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MAJD KURDIEH<br />
<strong>Watermelon</strong> <strong>Peace</strong><br />
مجد كردية<br />
سالم بطيخي
عن المعرض<br />
في هذه المجموعة األخيرة بعنوان "سالم بطيخي" ، يعترف مجد كردية<br />
بقوة باالضطرابات والتململ المتزايدين للبشرية ويتصدى لذلك بقوة<br />
الحب الثابت واإليمان واكتشاف السالم الداخلي.<br />
ليس جديدا على أعمال كردية نشر الضوء واللون، وتقديم جمالية<br />
عاطفية مماثلة للموضوع نفسه.. فمنذ تقديم عصابة الفراشة المخيفة<br />
وشخصياتها في عام ٢٠١٤، ومن خالل معارضه المختلفة، تفوق كرديه في<br />
التعبير عن واقعنا من خالل ضربات فرشاته وقوة كلماته.<br />
ولعل البراءة البصرية لألعمال الممثلة في مجموعته، إلى جانب قوة النثر<br />
والشعر، هي التي تجعل عمله مؤثرا جدا.<br />
يقول كرديه : أنك لو رغبت في النظر بعمق كاف ستعرف أن فنه<br />
وشخصياته هي من هذا العالم، وليست مجرد خيال، وأنه من خالل<br />
لوحاته يقدم بوابة لألمل والتكاتف إذا كنت ترغب في تجربة ذلك.<br />
About The Exhibition<br />
In this latest collection represented under <strong>Watermelon</strong> <strong>Peace</strong>, <strong>Majd</strong><br />
<strong>Kurdieh</strong> strongly acknowledges humanity’s increasing turmoil and<br />
restlessness and counteracts with portrayals of unwavering love,<br />
belief and discovery of inner peace.<br />
Unsurprisingly, the paintings burst with light and color, offering up an<br />
aesthetic as passionate as the topic itself. Since the introduction of<br />
The Scary Butterfly Gang and its characters in 2014, and through all<br />
his various exhibitions, <strong>Kurdieh</strong> is masterful in his ability to express<br />
our realities through the strokes of his brush and the power of his<br />
words.<br />
It is perhaps the visual innocence of the works represented in his<br />
collection, coupled with the power of prose and poetry, that deem his<br />
work so poignant. As noted by <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, his art and its characters are<br />
of this world, not merely a fantasy. If you care to look deeply enough,<br />
he offers a portal to a place of hope and togetherness should you<br />
wish to experience it.
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In my heart, the sunset lasts forever.<br />
Where does nostalgia take us?<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980<br />
I lean on you, using your light to write.<br />
All I do is hold the pen.<br />
Countries have become a cloud with a<br />
whale in it and you are inside that whale.<br />
But I know nothing of the impossible my<br />
sweet rose.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980
“- Oh cloud seller, how much is<br />
my heart worth?<br />
* It’s worth the world<br />
and everything in it.”<br />
I sent you watermelon peace.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
SOLD<br />
“- Be careful bird, the sky isn’t rosy.<br />
But you wouldn’t fly in the sky that the<br />
artist painted for you.<br />
* Where is the bird in this painting?<br />
- He is looking at it now.”<br />
Emergency landing on the cactus because<br />
of a defect in the watermelon jet engines<br />
(“Cactus” and “patience”<br />
are the same word in Arabic)<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980
I tolerate my heart and its doings<br />
only because it loves you Ms. Butterfly.<br />
If you please, may I know how I am?<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
The trace you left behind is the<br />
most beautiful part of me Ms. Butterfly.<br />
Simply you and I my sweet rose.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on canvas, 35 x 50 cm<br />
AED 3,600 | JOD 700 | USD 980<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
Hello, hello, who is it?<br />
Hello Ms. Shlulakhia Sadness.<br />
I’m sorry, I’m busy<br />
because I am with my sweet rose.<br />
With no pride whatsoever,<br />
the King of <strong>Watermelon</strong> has awarded<br />
Sorrow a medal for Employee of the Year<br />
because it was never absent. Not even for a day.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
I feel safe because you are with me<br />
and because my shell is made up of a<br />
watermelon and a book.<br />
You are my life jacket<br />
and you don’t even know it.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
And if the worries ask about me,<br />
please tell them I haven’t seen them<br />
since the birds flew freely in the sky.<br />
Cactus or hope?<br />
(“Cactus” and “patience”<br />
are same word in Arabic).<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
I invented a machine that conquers the<br />
impossible but I surrender to your eyes<br />
my sweet rose.<br />
When the fog wraps around me<br />
I ask myself: am I sad or do I just love you?<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
Oh Ms. Butterfly, I dream that my heart<br />
will be on my side for once.<br />
“- How did your sorrow fit behind a butterfly?<br />
* Just like the universe fits in a word.”<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
I surrender to your storm my sweet rose.<br />
In the song of the universe,<br />
you are the improvised clip.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
The heart flies safely within you.<br />
