Buthayna Ali
"We" (2006)
We
Everyone chooses his own swing
We all swing like children
Yet someone else is pulling the strings
The greatest push is yet to come,
Politics, Economy, Religion, Love,
War versus peace
Love versus hate
We are here and there, we are alive.
We are Humans.
“People are an essential part of my installation. Their physical
and mental interaction with the space is pivotal to the artwork
itself. It is an attempt to break various barriers particularly
the one that exists between the audience and a classical work of
art.”
Buthayna Ali was born in
Damascus, Syria in 1974. After studying fine arts in Damascus,
she moved to Paris to continue her formal education. She studied
painting at the Superior National School of Fine Arts of Paris (ENSB-A)
and holds an M.A. degree in the History of Islamic Art from the
Paris IV Sorbonne University. Buthayna Ali currently teaches
painting at the Faculty of Fine Arts, Damascus. Besides her
academic commitments, Ali practices her own art. In all of her
installation pieces, she focuses on the contradictions present
within her milieu; through these works, one can strongly sense
her desire to get closer to society. Buthayna Ali’s recent
collective exhibitions include "Marionette" (Paris, 2007),
Europ’Art (Geneva, 2006), and one at the Brunei Gallery (London,
2004). She has had several solo shows as well, among which were
"We," Alriwaq Gallery (Damascus, 2006), "Promises," Atassi
Gallery (Damascus, 2003) and "Tent," National Museum (Damascus,
2002).
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The installation was exhibited recently at the10th International
Istanbul Biennial, 2007
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