K A M A L S A L L A T
2018
Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst! Eine künstlerische Reaktion und subjektive Narration zum Werk von Max Pechstein „Fischerboot“, 1913, im Brücke-Museum Berlin, Künstler: Kamal Sallat
Syrian Aesthetical Scream
Syrian Aesthetical Scream" in Konsthallen Sandviken / Sweden 14 april - 13 maj 2018
First of all, let us agree that the role of art during
wars and huge tragedies is of a great signicance
especially at the critical moments during which people need moral support and consolation, and need to retrieve stability and then reconstruct concepts with a new sensitivity and a pure vision.Therefore, this exhibition
Syrian Aesthetical Scream
is the second exhibition after
Paintings from the Orient
in the Kingdom of Sweden 2010, and it is considered as a timeframe for a special era, and a distinguishing feature in the history of the crisis and Syrian Art evenly. Syria witnessed huge events that gave rise to signi-
cant suering. Nobody can forget the destructions
and tragedies extended to both place and man, and which got stuck to mind, consequently in front of this crisis plastic art revived and expanded, and its expressive mode had augmented, even it became more adapting of the distressful reality; moreover it went beyond as a jump in darkness. As a result, a group of Syrian artists possessing modes with more savagery, and stronger techniques emerged. But expressing the condition and its results remain the denominator among all artists. The exhibition
Syrian Aesthetical Scream
summarizes the expression of all that is desired to view. It also indicates the deeply open trauma. It is just a stroke that involves the artist’s hope in aesthetical civilization in which man lives without pain or exile. This exhibition contains group of Syrian artists of the various religious and intellectual trends and sects. They are of various artistic schools, but they are united in their belief in Art and its aesthetical mission. These Syrian artists live in various countries of the world map, but they selected the Kingdom of Sweden, which is vivid and full of humanity, to be the domicile of their plastic arts works, where Sweden would be the place from which their aesthetical Scream would begin. There is no doubt that this aesthetical Scream has denotations
in this specic place (Kingdom of Sweden).
Psychologist Alain de Botton believes that: ”Art provides us with consolation, especially when we have a man that sympathizes with us”, especially in the conditions of wars and disasters. It is quite established that the artists and the persons supervi-
sing this artistic project (Exhibition) realize the es
-sence of these denotations. The unique thing agreed on by all in the world of art is that the art is the most important factor in man aesthetical and civilized education, as Stendhal says: ”Beauty is a promise of happiness” .Finally, I send my best wishes and thanks to Fahed Mustafa and Daniel Palmberg and all those who cooperated and organized for this exhibition in the lovely town Sandviken.
Ahed Alnaser Rajjoub.
