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Art in Kuwait highlighted by The Economist

April 20, 2011

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ABOVE a busy roundabout in Hawalli, a suburb of Kuwait, loom four giant but subtle photographs about Arab identity and placelessness by Tarek Al-Ghoussein. A Palestinian photographer originally from Kuwait, Mr Al-Ghoussein has exhibited widely, but this is the first time his work has been seen in the country of his birth.


Mr Al-Ghoussein is best known for a series of self-portraits that are too politically sensitive to be shown on billboards in a conservative sovereign state like Kuwait. In these works, the artist wears the ideologically loaded black-checkered “kufiya” scarf while walking through different environments, such as airports, shipyards, ruined buildings and shooting ranges…

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Read full article “Art, Diplomatically deployed” | The Economist

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  1. Anonymous says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:33 PM

    Where are the billboards?

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  2. Art Kuwait says

    April 21, 2011 at 12:57 PM

    Should be in Hawalli, Tunis street, main roundabout – what I see form the picture, but still didn't have time to check personally.

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