The abyss is but one of your combs.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
He is so accustomed to trouble<br />
that his perilous journey is like a trip home.<br />
- Annonymous<br />
When I saw you,<br />
I became a sky so the heart could fly.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
I dream of being a good guest in this world.<br />
Thank you Ms. Butterfly<br />
for sweeping up my storms.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
Every bird longs for the sky,<br />
except the one painted on your dress.<br />
How can you carry the intolerable<br />
with no hands?<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
If a star fell on me,<br />
I’d forget everything but you my sweet rose.<br />
Watermlon cactus.<br />
That’s how we make cactus entertaining.<br />
(“Cactus” and “patience”<br />
are the same word in Arabic).<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
"Our king, oh King of <strong>Watermelon</strong>,<br />
what did the butterfly say to you?<br />
*Life becomes harder when they tell you its<br />
not hard, and you are the one not smiling."<br />
How did I find you in this world,<br />
my sweet rose?<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
When everything is alright, I worry as if I have<br />
forgotten something I need to worry about.<br />
I always paint you in the best spot on the canvas.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
The sea is unpredictable yet constant,<br />
while the rocks, proud of their stability,<br />
have drifted with the torrent.<br />
My smile stems from the fire in my heart.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
“Oh our king, are you finished making the<br />
dangerous vehicle that will take us<br />
to the place that doesn’t exist?<br />
*Of course, of course.<br />
-Long live the King of <strong>Watermelon</strong>”<br />
The universe is a cup of tea and you are its mint.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
SOLD<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
I am strange like you, strange world.<br />
So why did we never become friends?<br />
You are the only one that can save me<br />
from the mess of my thoughts,<br />
my sweet rose.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680
Oh my sweet rose,<br />
the birds flying fearlessly are under your spell.<br />
I paint the world quickly for I only have time for<br />
you, my sweet rose.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 40 x 50 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
I study your hidden signals to understand<br />
what I should do next.<br />
With you, the world is frosted with cream,<br />
my sweet flower<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
oil on paper, 35 x 45 cm<br />
AED 2,500 | JOD 480 | USD 680<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
SOLD
I’m afraid time is running out<br />
- Ahmed Shafeeq Kamel<br />
On the journey, I love you more<br />
– Darwish<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
The Elephant with a fish for a heart<br />
now resides within it and asks:<br />
where is the light switch, my heart?<br />
Nothing pains me in your absence<br />
but the solitude of the universe<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
Emotions shine like golden clouds<br />
on cypress trees. - Mahmoud Darwish<br />
This is my night<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
The way to your heart was roses and stars.<br />
At least that’s what the story said.<br />
Not every woman with hennaed fingertips<br />
is Buthayna and not every man<br />
with a broken heart is Jameel<br />
- Bahaa Aldin Zuhair<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
I gaze into my heart and hope for good<br />
The neighbors take joy in seeing her.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
SOLD<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
Close is the trip, far is the destination.<br />
You always grow against the current,<br />
my sweet rose.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
A face as if the sun shone upon it – Turfah<br />
Earth is lovers’ exile<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
That passionate night will not be repeated.<br />
Let the tears fill your eyes.<br />
- Al Summat Al Kushairi<br />
You are my reality, and the world is an illusion<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
I’d know you in the dark, in a crowd,<br />
and with my eyes closed<br />
Two old olive trees in the northeast.<br />
I hid in the first to deceive the narrator<br />
and hid the wildflowers in the second.<br />
- Mahmoud Darwish<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
SOLD<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
“[Book title] The philosophy of<br />
jumping in the sea<br />
You are clear skies in a stormy world<br />
-You jumped in the sea, and then what happened?<br />
*Then in the sea I jump—<br />
-Turn the page, my heart<br />
*I jump in the sea until the end of time<br />
-Do you mean until the end of the book?<br />
*Then in the sea I jump<br />
-But my heart<br />
*Till the end of time<br />
-[asjah skhfskhf]*. *discussion continues”<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
