Samar Yahya Saudi Gazette JEDDAH — Jeddah Atelier for Fine Arts in cooperation with Arabs Atelier in Cairo inaugurated the monthlong “Contemporary Arab Innovation” art gallery for this season recently. The gallery hosts a large number of artists from different Arab countries such as Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Egypt, Syria and Lebanon. Some of the participating artists are Saif Waely, Sabry Rageb, El Desouqy Fahmy, Selwan Ibrahim, Hussain Madi, Salah Enany, Helmi Tuny, Sabhan Adam, Ezzat Ibrahim, Wageeh Nahla, Shaker El Madawy, Abul Enin, Rabab Nemr, Taha Sabaan, Fahd El Hejailan, Abdullah Idris, Atef Ahmad, Tarek El Komy, Hassan Al Sharq, Hanan El Sheikh, Hend Adnan, Eman Osama, Taj and Waleed Obaid, Mohsen Abul Azm, Enas El Sedeeq, Nora Abdul Monem, Asem Abdel Fatah, Samar El Barwawy, Zakaria Suliman, Marwa Ezzat, Islam El Sharqawy and Hesham Emam. The artists will be presenting their aesthetic artworks, exchanging experiences of them as artists along with sharing their cultures. Hesham Qandeel, Manager of Jeddah Atelier, said it is a golden opportunity for the general public and art lovers who are interested in plastic arts to admire and enjoy creativity of the wide range of artworks presented by artists from the Arab world. Qandeel also said that the artworks displayed at the gallery are from different generations and share a comprehensive dialogue between the new and old. Participating artists described the gallery as one of the largest art galleries that has successfully brought together a large number of prominent artists and their elegant artworks under one roof.
