EXHIBITION: MOHAMMAD JALOOS & FAKHER MOHAMMAD
ARABIC MUSIC DAYS
- Beyond Music
- Arab and Persian World
Online Exhibition
Each year,
the Arabic Music Days have included an exhibition of contemporary art from the
Arab world. Inviting the artists in person and presenting their work at the
Pierre Boulez Saal for the 2020 edition regrettably was made impossible by
travel restrictions due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Mohammad Jaloos
Born in
Amman, Jordan, in 1960, Mohammad Jaloos studied painting at the Institute of
Fine Arts in his hometown and received a bachelor’s degree in Business
Administration from the University of Jordan. Since 1981, his works have been
seen in more than 25 solo exhibitions and are part of the collections of
distinguished international institutions such as the Jordan National Gallery,
the Moroccan National Museum in Casablanca, Beijing’s National Art Museum of
China (NAMOC), the Tehran Academy of Fine Arts, the Museum of Modern Art in
Kuwait, and the Syrian Ministry of Culture in Damascus. He has published many
articles in the fields of arts journalism and criticism as well as a collection
of short stories. A recipient of several awards, he has also been a jury member
for exhibitions and competitions in Jordan, Bahrain, Oman, and the U.S.
Fakher Mohammad
Born in Babylon, Iraq, in 1954, Fakher Mohammad received a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in Painting from the Baghdad Academy of Fine Arts and in 2003 earned a Ph.D. in Modern Painting. He currently holds the position of Dean of the College of Fine Arts at Babylon University and is a member of the Iraqi Artists Syndicate and the Society of Iraqi Plastic Artists. A pioneer of the Iraqi contemporary art scene, he works in a diverse palette of styles, from the abstract to the concrete. He is a winner of several international awards, including the Special Merit Prize of the 1984 Cagnes-sur-Mer Festival and the Silver Prize of the 1985 Faiq Hassan Young Artists Competition in Baghdad. Many of his works are part of private collections throughout the Arab world and Europe.