrahim Deib, Hadeel Hammad, Marwa Al Bakri, Mahmoud Aqel, Yara Deibes, Tasnim Musha’sha and Zainab Adam
Under the patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi, The Royal Society of Fine Arts – The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition
“Remembrance – a dialogue with the past” by Kelvin Bown
This collection of historical photographs from the Arab region, illustrates a peaceful era of coexistence that was not so very long ago. How would those who we see in these living memories view us today? What would they say about our need, to constantly seek new technological solutions to the problems we have created during the short last period of our history? These fascinating images from early photography, sensitively restored by the artist using careful application of digital tools, invite reflection upon aspects of our relationships – with times gone before, with one another, with Nature, and with Providence
Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Rajwa bint Ali, The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts and Yuuma Study Group, Jordan cordially invites you to the opening of the Sogetsu Ikebana Exhibition “Into The Ocean Of Diversity” in celebration of their 10th anniversary.
12 coordinators from the Yuma group participate in this exhibition, and the works displayed vary in size, shape and composition, but they all are guided by the laws of the Ikebana Art. In this exhibition the coordinators have freedom of expression by choosing or using any material they deem suitable.
Ikebana, a traditional Japanese art that has been practiced for hundreds of years in flower arrangement in temples and houses, has an ability to influence people. It has the ability to stir up emotions in its artistic expressions of flora and fauna.
Under the patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Rajwa Bint Ali, Jordan National Museum of Fine Arts and Jordan’s Yuma Group are honored to invite you to attend the opening ceremony of the Sujitsu Flower Fair on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of its founding,
Under the Patronage of HRH Princess Wijdan Al Hashemi,
The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts in cooperation with
The Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
cordially invite you to the opening of the exhibition
‘The Amman Period’ by Venezuelan artist Fausto Borge.
Artist Fausto Borge works as a painter and sculptor on a variety of supports including canvas, paper, metal and wood. He draws his inspiration from physics and biology, working on the razor’s edge limit between necessity and contingency.
You are invited to the inaugural international festival of Factory, a new platform brought to you by The Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts that aims to support, activate and promote creative projects
The festival will be under the title “In the Margin”, combining the various fields of contemporary cultural, environmental and social projects and art including dance, music, plastic and visual arts, cinema, architecture, design, literature, comics and graffiti among many more
The inauguration event will be followed by a 7-day program featuring performances, concerts, talks, theatre and workshops, with a collective exhibition by local and international artists.
Held by the Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts, the
retrospective exhibition celebrates the achievements of
the pioneer of Jordanian Modern Art, Mohanna Durra,
throughout his artistic and academic career. Over the course
of 70 years, this exhibition traces Durra’s approach to the
six main subject matters in his art: abstraction, clowns,
drawings, figures, landscapes, and portraits.