Jamal Joratli

Biography

Jamal was born in Salamiyah in 1961 and studied mechanical engineering at the University of Aleppo. He now^[when?] resides and works in Greece, Athens, which he first visited in 1988.^[1] He chose Greece "for its natural light and colors, which cannot be imitated even by the best photoshop application, and for its culture".^[2]

Work

Exhibitions of his work have been held in the United States (New York), Germany (Düsseldorf), Lebanon, Jordan, Dubai, China, and Greece.^[3] He held a solo exhibition (The Silk Road) in 2016, first in Athens at the Benaki Museum and then at the Museum of Asian Art of Corfu.^[4] In October 2018 the exhibition was transferred to China, at the Dalian Modern Museum.^[5]

Style

According to Klaus Sebastian [de], Jamal uses tradition as a basis for his powerful paintings, while real-life motifs are turned into "flowing colour energies". With his art, Jamal tries to look behind the surfaces, and to harmonically connect the oriental with the occidental artistic schools.^[6]

History of art professor Manos Stefanidis regards Jamal as a "pictor classicus" – in the way Giorgio de Chirico used the term, namely a painter first addressing the problem of positioning the subject in space – who integrates modern European painting in his art, "but with terms of locality and an emphasis on the personal agony of expression".^[7] According to Stefanidis, Jamal acts as a defender of "cultural reciprocity" between East and West, leading the artistic revival of the Arab world.^[8]

References

^ "The Silk Road by Jamal in the Museum of Modern Art". matrix24.gr (in Greek). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ Angelopoulou, Athanasia (1 December 2018). "Jamal Joratli: the Arab artist who works in Athens and deifies it". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ Jian et al., p. 101.
^ Lymperopoulou, Katerina (1 June 2016). "Jamal: the Silk Road at the Museum of Asian Art of Corfu". thetoc.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 24 October 2019.
^ Artemiadi, Anastasia (4 April 2019). "Jamal Joratli: Η επόμενη μέρα μετά την πρόσκληση στην Κίνα" [Jamal Joratli: The next day after the invitation to China]. artviews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 3 October 2019.
^ Jian et al., pp. 18–21.
^ Jian et al., pp. 86–88.
^ Stefanidis, Manos (12 January 2016). "Jamal – the Silk Road, an allegory for the course of painting". manosstefanidis.blogspot.com (in Greek). Retrieved 24 October 2019.

Bibliography

Jian, Chen; Jamal; Moraitou, Mina; Sebastian, Klaus; Stefanidis, Manos. Jamal – The Silk Road. Dalian Modern Museum. ^[when?]

[1] "The Silk Road by Jamal in the Museum of Modern Art". matrix24.gr (in Greek). 13 January 2016. Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[2] Angelopoulou, Athanasia (1 December 2018). "Jamal Joratli: the Arab artist who works in Athens and deifies it". iefimerida.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[3] Jian et al., p. 101.

[4] Lymperopoulou, Katerina (1 June 2016). "Jamal: the Silk Road at the Museum of Asian Art of Corfu". thetoc.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 24 October 2019.

[5] Artemiadi, Anastasia (4 April 2019). "Jamal Joratli: Η επόμενη μέρα μετά την πρόσκληση στην Κίνα" [Jamal Joratli: The next day after the invitation to China]. artviews.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 3 October 2019.

[6] Jian et al., pp. 18–21.

[7] Jian et al., pp. 86–88.

[8] Stefanidis, Manos (12 January 2016). "Jamal – the Silk Road, an allegory for the course of painting". manosstefanidis.blogspot.com (in Greek). Retrieved 24 October 2019.

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