Follow me. The monster’s not frightening.<br />
If we’re defeated,<br />
it’s only because we didn’t love enough.<br />
I’m dressed in a pilot’s uniform but,<br />
your hair takes me wherever it wishes<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
I remember you on this spring evening,<br />
and the sadness leaves me as if<br />
war never existed and as if all is well<br />
Will you have a drink of mulukhieh with me<br />
while the storm passes, my sweet rose?<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
How limited is living without the space of hope<br />
- AlTughra’i<br />
“With you now is King of the <strong>Watermelon</strong> live<br />
from the opening of the Sadness Eating Factory<br />
-Our King, tell us about the factory in detail<br />
*Honestly, love manufactures sadness and then<br />
consumes it. I’m here simply to cut the ribbon.<br />
Pass my regards to loved ones everywhere.”<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
“-Oh, our king, King of the <strong>Watermelon</strong>.<br />
What lies at the end of patience?<br />
*The cactus flower.<br />
Oh, my heart, sit still a moment so the picture is<br />
clear. That way, I can tell if you were sad so I may<br />
be sad, or if you were happy, so I may be happy.<br />
(“Cactus” and “patience”<br />
are the same word in Arabic)”<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
Here is a glance that captivates my heart.<br />
- Al Abbas Bin Al Ahtaf<br />
You’ve washed my dreams anew<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
“I was afflicted by my love for Layla,<br />
and she was the remedy<br />
- Qais<br />
Oh, Miss Butterfly, the sorrows fall asleep<br />
to the sound of your wings.<br />
(Layla and Qais’s love story can be<br />
likened to that of Romeo and Juliet)<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
I left my love without saying goodbye,<br />
and in doing so, I bid farewell to misery<br />
without shaking its hand – AlMutanabbi<br />
Oh, Miss butterfly, whenever I begin to drift,<br />
the heart carries me back to you.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
“=-Oh Abyss, would you drink coffee with me?<br />
*If you know how I take it<br />
-Without sugar because you yourself are deep<br />
*you truly know nothing of the impossible”<br />
Oh, Miss Butterfly,<br />
you complete the watermelon of my life.<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
SOLD
I draw you over the storm and it quietens.<br />
“[Book title] Learn how patient I am so far from<br />
my sweet rose<br />
In your absence my sweet rose, I wrote a book<br />
full of rational, historical, physical, astronomical,<br />
emotional and mulukhieh fallacies.”<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
Oh, my heart, I believe you must<br />
find a different hobby.<br />
Stay away from the one<br />
where you magnify issues.<br />
How do you give meaning<br />
to this scrambled life, you magician?<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600<br />
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>, <strong>2021</strong>,<br />
watercolor on paper, 30 x 40 cm<br />
AED 2,200 | JOD 425 | USD 600
<strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong> (b. 1985, Syria)<br />
Artist <strong>Majd</strong> <strong>Kurdieh</strong>’s practice incorporates painting, drawing, and<br />
literature using recurring figures that stand to tell a story, usually<br />
carrying a strong moral and positive reinforcement that the artist<br />
projects into the world.<br />
<strong>Kurdieh</strong> turned to more childlike paintings in which he incorporates<br />
strong literary and story-telling techniques. He paints recurring<br />
whimsical characters that seem to narrate a story. Over the past<br />
four years, the artist has created a ‘cast of characters’, the two main<br />
ones being the Fasaeen (Arabic for ‘tiny ones’). The stories told<br />
through the representation of these figures are not specific stories<br />
that the artist references but rather ones that could apply to any<br />
viewer, leaving room for personal interpretation. The Fasaeen, one<br />
boy (Fasoon) and one girl (Fasooneh), always smiling despite the fact<br />
their world is filled with hardships, are usually accompanied by other<br />
characters, together known as The Scary Butterfly Gang.<br />
Recently, <strong>Kurdieh</strong> has featured in solo and group exhibitions at<br />
MADS Gallery, Milan, Italy (<strong>2021</strong>); Azad Art Gallery, Cairo (<strong>2021</strong>;<br />
2020); Egypt Art Fair (<strong>2021</strong>; 2020); BBA Gallery, Berlin (2019), Fann<br />
A Porter, Jordan (<strong>2021</strong>, 2020, 2019); Fann-A-Porter, Dubai (<strong>2021</strong>,<br />
2020, 2019, 2018, 2016), El-Sawy Culture Wheel, Cairo (2019), and<br />
Athar Al Farasheh, Aleppo (2011), Sikka Art Fair, Dubai (2018) and<br />
Art Bahrain, Manama (2019, 2018). His works are housed in public<br />
and private collections in the Middle East and abroad, including HE<br />
Dr. Zaki Nusseibeh’s private collection and Atassi Foundation.<br />
Born in Aleppo, Syria in 1985, <strong>Kurdieh</strong> lives and works in Amsheet,<br />
Lebanon.
