Painting Exhibition to be Hosted by French Cultural Center [Archives:2001/12/Last Page]

The French Cultural Center is hosting an exhibition by Nasser Ahmed from the 19th to the 31th of March 2001. This exhibition of paintings and sculptures will be held on the 2nd Floor of the French Cultural Center and it will be open to the public five days a week from 9 a.m – 1 p.m and from 4 p.m to 8 p.m.
The opening ceremony will take place under the auspices of H.E.Dr. Abdulmalik Mansour, Minister for Culture and Tourism at 7 p.m in the Arthur Rimbaud Hall.
Born in 1959 in Baghdad, Mr. Nasser Ahmed graduated in Biology but right after his scientific studies, he dedicated himself to an artistic career. His first exhibition took place in Iraq and he began to show his work in Europe in 1996, with the collaboration of the Yemeni Cultural Center. In Yemen, he is already a well known artist, thanks to his numerous exhibitions in Sanaa.



He is a painter as well as a sculptor, and a designer. An artist as well as a craftsman, he works with different mediums (oil, watercolor and gouache), and uses different techniques, such as a press machine or copper plates.
The exhibition will be an occasion to display the full extent of Mr. Nasseer’s art with a whole range of creations (paintings and sculptures). The framings and hanging sets artistically designed in wrought iron will be part of the artwork itself. It also composes an original way of presenting an art show.


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