
The Artist:
Hussni Radwan was born in 1955 in Baghdad, where he attended the Baghdad
Fine Arts College and majored in graphic art. He works as a graphic
designer for many local quarterlies and papers. He has exhibited widely
in Tunisia, Iraq, Cyprus, Palestine, and participated in graphic art
Biennials in Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, and in Berlin. Radwan
also participated in a Palestinian art group exhibit at Norway's Drammens
Museum in August 1999. His last solo exhibit was at the Sakakini in
2000. Other group exhibits include the annual UN Palestinian arts
exhibit in New York.
His
work:
Radwan is one of the boldest Palestinian colorists. His large canvasses
mix shards of pottery, pieces of paper and cloth, with acrylic and
oil colors. He has also experimented recently with wood assemblages.
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