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

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Abed Abdi: Conversation with the Artist

  • Fri., 22.3.202417:00
  • Beatriz Nascimento Hall
  • In German
  • Free entry

Abed Abdi boasts a large body of work comprising graphics, drawings, sculptures, and paintings. Arriving to the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from Haifa in 1964 by way of the Communist Youth Alliance, Abdi studied graphic arts and mural-making at Dresden’s Academy of Fine Arts under Lea Grundig at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste Dresden (HfBK), between 1964 and 1971. Departing from his time at the HfBK, this conversation with the artist offers insight into the many aesthetic and pedagogical encounters that have given shape to his practice during and beyond the GDR’s histories of migration and exchange.

Abed Abdi speaking to curator Paz Guevara at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, March 2024. Photo by Amir A. Abdi
Abed Abdi standing in front of his exhibited artworks at the House of World Cultures in Berlin, March 2024. Photo by Amir A. Abdi

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A Closed Horizon by Abed Abdi, showing two shadows standing before a territory enclosed by barbed wire.
A Fragile Shelter by Abed Abdi, showing a mother holding her three children inside a refugee tent amid destruction in Gaza.
A Cry Without Words by Abed Abdi, depicting a young man in a Gaza refugee camp with wide-open eyes and mouth expressing shock amid destruction.
Original acrylic painting by Abed Abdi depicting photographic negatives with the faces of people from Gaza against a background of destruction.
wounded figure with red background in Abed Abdi A Wounded Silence
Humanist art by Abed Abdi - A mother and her children hide in a fragile shelter during wartime, capturing fear, vulnerability, and resilience.

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