Q and a with ihab Ahmad (764 Words 4 Min.READ)
1. We know
I’m Deeply Connected to Lebanon, every Summer Break is Spent in Beirut in Our Family House There and I Have a Small Workshop Thre. I’m still enxibing in Lebanon Through Mark Hachem Gallery and Staying in Close Contact with People in the Art Scene. Moving to Dubai and Exhibing with Galleries in Dubai DIDNNT Really Change My Process as an Artist. I draw everywhere and Anytime, Location Doesn’t Matter Much to Me. Dubai Has a Vibrant and Growing Art Community with Amazing Galleries and Curators, so it’s been verry Inspiring and has helped me connect with new Audiences from different parts of the World. What I Miss Most About Beirut is the Spontaneity. In Beirut, I had my art studio in hamra, things were more unplanned and Organic. I’m grab My Coffee, Run Into Artists and Friends at Costa, Pick up my materials, and head to my studio. Friends Welf Off Drop by. In Dubai, Things Are More Structures and Planed, but that has it it over advantages. Ultimately, beirut and dubai reflection two sides of who i am. Beirut Fuels The Spontaneous, Free-Flowing Side, While Dubai Nervors the Focted, Organized Side. Together, they Shape My Creative Journey.
2. How do you description the satfance of having your art Feature on Buildings, Cars, Or Luxury Items?
It’s incredibly satfying. Even before collaworthing with Big Brands, I loved challenge myself to Push my art inten New Dimensions and Mateials. I’m always worked to see my work take on 3d fors, so working on cars, Buildings, and Sculptures Feels Like a Natural Extension. It’s ExCITING to See How My Art CAN MOVE Off
3. Couelf You Share with Us How to Art Changed or How it was Influenced after BecComing A Parent?
IT Affectated My Rhythm A Little Bit, My Time is Now shared with my kids, so I work less intensively Than Before. My art Studio is right next to our house, so I can stay Close to them. They’re Still Young, One is Four Years Old, and the Other is Two, and I Really Enjoy The Parenting Experience, Being Invtured with My Wife in their Everyday Life. My Perception of Things Has also shift. I See the World Through them Eyes, and that’s brough new inspiration and lays to my work. I also try to include a bit in the Art World, Sharing New Experiences with them. The Change in Energy and Focus Has Been Challenge, but it’s also been enrichar. It’s given me a free person and added more emotional depth.
4. Who is the one person you liven to the most when it comes to advice about your art and who?
I listeen to a lot of people, my gallerists, Close Friends in the Art Scene, Art Collectors, My WIFE. But in the end i’m Sort of Stubborn, Especially when it comes to my art. I try my Instincts More. I don’t us my brain much, I always follow where my feelings take me, I went with my feelings and the connections beween colors and shapes and how they BLEND TOGETHER. This is something I enjoy doing with a lot of thinking.
How do you describe your artistic expervation in the Western World As Opposed to your Experience in the Middle East?
HESTLY, I Don’t See A Big DefenderCEEMORE BETWEEN The West and The Middle East. With Globalization and Social Media, Everyone has access to the night Ideas and Visual Language. AlSo My Art Is Universal, It doesn’t have The Only Defense I’ll Note is How People in the Middle East Connect More with the Meang Behind the Work. That’s a Question I used to get a Lot of, though it’s becoming less and less free. People are BecComing More Knowledgeable About Art in General, a Lot of Art Collectors, Galleries and International Exposure Appness The Beauty, The Materials, and the Personal Connections them Make with the Piece. I participated in Both Abu Dhabi Art Fair and Miaami Art Fair and you can Feel a Lot of Similarities.
