Doha: Professor Dr. Khalid bin Ibrahim Al Sulaiti, General Manager of the Cultural Village Foundation (Katara), has inaugurated the ‘Circles’ exhibition, which will continue until October 9 at Hall 18, Katara.
The exhibition will enable participating artists to present their artworks reflecting new and multiple experiences on heritage, culture, society, and humanity.
‘Circles’ highlights multiple artistic achievements and features modern and contemporary experiments in various methods of plastic art, as each artist participates in three artworks that revolve around a specific idea expressed in circular paintings diameter (50)cm, inspiring from heritage in its various forms and formats topics with cross-references.
Dr. Al Sulaiti said: “The opening of the ‘Circles’ exhibition, which brings together 14 artists, presents rich and distinctive artistic experiences in fine art.”
Artist Talal Jihad Al Jaidah, one of the artists participating in the exhibition, indicated that his works mainly focused on Qatari heritage and Arab and Islamic culture. He said his three paintings mixed literal calligraphic formations and vocabulary from Qatari heritage, such as horses and falcons, to highlight the beauty of the essence in Arab and Islamic culture.
Shatha Al Shammari said her paintings represent one character but in various art schools, such as realism, abstraction, and cubism. The Circles exhibition includes a selection of Qatari and resident artists: Saeeda Al Badr, Shatha Al Shamri, Fatima Muhammad, Talal Jihad Al Jaidah, Shuaa Al Muftah, Abdul Aziz Al Dosari, Fatima Al Salat, Manal Al Qubaisi, Hanifa Abdulkader, Huda Bashel, Shahar Hamza, Zeina Aabara, Alexandra Ode, Sanchai Zonbut.
