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Grow Up & Blow Away
I’m posting this again (and probably not for the last time) in case you missed it or…miss it. I just want more people to see it. I feel it’s a shame that I worked really hard on it and that it should...
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An Experimental Video I Did Eons Ago
This is a video I made in 2001 for an exhibition I had at the Dar Al-Funoon Gallery. I recommend that you view this with music playing. It’s a pretty long video with mistakes and glitches. Therefore,...
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Why it’s Important to Play
larvae, 2010, charcoal and acrylic on canvas, 40cm x 40cm I was feeling very organic last weekend so decided to go out and buy some untreated canvas and play around a little. I also remembered that...
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Lub-Dub by Caustic Temple Monkeys a.k.a. Ali Alsarraf
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New Painting|Untitled Yet
To use the term of the decade, this video was a total fail (cross the bridge for the video, I changed things around a bit). But I thought I’d post it anyway because it’s kinda clutzy like me. And it...
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seven and a half minute face
And this is how I wreck my pens. I drew this yesterday to Primavera by Ludovico Einaudi. Yeah, yeah, I know it’s all new age-y but I was in the mood. I must say that it was crazy trying to get a more...
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PrettyGreenBullet Exhibition Drawing
Because I’m always showing videos and slideshows of my works in progress, I thought it would be a good idea to turn the tables and photograph others and their creative processes. So I set up a little...
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hand in oil
I’m going through a very difficult time in my life at the moment. When I have times like these, I tend to eschew brushes and other means of transporting paint onto canvas; in other words, I use my...
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Eve Shreds the Note|From Nothing to an Angry Bride
This is a video I made with my son, Khaled, from footage I had taken of myself painting Eve Shreds the Note. Actually, he did most of the work; I just sat there trying to be helpful but ended up...
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BirdTalk featuring Ghadah Alkandari: in other words, me and Bianca on a...
Thanks, Bianca, that was fun! And Mohammed Al-Saeed, brilliant photography (or is it cinematography?). I’m very impressed. Oh, and I followed Bianca’s advice and watched most of this on mute. I just...
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a new storybook drawing } queens of refuse
Click to view slideshow. I’m drawing this for the next book in my series. The theme and title of the book is ‘Chores’. This time I wanted to include one of my storybook illustrations and this one will...
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Out of Britain } Teaser #1
This is the first installment of the ‘Out of Britain’ teasers by videomakers MazajEntertainment. The exhibition itself is organized by the British Council and curated by the Contemporary Art Platform...
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out of britain } teaser #2
This is the second Out of Britain exhibition teaser by MazajEntertainment, featuring installation artist Hamad Khalaf.
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two drawings when i’m supposed to be cleaning my home } one filmed and the...
this is the one i filmed. initially i meant to make just one drawing that i would video. when i thought i was done with that one, to my horror, i hadn’t pressed the record button on my phone. so i did...
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lanterns #1 & #2
I’ve been calling these lamps but they’re actually lanterns. Yes they are, and yes I’m anal like that. These are my first two lamps for the upcoming show. And sorry about the video, I couldn’t resist....
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the marriage certificate
This is a sketch I did yesterday. The song is ‘Watershed’ by Vienna Teng.
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