Artist: Aysha E Arar
Exhibition title: Hello Butterflies
Venue: Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Date: June 8 – July 15, 2023
Photography: Danielle Hanoch / all images copyright and courtesy of the artist and Dvir Gallery
Dvir Gallery is happy to announce Aysha E Arar’s first solo show with the gallery in Tel Aviv. Aysha E Arar (Jaljulia, 1993) uses painting, language, video and poetry and turns spaces into arenas where she expresses herself. She paints on paper, on canvas and on the wall, moving from narrative to abstract painting, and combines imaginary creatures based on Palestinian legends in contrasting colors such as red versus blue and yellow versus black. Arar covers her personal biography as a woman in a patriarchal society and touches on questions of tradition, freedom of choice and liberation.“I don’t know how to draw realistic paintings, I draw from the world of imagination and fantasy. This allows me to merge imagination with reality and all the contradictions that I live in content”
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, Hello Butterflies, 2023, exhibition view, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Aysha E Arar, It was just a cup of coffe, 2018, spray paint on fabric, 523 x 173 cm
Aysha E Arar, It was just a cup of coffe, 2018, spray paint on fabric, 523 x 173 cm
Aysha E Arar, A man from the sun, 2019, acrylic on fabric, 223 x 175 cm
Aysha E Arar, Adam and Eve, 2018, mixed media on cotton, 230 x 177 cm
Aysha E Arar, Close your eyes baby, can you feel the love?, 2023, acrylic on Hijab, 180 x 156 cm
Aysha E Arar, Close your eyes baby, can you feel the love?, 2023, acrylic on Hijab, 180 x 156 cm
Aysha E Arar, Dear Butterfly, I think i’m in love with you, detail, 2023, acrylic on wall, variable dimensions, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 100 cm
Aysha E Arar, Dear Butterfly, I think i’m in love with you, detail, 2023, acrylic on wall, variable dimensions, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 100 cm
Aysha E Arar, Feed me darling, 2023, mixed media on wood, 60 x 71 cm
Aysha E Arar, Feed me darling, 2023, mixed media on wood, 60 x 71 cm
Aysha E Arar, He was everywhere even in my DNA, 2018, acrylic on fabric, 173 x 317 cm
Aysha E Arar, The kick, 2018, acrylic on canvas, 230 x 229 cm
Aysha E Arar, Throw away your papers boy, 2023, ink on paper, 29 x 40 cm
