We represent about 50 artists and have another 50 artists under art incubators, said Khaled Samawi, founder of Ayyam Gallery. The opening attracted around 500 visitors, including artists, curators, expats, students, and media.Īyyam display center in Jeddah is the gallerys fifth branch with other exhibition centers in Beirut, Damascus, Dubai and London and the first in the Kingdom.Īyyam Gallery encourages the emerging Middle Eastern artists with the aim of bringing the art of this region to a wider audience. Mohamed Mounir Albums Torrent Torrent Of ImagesĮach face in the series, painted with acrylic on paper and canvas, is partly covered with a patterned layer of dots or circles, symbolizing the glassy barrier of the computer screen when watching the torrent of images on Facebook.Īn opening reception for the exhibition Profile Portraits was held on Wednesday evening, which simultaneously coincided with the celebrations for the launch of Ayyam Gallery Jeddah and the conclusion of the Jeddah Art Week. The result of this is a collection of melancholic portraits, aptly though unimaginatively called Profile Portraits. Mohamed Mounir Albums Torrent Torrent Of Imagesīorn in Damascus in 1977, Orabi had to leave his country and settle in Egypt as the conflict in his homeland escalated, which made communication with friends and loved ones through social media a necessity rather than a choice.
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