About Fann A Porter®<br />
Fann A Porter is a contemporary art gallery that represents a diverse selection of emerging<br />
international and regional artists, with locations in Dubai, UAE and Amman, Jordan. The<br />
gallery aims to nurture the burgeoning and dynamic contemporary art scene through quality<br />
exhibitions, non-profit events, auctions, and an active community program.<br />
The gallery’s exhibition program includes ten curated exhibitions a year, and features artists<br />
working across diverse media. Fann A Porter has established a series of dialogues and<br />
collaborations with curators, writers, museums, governmental entities, and institutions to<br />
affirm its commitment to support the long-term development of young contemporary artists<br />
from the Middle East.<br />
In 2015, the gallery organized a charity auction Artists for the Kids of Syria under the<br />
patronage of His Highness Sheikh Nahyan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Culture<br />
and in collaboration with the UAE Red Crescent. The charity auction helped raise over AED<br />
500,000 to help the children in the refugee camps in Jordan. In 2019, the gallery launched Art<br />
for All Collective (AFA) to provide a platform to make quality art accessible through bespoke<br />
payment plans, a first of its kind initiative for the Middle East.<br />
By hosting a regular public programming including exhibitions, talks, non-profit initiatives,<br />
and by participating in fairs, Fann A Porter has established itself in forefront of the region’s<br />
exciting arts landscape.<br />
Founded in 2009 by collector Ghada Kunash, the gallery was initially known as Vindemia.art,<br />
opened adjacent to and under the umbrella of Vindemia, an antiques and collectibles gallery<br />
at Jumeirah Beach Residence, Dubai. In 2010, the gallery partnered with Kempinski Hotel Mall<br />
of The Emirates, for a dedicated space for the art. In 2014, under the same trade license of<br />
Vindemia Novelties LLC, the art gallery was rebranded to Fann A Porter.<br />
In 2016, Ghada Kunash opened The Workshop Dubai, combining her two ventures – Vindemia<br />
and Fann A Porter, a unique community space consisting of a café and design space, providing<br />
visitors with a unique artistic and cultural experience. The Workshop Dubai, with its naturally<br />
bathed garden, is located in the heart of Jumeirah.<br />
In 2020, with the vision to expand and provide a local platform, Ghada Kunash opened a<br />
second Fann A Porter outpost, in Amman, located at Manara Arts & Culture, a creative hub<br />
and social space in the heart of Jabal Al Lweibdeh.<br />
Dubai Head Office<br />
Villa 45, Street 23B, Jumeirah 2, Dubai, United Arab Emirates<br />
fann@theworkshopdubai.com<br />
+971 4 341 2595<br />
P.O. Box 215457 Dubai, United Arab Emirates<br />
www.fannaporter.com<br />
Amman Branch<br />
Manara Arts and Culture, Dirar Ben Al-Azwar, St. 56, Amman, Jordan<br />
amman@fannaporter.com<br />
+962 79 716 7022<br />
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