EXHIBITION : CRY AZOOM

Exhibition Title: Cry Azoom
by: Issam A. Hafeiz
date: 10th October,to 17th October, 2004
German Cultural Center.Khartoum.Sudan
Introduction:

I have always painted. I have painted plants, the sun and happy faces when I was a child. I did not know what pain and war was then. I grow up in country that is characterized by prolonged periods of dictator totalitarian regimes. I got to know about war in the south, a daily accumulation of pain. It was long scattered and not directly felt. It was the war in the beloved south Sudan. Like many artists in my generation we emerged as optimistic and strong youth. We resisted all that in our own way, we painted love and we painted pain. Painting to me was part of my daily life, it is like waking up and drinking my morning tea…. it was normal… if living in war is normal. A dialogue between the pain and paint started and intertwined. Painting was conscious emotions poured out in times of death, aggression and displacement and absence of freedom, it was pain visualized. It was expression in time when expression was denied.
Now the pain is bigger, the color is deeper. During the last few months I have painted a cry to Azoom
. Now the acts of violence and aggression are more condensed. The killing is normalized, the young girls their innocence was stolen on horsebacks, the journey from the peaceful homes was collective. The color of the dresses of the mothers lining up waiting for ration of food brought form a far away land made me cry the dignity of Azoom. I painted these cries. I am crying out for justice and dignity before Azoom dries-up.
How loud is my cry?
This time around I want to cry loud enough to be heard at Azoom. I want to cry to reach out for the women and girls who have experience violence in Darfur. I am planning an exhibition where 17 paintings will be displayed. During the exhibition drumming for peace will be organized. A media campaign will be planned to disclose the acts of violence against women in Darfur.
A 25% of the income of the exhibition will be used to help the women and girls who experienced rape and other sorts of violence in Darfur, through organizing art therapy group.
Seventeen paintings will be exhibited for one week
Traditional drumming for peace will be organized
Join it please, in your own way

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Issam A/Hafiez's EXHIBITIONS

Individual Exhibitions:
Bowhien club –Khartoum, 1979
College of fine and applied arts, Khartoum, 1982
Al Gandoul Garden Omdurman, 1983
Staff Club University of Khartoum 1984
Khartoum University press, Khartoum,
1989 American Recreation centre, Khartoum, 1993
French Culture Centre, Khartoum, 1996 (10Jan Again )
Sudanese German society 2001 (10 Jan Again )
Sudanese German Society 2003

COLLECTIVE EXHIBITIONS :
Le Meridian Hotel , Khartoum, 1983 Youth place , Omdurman, 1985
U.S. (June Celebration of Arts , Albequerpue ) 1985
The French Culture centre, Khartoum ,1985 Moscow Youth Festival ,1985
Khartoum International primary school, 1985 Pinale of Cairo, 1986
Hilton Hotel ,Khartoum , 1986
Le Meridian Hotel, Khartoum ,1987 Gothe Institute, Khartoum , 1987
Sudan Art aid, London , 31-31 Rutland Gate, London s.w.7,1988
Rajab Gallery ,Cairo, 1989
Italian – Sudanese Group Exhibition, Khartoum 1991
Damascus -Syria, 1991
Mora Gallery Catherine street , Khartoum 1991
American Recreation centre, Khartoum 1991
Ishtar (2) Gallery ,Syria, 1992 Asmara, Eritrea Gallery 1992
Khartoum Gallery ,Khartoum 1993
American Recreation centre ,Khartoum , 1993 Pinal alsharjah ,1993
Baladna Jordan, 1995 Sudan National March 2000
Tulifanya Gothe institute Kampala march 2000
Gothe institute , Khartoum (10Jan)2000 Tulifanya Gallery Kampala march 2001
Java, Nairobi 21 @ Java 2001

Collections :
Khartoum University press
National Council for Art and Letters Khartoum

Carol berger- the independent Journalist, Cairo office 1993

Mrs. .Beker – director of Goethe institute Khartoum 1985

Ministry of culture , Syria Lshtar Gallery (Syria) lssam darwish ,director

Abd El Rahman mneef ,Arab novelist, Syria

Sahpan swah , Editor of Alif cultural magazine Syria

American Ambassador Khartoum 1987

Khalid Ahmed salih Art collector Sayga flour mills –Khartoum

Dr. Ronie shawool (director of Blue nile co )

Amal Al shoosh (mora Gallery) Dr.suliman Baldu

Saud Al breer

Kamal Al Jozoli

Margret Osman

Tulifanya Gallery kampala

Also collection in Syria Spain morocco Uganda France Germany and u.s.a workshop Workshop in Gothe institute with mr. wolfram Erber from Berlin 1986(using light and shade video practice )Workshop and head of Judging committee for Eritran competition in Arota (cultural festival ) Lcograda workshop in Nairobi 1987 (design development)Unesco workshop at makerere university 1999 (Artist in development)