Faisal Samra (Hardcover)

The first title of the Skira Contemporary Arab Artists series, directed by Brahim Alaoui, previous director of the Museum of the Institute of the Arab World in Paris. Bahraini-born Saudi national Faisal Samra graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked as an art and graphic design consultant for the Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), and later a stage designer for Saudi television. In 2004 he taught in the Fine Arts department of the Amman University in Jordan and obtained his first artist residency in Paris, at the Cite International des Arts, in 2005, which he continues to be a part of today. Faisal Samra has taken part in numerous group shows, including "Word Into Art" at the British Museum (London and Dubai), "Languages of the Desert: Contemporary Arab Art from the Gulf States" (Abu Dhabi, Paris and Kunstmuseum, Bonn), and "Traversee", (Paris, Cairo, Rabat). He has had solo exhibitions in Middle-Eastern and European institutions alike, and is in the collections of The British Museum (London) National Museum (Mexico City), Modern Art Museum (Cairo), Enrico Navarra (Paris), Saeb Eigner (London), Sheikha Paula Al Sabah (Kuwait), among others.

General

Imprint:	Skira
Country of origin:	Italy
Series:	Contemporary Arab Artists
Release date:	April 2012
First published:	May 2012
Authors:	Roxana Azimi • Gilles De Bure
Dimensions:	299 x 238 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	160
ISBN-13:	978-88-572-1097-1
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > From 1900 > Art styles, 1960 - > General Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Individual artists > General Promotions
LSN:	88-572-1097-9
Barcode:	9788857210971

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