Opening: 01 December 2018Closing: 28 April 2019 The dramatic change undergone by Haifa in the 1948 war still resonates in the city’s urban space, its buildings, residents, and cultural-historic climate. This exhibition seeks to present the many aspects of that fateful year. In an attempt to avoid imposing one single narrative, we sought to search...Continue Reading
In the painting “Father on the Background of Displacement from Haifa April 22nd, 1948” Abed Abdi reconstructs through his and his family’s personal experience the traumatic historical event of the Palestinian people: The Nakba. In 1948, Abdi who was born and lives in Haifa, was uprooted with his mother to Lebanon, where they spent four...Continue Reading
curator, Efrat LivnyMinus 1 Gallery, Tel Aviv2 June – 29 July , 2017 Online exhibition catalog: Minus 1 Gallery participating artists, Abed Abdi, Farid Abu Shakra, Ron Amir [and 25 others]catalogue: Hebrew text editing, Avner ShapiraArabic translation, Yasmeen DaherEnglish translation, Ralph MandelEnglish text editing, Carol Cook. image by Gallery Minus 1, Tel Aviv image by...Continue Reading
Figueiredo, Carolina Ferreira de Este trabalho tem por objetivo analisar a cultura visual presente em Israel e na Palestina durante as décadas de 1970 e 1980, através da singular interação entre o universo das imagens e a luta política da Palestina. O estudo parte da preocupação em compreender territórios e alcances da visualidade palestina, especialmente...Continue Reading
Masters Thesis by Figueiredo, Carolina Ferreira de Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas This work aims to analyze the visual culture presented in Israel and Palestine during the 1970s and 1980s, through the unique interaction between the images spectrum and the political struggle in Palestine. The study is...Continue Reading
Tuesday, 9. July 2013, 09:56 Vernissage, Brussels, European Parliament Organization: GUE/NGL, Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung Brussels Contact and registration: Anna Striethorst«Wonderland» – Wo genau tut es weh? Israelische und palästinensische KünstlerInnen kritisieren Besatzung, Unrecht und Terror und artikulieren die gemeinsame Sehnsucht nach Frieden. Vernissage am 9. Juli um 19 Uhr im Europaparlament. Gemeinsame Projekte palästinensischer und...Continue Reading
An exhibition of Palestinian and Israeli artists, at Chagall Artists House, Haifa, Israel ‘ and Grand Art New Gallery of Contemporary Art, both in Haifa, Israel. from Sept 2012 through November 2012. Participating artists: Abed Abdi, Nasrin Abu Baker, Tal Adler, Raida Adon, Noa Arad-Yairi, Abir Athalh, Asad Azi, Durar Bacri, David Behar-Perahia, Eliahou Eric Bokobza,...Continue Reading
The life of the creative artist is measured by the years of his gift rather than the years of his life. The creative artist Abdi Abdi was born and lived in Haifa, and his roots are rooted in this ancient city and from there he acquired his various arts. Despite his studies in Germany and...Continue Reading
A layer of sand lying randomly on a flat surface of cloth carrying a sea flavor almost inhaled from the fingers of the artist, who decorated the sand with some pieces of ceramics and stones that he had collected from different places from around the world to create a new world of his own, and...Continue Reading
A few years ago I first met Abdi Abdi, I got to know his works and I stood up for their development. A short time later, when I was still feeling the features of his art, I received the honor of opening his solo exhibition at Haifa Artists’ House. The feelings and ideas expressed on...Continue Reading
