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OPTIC VIBES by Mohammad Awwad
7 to 31 December 2016
In Mohammad Awwad’s second solo exhibition at Jacaranda Images, the artist takes on themes of politics, economics and culture in his works.
Using collaged images to address a number of aspects of contmporary life, Mo Awwad’s highly detailed prints are sometime joyful, sometimes sad. Through Awwad’s attempts to explain these contradictions within the parameters of our everyday existence, the reality can be troubling or simply pleasing. Awwad aims to present a complete explanation for the viewer in accessible visual terms.
While most of the exhibition is presented as traditional limited print editions, several works are exhibited as hand-cut relief works. This is’homage’ to the beauty of handcrafting, providing a contrast to the technological world of digital art that Awwad usually inhabits.
Mohammad Awwad
Mohammad Awwad is an artist & graphic designer located in Amman, Jordan, and a graduate of the Academy of Arts (Egypt), who finds inspiration in random motives, personal interests, colours, textures and his daily life, gathering and using anything from magazine collages to site seeing tickets. His artwork shows vintage, surreal style with playful colors contrasting over layers of textures, and he mixes elements of the various cultures that he is been exposed to.
