Ali Kaaf

paikka: Oran

Syntynyt: 1977

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Ali Kaaf is a Syrian-born German visual artist. His artistic style focuses on pictorial language, and works to connect the worlds of Beirut, Berlin, and the United States. He studied Visual Art from 1994 to 1998 at the Institut des Beaux-Arts in Beirut and at the Universität der Künste Berlin (UdK) from 2000 to 2005. His academic teachers there were Marwan Kassab-Bachi and Rebecca Horn. Kaaf is influenced by European and Arab cultures and art traditions. His abstract art is inspired by important locations in his life — Damascus, Beirut, and Berlin —and by concepts such as Sufi mysticism and Islamic philosophy. Balance between meditation and returning to everyday life is part of the artist’s thinking and is directly inscribed in his artistic activity. Kaaf’s work comprises various artistic disciplines, from drawing and photography to glass sculpture, sound, and video-to-room installation. He primarily works with paper and ink.