The Khalid Shoman Private Collection
Art Inspired
by Poetry
The
disciplines of poetry and visual art are two forms of expression
which maintain deep-rooted and intertwined histories, particularly
in the Arab World. The works presented from the Private Collection
are by artists who have taken inspiration from poetry or have
worked with poets at a point in their artistic career. Among
these are Marwan, Mohammad Omar Khalil, Rachid Koraïchi, Mohamed
Kacimi, Himat Ali, and Farid Belkahia. Kamal Boullata, Ziad
Dalloul, and Mona Saudi, in particular, have been stimulated
by the poetry of Adonis, in some cases even weaving the texts
of his poems into their art. Most of all, these artists have
been drawn towards Adonis’s poetry on cities, both historic
and new, including Grenada, Petra, and New York. Amid the
works on display by these artists are art books. Art books
are complex works that can take many shapes including scrolls,
collections of prints, and fold out books which are stored
in decorated boxes; they are printed in a limited number of
editions, and are generally, in one way or another, linked
to writing.
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