Fahar Al-Salih Portfolio Selection 2016 2018 - Fahar Al Salih
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Fahar Al-Salih Portfolio Selection 2016 - 2018
Introduction Besides showing a special physical sense of painting, the expressive work of Fahar Al-Salih also reveals a lot about the artist's nomadic biography. The result of his 2 year study with Professor Markus Lüpertz, 3 year color study with Jerry Zeniuk and 1 year masterclass with Hermann Nitsch, can be very well seen in his SPONGE MOSAIC WORKS as well as in his „SHELTER“ painting series. In his paintings but also in his sculptural sponge objects and his photographies, Al-Salih uses the “shelter” motif to deal with the very human need and search for protection and a home. With the combination of his painting and sculpturing endeavors in his most recent works, his work has now come full circle and he opens a new stylistic chapter.
Sponge objects Since 2003, Fahar has been creating his mixed-media works with sponges. The works are evidence of both his cultural background and his examination of contemporary Western art. This connection is reflected in a canon of materials that separates from tradition and creates free spaces to develop an individual design language. The industrial sponge plays a crucial role in these works. Like the clay of classical mosaics, it is ductile and soft; only through hardening does it become unchangeable and durable. The sponge works are resistant to humidity therefore they also can be presented in spa indoor areas.
Fahar Al-Salih To Blow A Rainbow IV, 2018 Acryl und Harz auf Topfreiniger 84 x 123 x 5 cm
Fahar Al-Salih 1140, 2018 Acryl und Harz auf Topfreiniger 40 x 200 x 5 cm
Fahar Al-Salih 1141, 2018 Mixed Media 123 x 149 x 5 cm
Fahar Al-Salih For The Love Of God IV, 2018 Mixed Media 123 x 149 x 5 cm
Fahar Al-Salih Oriental Nights, 2018 Acryl und Harz auf Leinwand und Topreiniger 195 x 135 x 5 cm
Fahar Al-Salih So Far, 2018 Mixed Media auf Leinwand und Topfreiniger 125 x 220 x 5 cm
Action Painting Action painting is a direct and dynamic painting technique that gets its strength from the visibility of the process. The composition is not preconceived, but is created on the canvas through the interplay of action and reflection. Like an oscilloscope, it is the temporary recording of the creative decisions of the artist. This directness creates a raw and intimate document that is not reproducible.
Fahar Al-Salih Caramel II, 2017 Acryl auf Leinwand 200 x 160 cm
Fahar Al-Salih City of gold, 2017 Acryl auf Leinwand 190 x 220 cm
Fahar Al-Salih The Trip, 2016 Öl auf Leinwand 200 x 320 cm
Fahar Al-Salih Wearing No Seatbelt, 2017 Öl auf Leinwand 200 x 180 cm
Fahar Al-Salih Tell Her Today A1054 , 2016 Acryl auf Leinwand 190 x 220 cm
Photographie The Dark Side The Dark Side is the title of the new photographic low-key series of multimedia artist Fahar Al-Salih, known for his explosive action paintings and vibrantly colourful sponge objects. Yet his photographic oeuvre talks a different language, choosing an almost quiet and melancholic form of expression. In his photographs, mostly taken on journeys to the various homelands of the Iraqi-born artist, Al-Salih documents his surroundings in an almost voyeuristic manner, as the snapshots are taken spontaneously in the moment, hardly noticed by the depicted subjects. And still the images reach beyond concrete matters, beyond the visible, as if the photographs were to reveal a substance in between one moment and another, the oscillating atmosphere. In his series the artist documents an almost cineastic ‘univers noir', capturing a magic twilight that reminds us not only of cinematic stylistic devices, but leads back to the late renaissance, when the use of harsh and dramatic contrasts became a main stylistic tool and gained fame through the works of distinguished painters, like Caravaggio or Rembrandt. Where myths and religious motives provided emotional charge and catharsis, the photographs of Al-Salih live without horror or eros. It is the magic of the present in all its’ negligibility, which is so disappointing and wins us over yet again.
Fahar Al-Salih The Dark Side 01, 2011 Aluminium Druck, Holz Schattenfuge, schwarz 120 x 180 cm
Fahar Al-Salih The Dark Side 03, 2011 Aluminium Druck, Holz Schattenfuge, schwarz 180 x 120 cm
Fahar Al-Salih The Dark Side 04, 2011 Aluminium Druck, Holz Schattenfuge, schwarz 120 x 180 cm
Fahar Al-Salih The Dark Side 05, 2011 Aluminium Druck, Holz Schattenfuge, schwarz 120 x 180 cm
FAHAR AL-SALIH
ABOUT
born in Bagdad, 1964
living and working in Karlsruhe, Germany, since 2001
EDUCATION
Masterstudent Professor Hermann Nitsch
2 yrs. Professor Markus Lüpertz
2 yrs. Jerry Zeniuk
FAIRS (Selection)
2018 „One-Artist-Show“ art Karlsruhe, Germany
2018 AAF, Brussels, Belgium
2017 „One-Artist-Show“ art Karlsruhe, Germany
2015 art3F, Lyon, France
2013 LA Art Show, Los Angeles, USA
2012 Affordable Art fair, Brussels, Belgium
2012 art Bodensee, Germany
2009 art Karlsruhe, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
07/2018 „The Dark Side“, Galerie Klinger & Me, Karlsruhe, Germany
08/2017 „Eine neue Dimension“, Galerie G, Judenburg, Austria
06-12/2016 BMW-World, München, Germany
2013 Schwammobjekte, Atelier 12, Karlsruhe, Germany
2013 Herbert-Weißenburger-Stiftung, Raststatt, Germany
04-10/2010 Vollack, Karlsruhe, Germany
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (Selection)
09/2018-01/2019 Government presidium of Bavaria, Munich, Germany
04/2017 Galerie G, Judenburg, Austria
02/2017 Breitengrad goes Seeboden, Austria, kultur-im.puls
01/2017 Breitengrad goes Munich, Das Gartenhaus - Maximilianstraße, Germany
04/2016 Städtische Galerie Bad Reichenhall, Germany
07/2015 Farbe zuerst, Uniklinikum Würzburg, Germany
07/2014 FÜNFUNDZWANZIG FARBEN, Pasinger Fabrik, Munich, Germany
07/2014 Malerei - Grenzenlos, Kunstsudhaus, Villach, Austria
01/2012 Städtische Galerie im Schloß Isny, Germany
10/2011 Galerie Szyb Wilson, Katowice, Poland
Purchachases (Selection)
Family Klatten and Herbert-Weisenburger Stiftung, Rastatt, GermanyYou can also read
