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Artist Statement:
Speaking about his art and the
1973 War, Abdi said:
"Out of my world view and my
loathing of war, and also out
of my profound concern for the
future of relations between
the two peoples, Arab and
Jewish, I have shown my two
works here in the exhibition
entitled “Echoes of the
Times”.. When the cannons
thundered on the Golan Heights
and the banks of the Suez
Canal, and when the future of
the region was at risk, I
recalled the words of Pablo
Picasso, and in my work I said
“no to war”. In accordance
with my artistic beliefs, art
must be committed and play a
role.... In the same way that
an artist lives the events of
the past, present and future,
he also lives the conflict
between Man and the forces of
evil and destruction. And when
society and humankind are in
crisis, the artist is required
to express himself
harmoniously by means of the
artistic vehicle at his
disposal […] and so […] the
role of the artist in his
work, thoughts and worldview
is to reinforce the perpetual
connection between himself and
the society in which he lives.
I was brought up according to
this approach ...
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Artist Reviews:
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Collections:
Academy of Fine Arts, Dresden,
Germany
Archives of Israel Museum
Archives of the art collection
of the Presidential Palace,
Republic of Hungary
Her Royal Highness Princess
Wijdan Ali, Amman
National Museum, Amman, Jordan
Ministry of Culture,
Palestinian Authority
Ministry of Culture, Sofia,
Bulgaria
Municipality of
Oldenburg,Germany
Municipal Museum of ...
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Commissions:
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Exhibitions for Abed Abdi:
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Abed Abdi held his first exhibition in Tel Aviv in 1962.
Over the years, he has participated in over 50 group exhibitions, among them the joint Palestinian-Israeli exhibition titled “It’s Possible” which toured the USA and Germany between 1988 and 1990. In 1995 he participated in the second joint exhibition for Palestinians and Israelis in Germany. His works appeared in the “Solidarity with the Palestinian People” exhibitions in Tokyo, Berlin, Brussels, Belgrade and Athens.
He held personal exhibitions in Belgium, Bulgaria, Israel and in the Palestinian Territories. In 1996 he held an exhibition in the Jordanian National Gallery in Amman. In 1996 he also held an exhibition in the city of Doha, as Part of an Israeli Arab delegation to Qatar.
In 2008 he exhibited in Schallstadt in Germany.
In 2009 "Wama Nassina" Retrospective Exhibition of his illustrations, in Tel Aviv.
In 2010 he held his "50 years of Creativity" exhibition in Um El Fahem (Israel).
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