Programs for
September - November 2007

Exhibitions

"Distorted Reality"
Video art and photography
by Saudi artist
Faisal Samra

"Spirituality and Modernity in
Two Umayyad Mosques"
Photography by
Palestinian-American artist
Said Nuseibeh

Featured artists from
the Private Collection:
Jananne al-Ani, Sama Alshaibi,
Ali Kaaf, Huda Lutfi
and Maha Mustafa

September 4 - November 27, 2007

Tuesday at the Darat

Lectures on Islamic architecture and art presented by Dr. Yasser Tabbaa, previously Associate Professor at Oberlin College.
Blue House, 6:00pm


Tuesday 11/9/2007
Lecture: Fragmentation and Permanence in Islamic Domes

Tuesday 23/10/2007
Lecture: Geometric Ornament: History and Contemporary Resonance

Tuesday 30/10/2007
Lecture: Islamic Calligraphy: History and Contemporary Implications

Tuesday 6/11/2007
Film screening and talk:
The Birth of the
Documentary Image

Tuesday 13/11/2007
Lecture: Imperial and Paradisiacal Gardens in
the Islamic World

Wednesday 21/11/2007
Film screening and talk:
The Experimental Image
and Dada Cinema

Tuesday 27/11/2007
Film screening and talk: The Deconstruction of the Image in Conceptual Photography


Permanent Exhibitions

"The Khalid Shoman Collection"
Paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, photography and book illustrations by 66 Arab Artists from Jordan, Palestine, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq, Egypt, Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia.

"Dar Khalid"
A museum of images reflecting
Khalid Shomann's life and legacy.



Darat al Funun opening hours:

Saturday-Wednesday: 10am - 7pm
Ramadan: 10am - 3pm

Darat Al Funun,
P.O.Box: 5223, Amman 11183, Jordan
Tel: (962-6) 464 3251 /2
Fax: (962-6) 464 3253
darat@thekhalidshomanfoundation.org
www.daratalfunun.org