Reviews Archives - Abed Abdi

On Abed Abdi’s Solo Exhibition “Between Two Worlds”

Introductory text from the exhibition catalog Presented in this exhibition is an extraordinary collection of recent but unusual paintings by Abed Abdi, most of which have been created in the remote Hungarian village of Chokako. This remarkable showcase unveils captivating works of Abed Abdi, who hails from the vibrant city of Haifa in the Middle...

May 13, 2024ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

Abed Abdi’s Public Talk at Berlin’s House of World Cultures

Echoes of the Brother Countries An exhibition and research project at Haus der Kulturen der Welt What is the Price of Memory and What is the Cost of Amnesia? Or: Visions and Illusions of Anti-Imperialist Solidarities Abed Abdi: Conversation with the Artist Fri., 22.3.202417:00 Beatriz Nascimento Hall In German Free entry Abed Abdi boasts a...

March 25, 2024ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

Abed Abdi’s Public Talk at the Albertinum Museum, Dresden

Part of Voices from the interview project “Art in Networks” Prof. Kerstin Schankweiler (TU Dresden) speaks with artists Abed Abdi (*1942) and Michael Touma (*1956) about their time as international students at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, the influence on their art, and the continuity and impact of networks beyond the time of the...

March 18, 2024ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

The Foreign Brothers / Berlin Exhibition Review

Originaly published in German in Junge Welt, Aus: Ausgabe vom 05.03.2024, Seite 11 / Feuilleton By Gerhard Hanloser. From the perspective of the Global South: An exhibition at the Berlin House of World Cultures about good and bad experiences with the GDR No, this GDR exhibition is not a “West German invention.” It is not...

March 5, 2024ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

Abed Abdi at the Albertinum in Dresden: “I call for the recognition of Palestine as a second state.”

“Appeals for Friendship between Peoples” form the fundamental motif of the Palestinian-Israeli artist Abed Abdi. His works are on display in Dresden.Sylvie Kürsten09.11.2023 | Berliner Zeitung Actually, he didn’t want to leave at all, not Haifa, and he didn’t want to feel like a refugee again. Like in 1948 when, as a six-year-old, he had...

January 5, 2024ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

Restoration of Abed Abdi’s Mural in Haifa

The art piece named “Homage to Saliba Khamis,” an environmental sculpture situated on a street wall in Wadi Nisnas, Haifa, underwent restoration during the spring season. The restoration project was sponsored and led by Beit Hagefen, the Jewish-Arab cultural center in Haifa. Originally crafted by Abed Abdi in 2004 as part of the Holiday of...

August 10, 2023ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

PalRead – Country of Words Podcast EP6: Abed Abdi

In this episode of PalRead – Country of Words Podcast, we speak with artist Abed Abdi about his book illustrations and periodical cover designs since the 1960s in Haifa. Abdi collaborated with writers such as Emil Habibi, Samih al-Qasim, and Salman Natour, as well as with periodicals such as al-Ittihad and al-Jadid. Abed Abdi was...

July 10, 2023ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

Memories of Nakba inspire Palestinian artist’s work

Abed Abdi, 81, is a Palestinian visual artist who was expelled from Haifa in 1948 and returned three years later. By Zena Al Tahhan Published On 29 May 2023 / Aljazeera During the Nakba, Zionist militias carried out dozens of massacres and destroyed more than 500 Palestinian villages, while three-quarters of the Palestinian population was expelled...

June 21, 2023ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

Restoration of Abed Abdi’s mural at Dresden Academy of Fine Arts

Testimonies of time in the University of Fine Arts. Restorer Valentin Bauer recounts Object Histories Periods: 1971 15.06.2022 Artists: Abed Abdi Valentin Bauer WATCH VIDEO: Restorer Valentin Bauer talks about his work on incised plaster murals by Abed Abdi and Sami Hakki, who studied mural painting at the HfBK Dresden.The interview with Valentin Bauer took...

February 12, 2023ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews

The wandering museum in the works of the artist Abed Abdi

(1) Academic studies in Germany and its influence on his art During his academic studies in the German city of Dresden, the young artist Abed Abdi was zealous and diligent in getting acquainted with all aspects of the sculpturing arts, including the baroque and neo-classical architectural arts, which are the 2 characteristic strands of architectural...

November 8, 2022ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews