Pictures from Amman’s Street Art Fair
We visited Amman’s Street Art Fair this weekend, organized by Art Medium, who also were a part of organizing last year’s Sunny Art Fair. The setting was awesome; very summery and chillaxed.
As is implied by the phrase “street art”, the artwork on display was mostly the work of student artists as well as amateurs delving into the visual arts. Some of the work was fantastic and inspiring, and some was a little too amateurish, bordering on dude-WTF. There was tons and tons of art though, surely to satisfy every taste.
My favorite artist in the whole ga3deh is called Shamekh. His work is just shockingly different from the charcoal portraits, watercolor scenery, and oil “expressionism” that are usually rampant in the Jordanian art scene. He uses acrylics, colored pencils, and color washes to bring to life his very eccentric characters.
The work of Shamekh:
Here are my other favorite pieces:
By Sandra Hiari
Otherwise, snapshots of the event:
See you in next year’s art fair :)
Art Medium’s website, Art Medium’s Facebook page
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