SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL 4 to 24 February 2014 Jacaranda Images exhibits a collection of works celebrating small works by a variety of artists. It is an invitation for close inspection of detail that makes smaller artworks a joy to contemplate. Paintings, prints and sculptures from Australia, London, Spain and Jordan are brought together showing that […]
SAWWER AL CHEF
‘SAWWER AL CHEF’ The results of the photographic competition held during July will be on display at Jacaranda Images from 3 to 20 September 2014 with the winner announced at the opening. Organised by Jacaranda Images and Darat al Tasweer, the competition highlighted the passion of chefs in the country. Jordanians are serious about their […]
PHANTASMAGORIA
Mohammad Awwad PHANTASMAGORIA 3 December to 31 December 2014 In his first exhibition in Jordan, Mohammad Awwad creates fantastic sequences of what appears to be haphazardly associative imagery but are in fact addressing critical issues of today. A ‘phantasmagoria’, in late 18th century France, was a series of illusions created by magic lanterns shown for the public. They often […]
ORIENTALISM
Mohamed Abouelnaga ORIENTALISM 5 March to 31 March 2014 Mohamed Abouelnaga dismantles the collective and historical ‘Orientalism’, the western view of the Orient, to represent it in the female form, which was so often used in the traditional painting of the Orientalists. When viewing the Orientalist paintings of the nineteenth century, Abouelnaga felt he was […]
KOHL
KHOLOUD MOHAMMED ‘KOHL’ 7 May to 31 May 2014 Kholoud Mohammed’s first exhibition in Amman reflects the state of women in an ideal world where peace, confidence and beauty reign. The monochromatic works possess strength from their boldness in design and simplicity of the subjects’ poses. Reminiscent of traditional Japanese compositions, the hand drawn illustrations […]
7 PHOTOGRAPHERS IN JORDAN
