5/11/2023 0 Comments Jordan logo pop artAs humans, we are usually somewhat detached from others misfortunes if they are even slightly different from us - or if the conflict is not happening in our backyard. When the Arab Spring began, I felt a close connection to the women and men in the streets, because they all looked and sounded like the close friends I had grown up with in Dubai. This knowledge is not something other Arabs experience when they grow up and spend their whole lives in one country. I understand accents and know the traditions of the Arab world. I feel a close connection to Emiratis, Egyptians, Lebanese, Tunisians etc. ![]() Dubai is a hub that attracts expats from everywhere. Growing up in Dubai meant that I was open to the cultures of the whole Arab world. Still, I also could not have been any more fortunate to have the opportunity to have experienced a combination of countries to call home at different times in my life. In a sense, I am lucky that I know what drives me as an artist. For me, no matter what subject attracts my inspiration at a moment in time, I always find myself going back to wanting and needing to make one more painting of Palestine. In my opinion, many Palestinian artists are born with a built-in nagging inspiration to resist. RE: When you are born Palestinian, you are born into a lingering feeling of frustrated unresolved reality, accompanied with a tremendous sense of identity. How have these different cultural influences affected your work? Widewalls: You were raised in Dubai to Palestinian parents, studied in Jordan and Italy and you now live in Singapore. And I believe that it shaped my style as an artist today as it now has a significant influence on what visually excites me when I allow my realistic figures to occupy that fantasy setting. The Disney obsession stayed with me for several years and lasted into my late teens. I wanted so badly to walk into that world. ![]() A world that did not abide by the rules of physics or anything that constitutes as "the social norm". No, I was entirely obsessed with the idea of a wonderfully colourful world where I can interact with amazing, non-sensical over the top characters, with whom I would argue their twisted logic in long-winded conversations. Rasha Eleyan: Since I was little, I have been a big fan of Disney movies, and as a kid, my favorites were the ones that combined animation with live-action. Widewalls: Your work combines realistic elements with pop art references. Left: Rasha Eleyan - 195th Member (Zaghrouta) / Right: Rasha Eleyan - The Gardens of Death In an exclusive Widewalls interview, she talks about her inspiration, Disney cartoons, the contrasting dynamics in her works, recurring motifs and much more. We had a chat with Rasha Eleyan to find out more about her artistic practice. ![]() Drawing inspiration from architecture, culture and current events, whether from her Middle Eastern origins or her home in southeast Asia, she merges hyperrealistic elements and pop art references. On the other hand, a second model in slip-on style, with a minimalist black aesthetic and a yellow strip that continues the shape of the rubber sole.Born in Dubai to Palestinian parents, Rasha Eleyan has developed a truly unique aesthetics that combines classical style with a love of cartoons. From early childhood, she was mentored by her father, the great Palestinian artist Nasr Abdelaziz Eleyan, in the art of drawing and oil painting.īeginning her artistic career as an illustrator, Eleyan worked for Walt Disney Television in Singapore, which had a tremendous influence on her career and life as an artist. The Autumn Winter 2019 collection features two models, one with vertical laces and striations and two-tone tones. The new slippers of the firm born in 1994 in the metropolitan area of Italy are the everyday made art and style. OTB’s designer – Only The Brave– fosters the character of the Italian group by challenging the rules of creativity. Francesco Risso, Marni’screative director has illustrated his new sneakers from the peel of the banana. ![]() The artistic current of pop art lies in exploring the differences between reality and representation, the authentic Andy Warhol character. Taking the mid-20th century pop art as a reference, Marni has designed two silhouettes with vivid colours and soft lines, with a curved and smooth rubber sole. The Italian fashion house based in Milan presents its new collection FW19 slippers.
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