Drifting to the East

DRIFTING TO THE EAST

by Abduljabbar Weiss Amani El Bayoumi Muhanad Nassiri Ria Sharma SEPT. 22-30,2019

AVENUE AT ETIHAD TOWERS

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Abdul Jabbar Weiss Visual artist Abdul Jabbar Weiss is emerging as a creative force that is reviving the UAE art scene. His paintings and drawings portray pure realism in portraits and landscapes with simple impressionism touches. His works are inspired by song titles, repertoire of poetry and prose books with which he spends his time, as well as historical influences of art. His paintings are saturated with spectra of colors and enriched with various visual references, ranging from drawings from calligraphy to architectural symbols.A.j’s Style is becoming an iconic creative process in his completed works.

Weiss started his life in a rural environment surrounded by rivers, mountains, wild flowers and birds. Such untouched natural beauty had the biggest effect on A.J’s personality, character and art.Weiss had enrolled in art centers for 5 years, learning and acquring knowledge from masters in Arts and later in 1982,Weiss won first place among all other art centers in Syria.Weiss then moved to Damascus and joined the Faculty of Fine Arts.Weiss was invited by the Cultural Foundation in Abu Dhabi in 1998 to hold his first exhibition, followed by several art exhibitions in Damascus,Aleppo, Beirut, Munich and Frankfurt. Such exposure and success opened vast opportunities to Weiss on a global level.Abdul Jabbar Weiss lives in Sharjah and holds the position of Art supervisor at Al-Qasimia University due to his unique mastery of most of the painting techniques such as, pencil, pastel, oil colors, acrylic colors.

Weiss chooses his theme by creating a strong and sublime representation of the human relationship with natural elements, heritage and culture. His visual talents create a sensory approach to lines, texture and a tremendous sense of reality that combines the unforgettable effect of his images and paintings. His iconic realistic drawing is transforming as he depicts all that is beautiful in nature and focuses immensely on the local architecture, as he believes that the architecture in any country is a product of the nature, environment and culture of the country, it boils down the experience of generations in dealing with natural materials.

Weiss dreams of reaching the absolute beauty as he aims to bewitch and shock the viewer.Weiss currently works to raise a generation that can appreciate the arts and develop a fine artistic taste.Weiss became an artistic advisor in order to be able to pursue his dream in promoting the art to the community by focusing on promoting the creative process and educating the younger generation and follow them technically.Abdul Jabbar enjoys developing a curriculum with thoughtful rules for something that is a mixture of science, creativity, emotions and culture and is content with the role he is playing in being the mentor of many reputable artists who could make it to the art scene locally and globallyv

Emira� Life and Nature 1

Emirira� life and Nature 2

Emira� life and nature 3

Emira� life and nature 6

70 × 50 cm Water colors on cardboard AED 6000

70 × 50 cm Water colors on cardboard AED 6000

70 × 50 cm Water colors on cardboard AED 6000

70 × 50 cm Water colors on cardboard AED 6000

Abdul Jabbar Weiss

Tip of Musandam

Emira� life and nature 4

70 × 50 cm Water colors on cardboard AED 6000

70 × 50 cm Water colors on cardboard AED 6000

Emira� life and nature 5 Horse Pride 100 x 50 cm Acrylic on canvas AED 10 000

Abdul Jabbar Weiss

70 × 50 cm Water colors on cardboard AED 6000

Damascus

Aleppo

Horse and Umayyad Mosque

100 x 150 cm Acrylic on canvas AED 8000

100 x 150 cm Acrylic on canvas AED 8000

115 cm x 180 cm 100 x 150 cm Acrylic on canvas 10 000 AED

Abdul Jabbar Weiss

Amani El Bayoumi Working in the realm of Impressionism, Egyptian painter, Amani Elbayumi employs a unique and diverse style to her work; using watercolor, oil, and acrylic combined with the utilization of mixed media to express her artistic self. Elbayumi’s extensive travel around the world and observing divergent cultures, inspire her work; each piece serving as a stop along the way on her quest of self discovery.

Inspired personally and artistically by the Emirate’s diverse cultural and natural environments, Elbayumi’s work often depicts Egyptian landscapes and the people they are inhabited by, as seen through an individual lens tinted with a touch of surrealistic color. Her understanding and unique style of portraying the Arab identity serves to unveil a culture where much is either unknown, or misunderstood, as well as provide opportunities to portray the empowerment of women.

