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The Artist, not Painter – Mariam Janahi Haji

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The full time Bahraini artist is a drawing graduate whose technical skill and formal expression helped win her last years Dana Prize in the 38th Annual Fine Arts Exhibition with her “Kill the Muse” and “Freedom from the Muse” series.  This November, another exhibition, this time her second solo show at the Bin Matar House, unveiled “Premonition”: her first attempt at oil painting two larger than life canvases, supported by preparatory drawings, sketches and an in-the-making-of film. This series relates directly to grandiose Renaissance oil paintings and moreso, to …

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The Artist, not Painter – Mariam Janahi Haji

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