Nabil Anani
{{Short description|Palestinian artist}}
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Nabil Anani ({{langx|ar|نبيل عناني}}; born 1943) is a Palestinian visual artist.{{cite book|last1=Semi|first1=Emanuela Trevisan|title=Memory and Ethnicity: Ethnic Museums in Israel and the Diaspora|date=5 December 2013|isbn=9781443854665|pages=140|url=http://www.cambridgescholars.com/download/sample/59573}} He was one of the founders of the contemporary Palestinian art movement called New Visions.{{cite book|last1=Ankori|first1=Gannit|title=Palestinian Art|url=https://archive.org/details/palestinianart0000anko|url-access=registration|date=2006|isbn=978-1861892591|pages=[https://archive.org/details/palestinianart0000anko/page/223 223]}}{{Cite book |last=Aboubakr |first=Randa |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rmtjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PT308 |title=Spaces of Participation: Dynamics of Social and Political Change in the Arab World |last2=Freitag |first2=Ulrike |last3=Jurkiewicz |first3=Sarah |last4=Ait-Mansour |first4=Hicham |date=2021-04-06 |publisher=American University in Cairo Press |isbn=978-1-64903-053-5 |pages=308 |language=en}}
Biography
After his graduation in 1969, from the Faculty of Fine Arts, Alexandria University,{{Cite web|title = The Art Of Occupation |website=Gulf Business|url = http://gulfbusiness.com/2012/01/the-art-of-occupation/#.VbjG4Sqqqko|accessdate = 2015-07-29 |first=Jonathan |last=Miller |date=January 5, 2012 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20121023151028/http://gulfbusiness.com/2012/01/the-art-of-occupation/#.VbjG4Sqqqko |archive-date=23 October 2012}} Anani returned to Palestine to start his career as an artist and trainer at the UN training college in Ramallah.{{cite book|title=Art Palestine: Nabil Anani, Tayseer Barakat, Sliman Mansour|date=2011|publisher=Art Advisory Associates Ltd|isbn=978-1907051142}} His first exhibition in Jerusalem was in 1972 and has since exhibited widely in Europe, North America, the Middle East, North Africa and Japan. In 1987, the New Visions art group was founded by Anani, Vera Tamari, Tayseer Barakat, and Sliman Mansour. As a group they had pledge to make art with naturally found materials, in order to divest from spending money on Israeli art supplies.
He was appointed in 1998 as the head of the League of Palestinian Artists and was a key player in establishing the first International Academy of Art in Palestine.{{cite web|last1=Khoury|first1=Maria|title=Celebrate Vinfest in Taybeh, Palestine|date=23 February 2015|url=http://thearabdailynews.com/2015/02/23/celebrate-vinfest-in-taybeh-palestine/ |access-date=12 June 2024 |website=The Arab Daily News}} Because his art was an expression of collective identity it encountered the military censorship of Israeli authorities, the combined use of four colors of the Palestinian flag was prohibited and he, together with the other members of the league, was subjected to arrest and interrogation.{{Cite book|last=Mattar|first=Philip|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GkbzYoZtaJMC&dq=Nabil+Anani+arrested&pg=PA87|title=Encyclopedia of the Palestinians|date=2005|publisher=Infobase Publishing|isbn=978-0-8160-6986-6|language=en |page=87}}
Nabil was also awarded the first Palestinian National Prize for Visual Art in 1997 by Yasser Arafat.{{cite web|last1=Ovo|first1=Podjeli|title=The Palestine of Nabil Anani: Colorful, but not Happy|date=22 April 2014|url=http://middleeastrevised.com/2014/04/22/the-palestine-of-nabil-anani-colorful-but-not-happy/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021151305/http://middleeastrevised.com/2014/04/22/the-palestine-of-nabil-anani-colorful-but-not-happy/ |archive-date=21 October 2014 |website=Middle East Revised}}
Exhibitions
- 2014, Pre-1948 Palestine, Zawyeh Gallery, Ramallah{{cite web |last1=Irving |first1=Sarah |title=Pre-1948 Palestine brought to life in Nabil Anani’s paintings |url=https://electronicintifada.net/blogs/sarah-irving/pre-1948-palestine-brought-life-nabil-ananis-paintings |website=Electronic Intifada |access-date=12 June 2024 |date=19 December 2014}}
- 2013: "Spirit of the land", Art on 56th, Beirut
- 2011: "Art Palestine", Meem Gallery, Dubai{{cite web |title=Art Palestine |url=https://www.meemartgallery.com/exhibitions/36/overview/ |website=Meem Gallery |access-date=12 June 2024 |date=2011}}
- 2007: "A Journey into Script", Foyles Gallery, London
- 2001: Sharjah Biennial
- 1995: "It’s possible, Palestinian and Israeli artists", National Museum, Washington
Memorials
During his career, Nabil Anani was commissioned to work on building memorials in Palestine:
- 1986 Statue of aluminum front of the Inash Family Association building, in collaboration with Suleiman Mansour
- 1987 mural front of Faculty of Educational Sciences and the College of Women's Society, Ramallah
- 1993 Metal memorial statue in Kaukab Abu al-Hija park, Galilee
- 2002 Statue of Liberty in Ramallah{{Cite news|url = http://www.haaretz.com/news/palestinian-s-protest-against-u-s-with-mock-statue-of-liberty-1.29727|title = Palestinian's protest against U.S. with mock Statue of Liberty|date = 31 October 2002 |accessdate = 12 June 2024 |website = |publisher = Associated Press |last = |first = |newspaper = Haaretz}}
See also
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References
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External links
- {{Official website|http://nabilanani.net/}}
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Category:Palestinian contemporary artists