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His work and that of other artist is on display by the name; Gaza ’24

A month and a half ago, I introduced Ahmed Aldaalsa, a young artist from Gaza to you. Meanwhile, I can (proudly) report that Ahmed has an exhibition at art space Het Langhuis in Zwolle.

I curated this exhibition together with Wim Marseille (Langhuis expo committee) and, with the help and commitment of artists, performers and now many others, we managed to turn it into something beautiful and (I think) meaningful.

Read more about the exhibition here: https://www.langhuis.nl/expected-gaza-24/

Next Saturday, 03-08-2024, this exhibition opens

The opening will be framed by a live performance by Fakkelteit in Beatbox; Rilyc, Stan & Felix Flakes. DJ ‘Jehudi spins record’ will provide tasty music, there will be snacks, drinks and good company.

Through Ahmed’s raw yet vulnerable images and retorts from Zwolle artists and others, we open a new debate; sensitive, engaged, compassionate and supportive.

Ahmed’s work is also for sale
Quality prints have been made of his drawings and photographs on A2 and A3 in small editions. These special prints are on sale at the Langhuis. The proceeds go directly to the artist still living in Gaza.

+ Participating artists besides Ahmed Aldaalsa are Olivier Otten, Ibrahim Kurt, and Basma Al Afifi (Gaza/Egypt) with, in addition, a contribution from Fakkelteit, Beatbox. (image and sound recording by Lesley Da Rosa)

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Exhibition Vermeerderen (Multiply)

From 07 July to 27 September, my works; I Would Always Want To Be Here, Nothing But A Dreamer, Brave New World 02, Violence Is Blue and Sweet Dreams will be on display during the exhibition Multiplying (Vermeerderen) – at Micksart Gallery in Emmen

Exhibition Story Line

From 07 July to 11 August, my works; Virgin Screens (Green), Do You Follow Me and Are You Following Me will be on display at the exhibition Story line at Galerie de Ploegh in Amersfoort.

Sold

Happy to report that my painting Brave New World 01 is getting a new home! The new owner is the Zwolle-based company, STORM in Recruitment.

Thank you Arnold Bouman, for the purchase and have fun with, what I believe is also a bit symbolic of the, Superman, which is surely also hidden in all of us, no matter how small or how big you or your shadow may be.

“How can a person lose everything he owns and not lose his mind?” Ahmed Aldaalsa, Gaza 2024.

I am a board member at Kunstruimte het Langhuis (Zwolle) and more than half a year ago we had this exhibition called Young In Gaza. We invited 5 female artist from Gaza with paintings and drawings of their daily life. I bought a beautiful portrait of a cat by Fatma Haloupi. We have stayed in minimal contact since then but with that came a new contact, called Ahmed.

Recently as Fatma did, Ahmed messaged me too to ask if we wanted to crowdfund him to help him escape from Rafah. It was this personal contact as well as the feeling of the drop in the bucket that made me consider the possibility of other possible ways to do something.

Since Ahmed and also Fatma are both young artists and thus able to transform their experiences and despair into images and therefore also provide a stage for themselves as well as the suffering of others. I figured, I just need to make them a little more visible and their story tells itself.

Hence I gave Ahmed and Fatma a spot on my website, and there is room for more.

On this guest page you can see more of his drawings affiliated under the description “How can a person lose everything he owns and not lose his mind?

It also includes the link to his and her Instagram and crowdfunding page.

This summer art space the Langhuis hopes to show the personal work of Ahmed, Fatma and other artists from Gaza to tell a universal but very personal story of displacement fear and sorrow. A story that needs to be told.

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