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Abed Abdi's Online Art Archive

Art for All: A Note on Kitsch

We often repeat words of admiration for things that please us and harmonize with our feelings, and we speak about taste in colors and their harmony. However, people’s response to aesthetic concepts does not form a unified or independent sense of taste, but rather a complete fusion that grows and matures within the social environment...
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Painter Abed Abdi Returns to the Country

The painter Abed Abdi has returned to the country after spending a period of study in the German Democratic Republic, a stay that lasted seven years. During this time, he studied the visual arts in the city of Dresden, and after five years received a diploma from its Academy of Fine Arts, specializing in mural...
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Interview with Abed Abdi (1966)

After an absence of two years—which the young painter, Abed Abdi, spent in East Germany for art studies—he returned to the country a few days ago for a two-month vacation. Abed spoke to us about his many impressions, the wide horizons that opened before him, and the deepening of his connection to his homeland while...
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Group Exhibition in Dresden, Germany (1966)

A group exhibition of 5 foreign students was held at the Brühlsche Terrasse – The gallery belonging to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, from 20 May until 30th of June 1966 . Participating artists: Dino Di Rosa (Chile)Mauricio Boizeau (Columbia)Elly Johnsen (Norway)Elis Kankkunen (Finland)Abed Abdi
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The First Solo Exhibition (1962)

Abed Abdi’s first solo exhibition was held at “Ahva” (solidarity) Culture Club, Tel-Aviv, Brenner street 21. Curator : G. Adam opening remarks: G. Adam, Adeeb Kass. A special conference was held on the last day of the exhibition (Saturday the 2nd of February 1962), on the “problems of Arab Culture in Israel”, with the participation...
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