“إلتهام”
“Devoured”
Imperial Museum of War
Manchester 2019
Photos by: IWM
Exhibition view of the “Yemen: Inside a Crisis” exhibition running at IWM North from 17th May 2019 to 20th January, 2020.
Photographed 16th May, 2019.
Poster “Bon appetite”
Arms Corporations around the world deal with weapons as a food commodity, exporting them to all parts of the world with no responsibility, especially those areas in conflicts and catastrophic wars, in which innocent people especially children and women, become the victims of those weapons, and with a participation of the governments of these corporations even by not taking the responsiblitly of this action.
The work model is inspired by “Tomato Sauce” by Andy Warhol. I worked on this poster in 2018, and did not have the opportunity to implement it on the walls.
You can print or publish the poster message by logging in to my site link and downloading it.
Note: I apologize for the poor quality, and I will rework on it with a higher quality when I have the chance.
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بوستر”شهية طيبة”
تتعامل شركات الأسلحة في جميع أنحاء العالم مع الأسلحة كسلعة غذائية ، وتقوم بتصديرها إلى جميع أنحاء العالم دون أي مسؤولية ، لا سيما تلك التي تعيش في النزاعات والحروب الكارثية ، والتي يصبح فيها الأبرياء ، وخاصة الأطفال والنساء ، ضحايا تلك الأسلحة ، وبمشاركة حكومات هذه الشركات حتى من خلال عدم تحمل مسؤولية هذا العمل.
نموذج العمل مستوحى من عمل “صلصة الطماطم” للفنان العالمي أندي وارهول. عملت على هذا العمل في عام 2018 ، ولم تتح لي الفرصة لتنفيذه على الجدران.
يمكنك طباعة أو نشر رسالة الملصق عن طريق الدخول إلى رابط موقعي وتنزيل الملصق.
ملاحظة: أعتذر عن الجودة الضعيفة للعمل، وسأعيد صياغته بجودة أعلى عندما تتوفرلدي الفرصة.
Ahead of opening the major exhibition Yemen: Inside a Crisis at IWM North on 17 May 2019, Imperial War Museums (IWM) announces its commission of a new artwork by Yemeni street artist Murad Subay. Created especially for IWM, the artist’s latest work, Devoured (2019), will form part of the UK’s first exhibition to address Yemen’s current conflict and humanitarian crisis.
In this commission, Murad Subay responds to the on-going humanitarian crisis in his country, which the UN has described as the “world’s worst”. With the conflict leaving an estimated 80% of the country’s men, women and children in desperate need of assistance, Subay’s artwork explores the realities of living in a war zone.
Examining the inaccessibility of food, water and healthcare, Devoured metaphorically represents the harsh physical and psychological realities faced daily by the Yemeni people, as well as the regional and international experience of the conflict situation. Created using stencils, the artwork depicts a skeletal man, sat cross- legged, devouring what remains of himself. A crow bird perches on the knee of the figure, also devouring the body. The colours used are grey and muted, emphasising a horizontal red line that runs behind the seated figure.
Commenting on Devoured, artist Murad Subay said: “Ordinary people are struggling for survival and are crushed down to the ground. People suffer from hunger and famine, illness and epidemics due to lack of food, water and medicine. They lost everything they had because of war. There is only a red line – a dangerous limit that should never be crossed – which has been surpassed already, exemplifying the lack of hope and uncertain future.”
Louise Skidmore, Head of Contemporary Conflict at IWM and curator of Yemen: Inside a Crisis said: “Responding to themes explored as part of Yemen: Inside a Crisis, Murad Subay’s Devoured is raw and honest. His is a powerful representation of the human suffering in Yemen and it visually reflects how weary the country’s people are after years of living through the on-going crisis. IWM is extremely proud to have commissioned this important work, which provides a unique perspective on the artist’s experience of conflict.”
Yemen: Inside a Crisis is part of IWM’s Conflict Now strand of programming, which features opinions of individuals who have witnessed, experienced and worked in areas of conflict. In addition to Murad Subay’s new commission, the exhibition at IWM North will feature around 50 objects and photographs, many of which have been exclusively sourced from Yemen for this exhibition.
Murad Subay, a Yemeni street artist and the 2016 Index on Censorship Freedom of Expression Awards Arts Fellow, was rejected for a visa to study at Aix-Marseille University as part of a one-year grant for threatened artists.
Subay, who creates murals protesting against Yemen’s civil war, was given a grant to study under the Institute of International Education’s Artistic Protection Fund, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, which makes fellowship grants to artists from any field of practice, and places them at host institutions in safe countries where they can continue their work and plan for their futures.
The visa that would have allowed Subay to study was rejected by authorities on Friday, he told Index via email.
“This rejection highlights a spreading hostility to artistic freedom around the world. From Uganda to Indonesia to Cuba, proposed legislation threatens to control artists, while a growing number of supposedly democratic countries such as the UK frequently refuse visas to foreign authors, musicians and activists for events or training. This reinforces notion that constraining artistic freedom is acceptable,” Jodie Ginsberg, CEO of Index on Censorship said.
