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He
is known for his mastery of drawing portraits, the human face
and contours of the human body. These attracted him since
early childhood. Aziz Amoura is one of the few Arab painters
who manages to get into the inner character of his art. This
week, the Khalid Shoman Foundation, Darat Al Funun inaugurated
an exhibition an exhibition of Amoura's works. Amoura
has captured the techniques of painting beautifully in his
35 years of drawing. What enriched Amoura's experience is
the fact he studied in Iraq and the united states. The originally
of the east was combined with the modernity and multi- varied
style of the west. Amoura
said what verifies this fact is the comments he hears from
the many he drawn. "They told me the portrait don't look
like them, and this is because the artist has the ability
to know the one in front of him better than himself,"
Amoura pointed out. Right
from when he was very young, Amoura new he wanted to paint.
However,
it was the Palestinian cause that was the most influential
on Amoura's character. His portrait and even the drawing of
the natural scenes reflected the sadness and misery of the
Palestinian people. These
emotions wee evident in his works of the pains of Palestinian
refugees in exile, a streak that remained indelibly printed
in the works he did in the 1960's and 1970s. While in the
late 1980s, one of Amoura's exhibitions was titled Stones
Explode displaying his impressions of the first Palestinian
Intifada. Amoura's
uncle was also a painter and this left a deep impression on
the young artist. His uncle noticed and encouraged the artistic
talents of the young Amoura. In
the second half of the 1950's, Amoura started to paint portraits
by using charcoal. At that time, he used to take five dinars
for each portrait he makes. Meanwhile, the monthly salary
of a school teacher used to be only 12 dinars. Amoura believes
this fact was one of the significant points which enabled
him to convince his family to study arts. The
rich cultural atmosphere in Baghdad where artistic exhibitions
used to be organized on regular basis, proved an inspiration
especially since quite a lot of these were made on the Tigress
River.Even the traditional and old cafes provided Ammoura
with a unique chance to study the human features and the natural
positions of the body. The people who frequent these cafes
never complained about the staring eyes of Ammoura and his
artists friends. In
Baghdad, he was introduced to the technique of using oil colors
in his paintings. Later, he developed his technique to paint
in water colors, using graphics and printing. In addition,
he was also fascinated with Arabic calligraphy and imprinted
verses of the Holy Quran and poetry in the background of his
works. Four
years later, he returned back to Amman where he worked as
an art teacher and taught part-time at the Fine Arts Institute. The
works of Ammoura in Darat al Funun also tackle other topics
like childhood, women and natural scenes. The exhibition runs
till 5 December. |
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Painting
on the wall By
Awadat - Star