Ladies on the Nile

Egyp�an Village

67 x 58 cm AED 3500

57 x 57 cm AED 3000

Amani El Bayoumi

Prayers

Spirituality

Old city

75 x 69 cm Acrylic on canvas AED 5000

90 x 75 cm AED 7000

65 x 65 cm AED 7500

Amani El Bayoumi

Muhanad Nassiri Muhanad Al Na ssiri lives and works as an artist & Architect in Dubai, UAE. He was born and raised in Baghdad, Iraq.

From his early childhood, he was very interested in the art and prints making.

In 1992, he got B.Sc degree in Architectural engineering from Architectural Department of university of technology / Baghdad. 1996, Studied Fine arts at the Academy of fine arts / Baghdad University. He got B.A degree in Fine art in 2000. He spent 7 years working as an Architect, Graphic designer and Etching print maker in Baghdad between 1996 and 2003.

While working in the etching printing Business, he printed for Ismael Fattah, Muhammed Muhralden, Nazar Hindawi.

In 2007, he moved to Abu Dhabi in UAE and established his own Giclee prints making studio.

Since 1996, Muhanad has participated in 12th Norway’s International Print Triennial 1999 and numerous art exhibitions, art galleries and art projects. His style is unique in execution of painting works so many galleries and private art collectors are seeking to acquire it. He also makes special collections for customers throughout the Middle East and Europe.

He performs his artistic Giclee works on paper and sometimes in canvas, and mixes his style between architectural hand sketches with water colors and then digitally processed them to produce artistic Giclee prints.

His inspiration comes from his architectural memories of his hometown of Iraq, where he is almost always in his art, especially Iraqi architecture, heritage and street life.

Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque Tradi�onal Boats 4

Tradi�onal Boats 5

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 76.2 cm AED 4650

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 76.2 cm AED 4650

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 45.7 cm AED 4250

Muhanad Nassiri

Muhanad Nassiri

Tradi�onal Boats 7

Abu Dhabi Erial View

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 76.2 cm AED 4650

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 56 cm AED 4350

Abu Dhabi Fish Harbor

Abu Dhabi Louver

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 117.8 cm AED 6450

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 117.8 cm AED 6450

Tradi�onal Boats 8 Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 76.2 cm AED 4650

Tradi�onal Boats 6 Al Badya Old Mosque Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 76.2 cm AED 4650

Lithograph on 305gm cold press paper.

117.8 x 76.2 cm AED 4650

Muhanad Nassiri

Ria Kamal Sharma Dubai based Artist Ria Sharma is a Dubai based artist. She was born in India in 1975. Being a Civil engineer she has fulfilled a strong successful profession in construction field for about 16 years. Seven years ago she accidently found herself in the middle of paints and brushes.The stress free incident changed her to the extent that she decided to follow her heart. She started practicing Art in Dubai in year 2009, where she took part in various exhibitions. Since then there has been no turning back.

The core inspiration for her comes from within. Not the outer beauty, but extraordinary will power and strength within.

Ria is self-taught versatile artist and but her true passion has been play of cubism in her typical monochrome subjects and realism Her work mostly revolves around spirituality, internal harmony, social issues and humans in-need.

The search within_10 90x90cm Mix media on Canvas 2017 AED 9490

The search within_30 80x60cm Mix media 2018 AED 6900

The search within_8 90x90cm Mix media 2017 AED 9490

Ria Kamal Sharma

The search within_3

The search within_29

The search within_23

80x60cm Mix media 2017 AED 6900

90x60cm Mix media 2018 AED 7300

30x30 cm Mix media AED 2900

Ria Kamal Sharma

The search within_14

The search within_7

30x30 cm Mix media AED 2900

90x90cm Mix media on Canvas AED 9490

Ria Kamal Sharma

The search within_31

The search within_33

80x60cm Mix media 2019 AED 6900

50x60 cm Mixed Media AED 7300 (Pair)

Ria Kamal Sharma

DRIFTING TO THE EAST

Tel: 800 384 4238 www.avenueatetihadtowers.ae

by Abduljabbar Weiss Amani El Bayoumi Muhanad Nassiri Ria Sharma SEPT. 22-30,2019

AVENUE AT ETIHAD TOWERS

etihadmodernart office@etihadmodernart.com Tel: +971 2 621 0145 www.etihadmodernart.com