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A Retrospective In Haifa: “The Struggle To Save Lutfia”

A retrospective exhibition of well-know Arab painter Abed Abdi, “Secrets, Drawers and Identities: Homage to My Sister Lutfia, Yarmouk Refugee Camp,” will be open on Saturday evening, May 18, at the Beit Hagefen Arab-Jewish Cultural Center in Haifa. Abdi was lucky, he spent only three years as a refugee. Lutfia, on the other hand, has...

May 20, 2013ByZu HaderechInReviews

Drawers: Secrets and Cries

The drawer is culturally attached to the concept of secrecy and privacy, the location where one locks personal documents, intimate objects, and cherished secrets.

April 29, 2013ByDr. Ayelet ZoharInReviews

One Tragedy Among Hundreds Of Thousands

Historical crises always have a human face. Although we may have become numbed by the daily reports of violence from both sides of Syria’s two-year-long civil war, it is certain that more than 70,000 civilians have perished and more than 700,000 have fled the country putting intense pressure on neighboring countries, stretching the resources of...

March 26, 2013ByCarole FinkInReviews

Arab-Israeli In Haifa Uses Art To Help Palestinian Refugee Sister

The struggle to save Lutfia, an 84 year-old Palestinian refugee, is being conducted by her brother Abed Abdi, a respected Palestinian artist who resides in Haifa. A childhood memory documented in a photo: A little boy is holding his mother’s hand; his four siblings stand alongside them. The place is a refugee camp near Damascus....

February 22, 2013ByGideon LevyInReviews

Abed Abdi And The Liberation Art Of Palestine

Palestinian artists of the second half of the twentieth century, when interviewed, sometimes speak of being the first to do this or that, or that theirs was the first Palestinian one-artist exhibition, etc. The trauma of the Nakba caused an absence in knowledge. Closer study reveals that, despite this perceived chasm in the continuity of...

February 13, 2013BySamia HalabiInReviews

A Visit to Abed Abdi’s Studio: Muses from the Wadi

In his studio Abed Abdi, a leading Palestinian artist, is showing works of local residents. He also recalled wistfully his former neighbor, Emile Habibi. The Work space of the artist Abed Abdi and his works are strongly tied to each other, and are connected to the city of Haifa where he was born and where...

February 6, 2013ByEli Armon AzulayInReviews

Abed Abdi: Retrospective Exhibition

This comprehensive retrospective exhibition of the works of Abed Abdi is the third of its kind to be held at the Umm el-Fahm Art Gallery since its establishment, following the exhibitions of the works of the late Assam Abu-Shaqra and those of Sharif Waqed. This curational activity expresses the commitment, responsibility and privilege that the...

November 17, 2012BySaid Abu ShaqraInReviews

Abed Abdi: An Essential Episode In The History Of Israeli Art

Abed Abdi’s retrospective at the gallery of Umm al – Fahm shows his important contribution to the visual culture of the Palestinians in Israel. Abed Abdi’s Solo exhibition at the gallery of Umm al – Fahm is a comprehensive retrospective of the artist who for decades was well known to non – Jews in Israel,...

November 17, 2012ByDr Smadar SheffiInReviews

Abed Abdi: Reviewed by Tal Ben Zvi

Palestinian art created within Israel’s 1948 borders possesses unique characteristics deriving from its being part of the visual culture of the Palestinian minority in Israel. In this artistic-national construct, the artist, graphic designer and printmaker Abed Abdi played a leading role as a consequence of his work over the decade between 1972 and 1982 as...

November 13, 2012ByDr Tal Ben ZviInReviews

Wonderland – Israeli and Palestinian Artists – Political Conflict in Art, Chagall Artists House, in Haifa, Israel

29/09/2012 source Author: kelise soixante-douze ‘Wonderland’ ran simultaneously in two galleries: Chagall Artists House and Grand Art New Gallery of Contemporary Art, both in Haifa, Israel. I saw the exhibition in Haifa Chagall Artists House non 28 September 2012, which comprised of sculpture, photography, multi-media/2-D works, paintings and several film/videos. Research visit to learn more about...

September 29, 2012ByAbed Abdi's Online Art ArchiveInReviews