Jad El Khoury
Lebanon’s Grassroots Protests Inspired A Street Art Revolution
According to Wikipedia, a resistance movement is an organized effort by some portion of the civil population of a country to withstand the legally established government or an occupying power and to disrupt civil order and stability. It may seek to achieve its objectives through either the use of nonviolent resistance (sometimes called civil resistance,) or the use of force, …
Jad El Khoury’s curtains Adorn An Abandoned Building In Stavanger With A Message Of Hope
Earlier this spring, we were taken with the work of Lebanese artist Jad El Khoury, who completed his both ideologically and technically amazing street art installation, Burj El Hawa, otherwise known as the Tower of Wind. Nuart Festival Founder and Director Martyn Reed called this feat “a standout work leagues ahead of anything else,” and …
Brand New, You’re Retro: NUART FESTIVAL Line Up 2019
As Nuart Festival kicks off its 19th edition, they once again bring a host of international artists to the city of Stavanger to help us make sense of the world we inhabit and how we can better navigate it. Through the creation of public artworks, Nuart aims to challenge existing narratives, generate new ideas, and …
Jad El Khoury: An Artist Grappling With A Society In Denial
At this year’s annual Arte Laguna Prize in Venice (Italy), Nuart’s Martyn Reed convened a Land Art/Urban Art panel intended to explore the growing pervasiveness of street art in creating “museums without walls.” Populated by professionals including Dr. Susan Hansen of Nuart, independent curator Simone Pallotta, and Mattias Givell of Wanas Konst, the discussion “[reflected], from different …