Asim Abu Shakra Entra en un
sensación no
una galería
Elige un estado de ánimo y la propia sala te responderá: la luz se enfría o se calienta, el aire cambia su ritmo y solo las obras que evocan ese sentimiento emergen de la oscuridad. Todo lo demás retrocede hacia la sombra.
Asim Abu Shakra
Asim Abu Shakra (1961–1990) Asim Abu Shakra, also known as asem abu shaqra, 'asim abu shaqra, assem abu shakra, was a palestinian artist born in 1961 in Umm el-Fahm, Israel. He was the seventh of ten children in a Muslim family. From 1982 to 1986, Abu Shakra studied at Kalisher Art School in Tel Aviv, washing dishes to pay his bills. In his second year of studies, he lived and painted in a room at the school, living on scholarships awa
rded by the school. After graduating in 1986, he worked for a printing company, eventually becoming a teaching assistant and a drawing instructor at Kalisher. In 1987, he met Eitan Hillel, a curator and gallery owner, who organized showings of his work. With Hillel’s help, he began to work at a studio on Nahmani Street in Tel Aviv-Yafo. He felt a perpetual sense of alienation as a Palestinian living in Israel that was echoed in his pa…