Syrian plastic art in 2022, a distinguished presence locally and globally
Syrian plastic art was strongly present in the cultural arena for the year 2022. Artworks of sculpture, drawing, portraiture and photography were exhibited in the corridors of many public and private galleries, presenting young artistic talents, and performances by veterans in the world of plastic art, through the local, Arab and international exhibitions held around the world.
The Ministry of Culture and the Directorate of Fine Arts worked hard to present the plastic art in the best way through activities and events that covered all governorates.It also honored creative and artistic figures who won prizes in local and global competitions and held various exhibitions that shed light on emotional, national and social issues.
The year 2022 witnessed joint exhibitions between Syria and friendly countries that brought together humanitarian issues on artistic paintings, in which the concerns of the peoples of the world emerged. The paintings toured around the world to present the civilized face of Syria with all the expressive colors of plastic art.
The Syrian expatriate artist in Canada Randa Hijazi was able to achieve distinction and a prominent presence by winning the silver medal for her participation in an art exhibition held in the Royal Hall of Saint Madeleine Church in Paris.
The international Syrian artist Sarah Shamma participated in the painting “Mira and Sanjeev” in the summer exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts in London 2022, and Syrian plastic art attended the art exhibition “Ishraqat 2022”, which was held in Dubai with contemporary Arab plastic art.
All this artistic creativity was crowned with various individual and group honorary awards for all types and specializations of plastic art, as well as for pioneering artistic personalities and various competitions, including honoring the winners of the poster competition for the second season, and honoring pioneering Syrian icons in plastic art.
The widest artistic space began in the fifth season of the Syrian Fine Art Days, which was launched by the Ministry of Culture in October to celebrate the centenary of the artist, teacher Fateh Al-Mudarres, under the slogan “Seventy Years of Modernity,” which is a reference to the passage of seventy years since his painting Kafr Jannah won the first prize, in 1952, which was considered the beginning of the history of modernity in Syrian plastic art.