“3Arabiya” -car installation- by The Narcicyst X eL Seed

Calligraffiti by eL Seed

“If the People…” (Window)

“Qf” (Stop sign)

“Eyn al Mufta7?” (right column)

#2011 ARAB WINTER

Nahnou’l Thawra (We Are The Revolution) by El Seed

Spraypaint and Acrylic on Canvas (Piece spins on a spindle.)

2011 #ARABWINTER

Le Pays De L’or Noir by The Narcicyst (Yassin Alsalman)

As ARAB WINTER is a rendition of a street the night after its’ people reach its’ goal, Le Pays De L’or Noir is one of three installation pieces by the Narcicyst in the space.  With a stack of televisions falling apart, one spewing oil and gold, while others play footage of the ‘91 Gulf War, this piece is a hommage to the TinTin novel by the same name, but also a play on the fact our countries are viewed as resources to be channeled and not a land for a people. Allahdamercy.

2011 #ARAB WINTER.

Warchestra by Sundus Abdul Hadi (Floor Design by El Seed)

Warchestra is a painting/sound series by Sundus Abdul Hadi re-imagining the images of conflict and juxtaposing them with cultural and musical iconography that is deleted by the theatre of war. In Warchestra, the lost elements of music, culture, and history are replacing the weapons of violence and the destruction of Iraq that took place over the past decades. www.warchestra.com

2011 #ARABWINTER

Sound produced by Sundus Abdul Hadi and The Narcicyst

For those who want to check out ARAB WINTER, you can visit the Under Pressure Fresh Paint Gallery from now until January 30th, 2012.

Address is 180 Ste. Catherine East, Montreal.

Opening hours are Wednesday-Saturday from 12-7pm

PICTURE AN ARAB MAN by TAMARA ABDUL HADI. (on far left) RIHLA by SAWSAN ALSARAF.

Tamara  Abdul Hadi retraces the face of the Arab Man and requestions the validity of the concepts of a monolithic ‘look’. Her series is growing and contains men from the UAE to Lebanon, Canada to Europe.

#ARABWINTER 2011.

Photos by Sundus Abdul Hadi

T’areeq Il-Haq (The Path of The Struggle For Truth) By Karim Jabari

Recreating the jail cell in which his father spent 13 years in, in his mother land of Tunisia, for being a political opponent of the regime.

2011 #ARABWINTER

Photos by Sundus Abdul Hadi