Dear #firstname#,
I trust you are well.
Our first show Bed of Broken Mirrors by Asad Faulwell opened on Saturday and continues until 11 February.
I believe that these works would be of interest to you- to have a look at the exhibition and details of the works please click here.
Asad Faulwell was also featured in this month's Harpers Bazaar Art. This can be viewed online by clicking here.
In Les Femmes D'Algers Faulwell wryly references French Orientalist painting tradition, in particular Delacroix's famous 1834 painting of the same name and Picasso's 1954 homage to it. Whilst those artists depicted Algerian women as exotic, sexual objects, Faulwell draws his inspiration from Gillo Pontecorvo's 1966 film The Battle of Algiers, paying homage to their largely forgotten legacy: their fight against French occupation during the 1954-1966 Algerian war of independence. Over ten thousand Algerian women fought as equals alongside the men, operating clandestinely and often forced to renounce home and family as well as giving up their lives.
Faulwell's elaborately painted and collaged work employs imagery both beautiful and macabre. Sumptuously coloured and patterned surfaces form the backdrops for his large-scale female portraits depicted in monochrome, wounded and bleeding, sometimes emanating rays or tears from their eyes. These portraits are taken from news clippings and periodicals researched by Faulwell that capture the politically charged events in their lives - such as their trials in French courts or the moments after their pardon. The black and white images in combination with the brightly coloured motifs are reminiscent of Matisse's decorative patterning as well as those from his own Iranian/Islamic tradition of geometric design or ornamentation.
Asad Faulwell (b.1982) was born in Caldwell, Idaho and currently resides and works in Los Angeles. Faulwell has exhibited at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas; University Art Museum, Long Beach, California; Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art, California; Nassau County Art Museum, NY; Kravets/Wehby Gallery, New York; Untitled, Miami; Rogue Wave at L.A. Louver, Los Angeles; Josh Lilley Gallery, London; Lawrie Shabibi, Dubai and Marc Selwyn Fine Art among others. He has been featured in ArtForum, The Huffington Post, Harper's Bazaar, The N.Y. Times and L.A. Weekly.
His work is part of many private and public collections including The Oppenheimer Collection at The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City; The Rubell Collection, Miami, The Franks-Suss Collection, London and the Jiminez-Colon Collection, Puerto Rico.
Please contact me if you need additional information on the exhibition or Asad Faulwell.
Best regards,
Asmaa Al-Shabibi
Director
Lawrie Shabibi
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Current and Upcoming Exhibitions
Asad Faulwell
Bed of Broken Mirrors
11 January - 12 February, 2014
Marcos Chaves and Paulo Nazareth
The Economy of Dreams
Curated by Gabriela Salgado
15 February - 11 March, 2014