17 Sep The land and I

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Renowned Palestinian artist Nabil Anani’s
exhibition, The land and I, is set to open at Zawyeh Gallery in Dubai on 29
September 2024. The exhibition features a series of landscape works that reflect
Anani’s connection to the land. Using natural materials like wood, straw, spices,
and seeds, Anani’s paintings envision a free Palestine, a future without barriers or
occupation. The exhibition is a powerful statement on the relationship between
the artist, his Palestinian identity, and his aspiration for freedom. In his paintings,
Anani ties himself and the Palestinian people to their homeland, asserting
presence while reimagining the future.

The exhibition serves as a celebration of Palestine that he dreams of; manicured
nature, without checkpoints, cement barriers, or settlements as a way to assert
the presence of Palestinians but also to reimagine a free future. Anani says that he
inherited his love for the land from his father during his childhood in Halhul, north
of Hebron. He states “From the beginning of my artistic journey, I have been
passionate about painting the beauty of rural life and the breathtaking landscapes
of Palestine”.

Anani has been experimenting with natural mediums since the First Intifada, using
local materials, like leather, wood, straw, dried herbs, and seeds, infusing his
paintings with the very elements of the earth that he intimately portrays. He adds
“I experiment by using new materials all the time. With these experiments, I aim
to develop my artistic style in a way that adds depth to the color and texture
quality of my visual artistic expression”.

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