Damascus, ST- (Parita) in Aramaic means creation and creativity, and this word brings together nine plastic artists in one exhibition and one word which is” art” and creativity.
The exhibition held by “Alf Noun” Gallery for Art with the participation of many artists: Bashir Badawi, Jan Hanna, Jumah Nizhan, Fartikis Barsoumian, Shadia Daaboul , Ghassan Akl, Nimat Badawi, Noha Jabara and Nour Al Zayla’a. Their participation covered works of different genres such as :drawing, sculpture, graphics by using suitable materials to attach one value: love and human being.
Artist Badi Jahjah, the owner of “Alf Noun” Gallery, explained that the exhibition includes a group of artists, including three women, who presented various works were an extensions of our Aramaic culture. He pointed out that these works differed from one artist to another, as they have a symbolic, expressive, and graphic structure. The sculpture works differed between wood, marble and bronze. This indicates that the Syrian artists consider art as a human collective situation in addition to its relationship with intellectual principles because it expresses reality , dream and hope.
The artist Shadia Daaboul participated in three bronze sculptures, in which she expressed realistic human situations, noting the importance of working in bronze, which is a beautiful, warm material and enablesus to express our inner feelings.
The artist, Bashir Badawi, explained that he participated in two oil works that talk about the female and show the personal human features.
The artist Noor Al-Zayla’a participated in a wooden sculpture work of a pregnant woman, as an expression of birth and creation, in addition to a work of stone which is a portrait of a woman’s face as in the case of meditation.
M.Wassouf