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Asem Abu Shakra (1961-1990) is a Palestinian visual artist , born in Umm al-Fahm . He studied in its schools and then moved to the high school in Afula , from which he graduated in 1982. He joined the Kalsher Institute in Tel Aviv to study art from 1982 to 1986 , and he focused his art on cactus paintings to express his illness.
His artwork
Abu Shakra was influenced by three artists (Uri Stettner, Moshe Copperman, and David Rieff) who helped him develop his pictorial language. Abu Shakra worked on the cactus - a national symbol that embodies the meaning of clinging and resilience in the Arab world. As a Palestinian citizen who studied and lived in Tel Aviv, Israel, far from his birthplace, just like a cactus that is separated from its group, taken from the wild, and then placed in a small pot, Abu Shakra felt that his personal story was similar to the cactus's story.
The writer Zakaria Muhammad says about him , “Asem Abu Shaqra, from the Arabs of 1948, is considered one of the most important names in the world of Palestinian visual art. He represents the last link in the chain of early absence from the world of Palestinian culture: Abdel Rahim Mahmoud , Ibrahim Touqan , and Ghassan Kanafani . Despite his very early departure, in the last two years of his life, he presented an amazing achievement represented by the “Cactus of the Pots” sequences, which were considered a breakthrough that pushed the Palestinian symbol to very new horizons.”
The painter and critic Kamal Boullata says of him, "He represents a turning point in the Arabization of the language of painting, the tools of which were imported by the pioneers of Palestinian art at the beginning of this century." While Israeli museums have seized his works and appreciated their value, he is still, unfortunately, largely unknown in the Arab world. Indeed, it could be said that he is not even sufficiently known in Palestine.
Asim Abu Shaqra's work constitutes an increasingly broad Israeli-Palestinian interpretive literature. It focuses on attempting to interpret his symbols, particularly the symbol of the potted cactus, which he spent the last two years of his life drawing with such obstinacy and determination that his life seemed complete when he reached and completed this symbol. His early death certainly contributed to arousing interest in his work. His passing, like a mythical god in the prime of his youth, thrust his work into the spotlight. However, the depth and authenticity of this product are the basis behind the widespread controversy regarding its symbols and its cactus.
His death
He died in 1990 , after being diagnosed with cancer , and in commemoration of his memory, his family announced the conversion of the largest part of the family home in Umm al-Fahm into a museum displaying many of the artist’s works and some of his personal belongings. The museum is being prepared to receive interested visitors and those interested in learning about the Palestinian artist in the next phase.
Exhibitions
His first solo exhibition in Tel Aviv at the Rab Gallery in 1988
Another solo show at the Rai Hall in 1989
1991, "Zicron" Exhibition, Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1994, Tel Aviv Museum of Art
1998, "Assem Abu Shakra's Cactus" Exhibition - Art Gallery - Umm al-Fahm
1999, “Asem Abu Shakra” Exhibition - Khalil Sakakini Center Gallery - Ramallah.
Abu Shakra's paintings reached the Louvre Museum in France , where one of his paintings of "cactus" was displayed. His paintings also participated in solo and group exhibitions in many countries around the world, such as the United States, Germany , and Turkey . He was also the first Arab artist to have his paintings displayed in a solo exhibition at the Tel Aviv Museum , in addition to holding many of his own art exhibitions in various places throughout the country. He also won the American-Israeli Cultural Foundation Award.
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