Born in Qamishli, Syria, Kevork Mourad now lives and works in New York where he realizes three-dimensional works on paper and fabric. He makes these using a unique method which is developed through the use of Monotypes and calligraphic gestures. The countries of his origin all tell stories of destroying territories and his works are often built as theatrical backdrops, to not ever forget the devastation of a war that never ended.
The artist works through drawing and quick sketches, squirting paint squeezed from a small bottle into expressive lines, using a finger or a brush to make a sort of symbolic reportage.The rapid and definitive marking, move across the boundaries of figuration and abstraction, creating an exquisite tension between the beauty of the process itself and the inexorable destruction and fragmentation they represent. Mourad is a very versatile artist who often accompanies his installations with video, music,
performance.
Available works
Installations
Videos
Available works
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Tower, 2019
Acrylic on cotton fabric
200 x 160 x 160 cm -
Windows on Tomorrow II, 2021
Acrylic on fabric (3 layers installation)
80 x 59 x 8,5 cm
Plexiglas frame -
Floating City, 2019
Acrylic on cotton fabric
160 x 310 x 60 cm -
Departure, 2021
Acrylic on fabric
66 diam. x 4,5 cm -
Suspended, 2019
Acrylic on cotton fabric
122 x 244 cm -
The Gate, 2021
Acrylic on cotton fabric
206 x 105 x 4 cm
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Kevork Mourad - The Ties That Bind Us, 2021
Installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
Kevork Mourad - The Ties That Bind Us, 2021
Installation view
Studio la Città, Verona -
Kevork Mourad
Installation view
Studio la Città at ArtVerona 16a Edition, 2021
