Artist Information:
Nazir Tanbouli
nottingham,
United Kingdom
Member Since: Dec 2004
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Artist Statement:
Nazir Tanbouli is an artist
whose approach to his art is
like that of a scientist
confronting the wonders of the
natural world: amazed at its
wonder and variety, but
approaching it with rigour and
method as well as
extraordinary passion.
Tanbouli’s chosen medium is
drawing, and whatever he
produces – drawing,
printmaking, painting,
installation and video – is
all about drawing, all about
line and structure and
expressing complex ideas
through a simple method. Or so
it seems, for in fact
Tanbouli’s work is anything
but simple.
Tanbouli’s body of work to
date confounds all sorts of
critics: traditionalists who
applaud his concentration on
drawing and composition, and
“conceptualists” who are
astonished by his sheer
technical brilliance. The
artist has managed to marry a
highly conceptual approach to
a rigorously refined and
dedicated process. His
approach to drawing is that of
a vocation, a continuing
search for perfection in line.
Not since Ingres has there
been an artist so dedicated to
the line above all. His line
goes exactly where it needs to
go, from strictly
observational to deeply
grotesque - without his pen
leaving the surface.
Like Ingres, Tanbouli’s
approach is generated from the
womb of the ...
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Artist Exhibitions:
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 "Private Nightmares"
Redgate Gallery, London
2008 "Constructed Mythologies"
Whitewall, Milton Keynes
Contemporary.
2006 "Men and Insects" solo
mural project. Rich & Famous
Gallery, London.
2006 Solo exhibition, De
Montfort Hall, Leicester.
2005 "Nazir Tanbouli" Solo
exhibition, Factory-Berlin,
Berlin.
2005 “3 Films by Nazir
Tanbouli” The Collection, ...
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Artist Galleries:
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Nazir Tanbouli's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Nazir Tanbouli's Portfolio. Browse Tanbouli's body of work: Nazir Tanbouli is an artist whose approach to his art is like that of a scientist confronting the wonders of the natural world: amazed at its wonder and variety, but approaching it with rigour and method as well as extraordinary passion.
Tanbouli’s chosen medium is drawing, and whatever he produces – drawing, printmaking, painting, installation and video – is all about drawing, all about line and structure and expressing complex ideas through a simple method. Or so it seems, for in fact Tanbouli’s work is anything but simple.
Tanbouli’s body of work to date confounds all sorts of critics: ... |
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