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KEVORK MOURAD

“BEING THERE”

 

13th September – 20th Oktober 2023

 

VERNISSAGE

13th September 6 – 9 pm

 

 

Kevork Mourad,  Forbidden Fruit, 2010, Acrylic on canvas, 150 x 140 cm.

Interview

 

„”All of our identity is arbitrarily always linked to the question of our origins, our roots. For me, “home” is a safe environment in which to create; it’s always where I can find a peaceful corner in which to make my art.”

Kevork Mourad

With these words we are pleased to present the new exhibition of

Kevork Mourad

„BEING THERE“ 

and cordially invite you to the 

Vernissage

at 13th September von 6 – 9 pm

in the gallery for fresh art.

We are looking forward to your visit!

Kevork Mourad, The Dowry, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 140,5×134,5cm.

 


Information about the artist

“All of our identity is arbitrarily always linked to the question of our origins, our roots. For me, home” is a safe environment in which to create; it’s always where I can find a peaceful corner in which to make my art.”“
Kevork Mourad 
Kevork Mourad was born in 1970 in Qamishli, in northeastern Syria. He grew up in poor conditions in Aleppo and decided to become an artist when he was 6 years old.
At the age of 14, he begins selling his drawings to a local print shop and saves the money to secretly apply to art school in Yerevan, Armenia. He went on to study painting and illustration, graduating with a master’s degree.

Today he lives and works in New York, but still clearly remembers the Aleppo of his childhood days:“Aleppo was a walk-in museum. The old traditional houses and alleys, the blacksmith’s work and the carvings, the stone reliefs and blue and white porcelain, colorful dried wool on the roofs…”

The impressions of the once so lively city, declared a World Heritage Site in 1986 and now largely destroyed by the civil war, continue to shape Mourad’s visual worlds to this day.

In addition, he has a great fascination and sense of responsibility for the history and stories of his Armenian ancestors.

In his paintings and drawings, he often uses historical sites and architecture as motifs, recreates them, and relates them to the present.

Strong colors and a filigree ductus open a deep impression into Mourad’s world. The powerful and at the same time fine contours are reminiscent of Arabic calligraphy, which is traditionally often accompanied by corresponding ornamentation.

 

 

 

Kevork Mourad, Time Immemorial, 2018, Acrylic on cut-up muslin in three layers.


 

UPCOMING PROJECTS!


 

Ostdeutsche Kunstauktionen

61th Auction of fine art

Pre-visit: 07.11.-17.11.23

Auction: 18.11. ab 13Uhr

After-sale: 21.11.-01.12.23

 

 


 

SAPHIRA KUNST / SELA LOEX

08th Dezember 2023 – 02th Februar 2023

Vernissage: 08th 12. 6-10 pm

 

       Saphira Kunst, “gone” 150cm x 150cm.

                 

Saphira Kunst, “Fish & bad choices”,2020, 200 cm x 150 cm.

 

Saphira Kunst, “cry together” 2020/2021 200cm x 150cm.

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