“We ask French authorities to reverse this decision and allow Murad, an Index fellow, to study.”
Subay’s murals grew from the frustration he felt as his homeland descended into chaos and factionalism. Amid the destruction and anger, Subay picked up his brush. He went out into the streets with friends and began painting in broad daylight. After a few days he was joined by people from the community driven by their desire for peace amid Yemen’s civil war.
The Yemeni civil war has been raging since 2015. An estimated 13,600 people have been killed, including more than 5,200 civilians. The strife has contributed to the death of an estimated 50,000 people from an ongoing famine. In 2018, the United Nations warned that 13 million Yemeni civilians face starvation in what it says could become “the worst famine in the world in 100 years.”
قبل عدة أيام تلقيت رفض لطلبي على الفيزا من السفارة الفرنسية في القاهرة، وكنت متجه لجنوب فرنسا وتحديدا لجامعة “إكس مارسيليا” في منحة لمدة عام من قبل “برنامج حماية الفنانين” المدعوم من صندوق “ميلون” الأمريكي.
هذا الرفض مؤسف ويحرمني من فرصة مهمة للدراسة وبعض المشاريع التي كان مخطط لإن اقوم بها هناك.
A few days ago, I received a rejection on my application for a visa from the French Embassy in Cairo and I was heading to the south of France, specifically to the Aix-Marseille University, for a one-year grant from the American-funded Mellon in the “Artistic Protection Program”.
This rejection is disappointed and deprives me of an important opportunity to study and for achieving some of the projects that I planned to do there.
صور من الفعالية الفنية والموسيقية الذي أقامها المعهد اليمني للثقافة والتراث والفن، في العاصمة الأمريكية واشنطن, 20 إبريل 2019. إقيمت الفعالية جدارية “ماركة حرب” وعرض موسيقي من الموسيقار العراقي “كريم وصفي” والفنانة الأمريكية “مارسيلا كريبل”.
Photos from the artistic and musical event, that organized by the Yemeni Institute for Culture, Heritage and Art, Washington, DC, April 20, 2019. The event held by installing my mural “War Brand” and a musical performance by Iraqi musician “Karim Wasfi” and American artist “Marcella Kriebel.”
Dears in Washington,
The Yemeni Institute for Culture and Heritage invites you to the street art and musical event that will be held today, Saturday 20 April 2019, with the installing of my mural “War Brand” and musical performance by the Iraqi musician “Karim Wasfi” and the American artist “Marcella Kriebel”.
A one-day interdisciplinary workshop considering the artistic and visual representation of war.
This event features a keynote conversation with the world-famous graphic novelist Joe Sacco (Palestine, Safe Area Goražde, The Fixer, Footnotes in Gaza, Journalism), as well as talks by the Yemeni street artist Murad Subay, Bram Ttwheam, Monica Bohm-Duchen, Steve Dixon, Johnny Magee and Tony Crowley.
The interdisciplinary seminar series ‘Cultures and Commemorations of War’ brings together early career researchers and advanced scholars with practitioners, policy makers, charities, and representatives from the media and culture and heritage industries, to consider the practices and politics of war memory across time.
Funded by the RAI and Corpus Christi College
Free and open to all, including lunch, coffee and a wine reception – please register in advance.
To register for the full day workshop www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cultcommwar-workshop-five-drawing-wars-art-and-cultural-memory-tickets-60116513109
To register ONLY for the talk by Joe Sacco www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/joe-sacco-in-conversation-tickets-60118802958
Optional donations on the door in aid of the White Helmets and the British Red Cross Yemen Crisis Appeal (£5 suggested, but anything welcome)
Organised by Dr. Alice Kelly (alice.kelly@rai.ox.ac.uk)
Schedule:
10.30: Registration (Coffee and Pastries)
11.00-13.00: Brief Introduction – Dr. Alice Kelly
Remembering through Art (Chair: Dr. Chris Kempshall)
Bram Ttwheam (Aardman Animations) – The Art of 11-11: Memories Retold
Monica Bohm-Duchen (Birkbeck) – ‘After Auschwitz’: Art and the Holocaust
Prof. Steve Dixon and Dr. Johnny Magee (Manchester School of Art) – Refugee Tales: Viewing the Belgian refugee crisis of WW1 through the lens of contemporary experience
Includes a short film showing: Unbreakable (2019)
13.00 – 14.00: Lunch
14.00 – 15.30: War Street Art (Chair: Hanna Smyth)
Murad Subay – The role of street art in advocating community issues in times of crisis and conflict
Prof. Tony Crowley (Leeds) – Photographing Murals of the Irish Troubles [Title TBC]
15.30 – 16.00: Coffee
16.00-17.30: Keynote: Joe Sacco, in conversation with Alice Kelly and the audience
17.30-18.30: Wine Reception
Murad Subay 