Modern and Contemporary International Art in Asia

(Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria and turkey)

By Aneequa Erum
III Sem | MFA (AH&AA)
This is a political map of Asia which
shows the countries of Asia along with
capital cities, major cities, islands,
oceans, seas, and gulfs.
OLEG KULIK, MAD DOG Oleg Kulik’s first performances was held
PERFORMANCE, 1994 , Russia in 1992 at the Regina gallery.Russia
Maxim Kantor, via
research.nd.edu; Maxim Kantor -
Mensa, 1984, via
milanoarteexpo.com
Russia
 Vrubel’s Mural with Graffiti on top of it,
Dmitri Vrubel - My Lord, Help Me to Survive This highlighting the ways the image has come to
Deadly Love, 1990, showing Erich Honecker and represent homosexual love. Russia
Leonid Brezhnev, Germany, Russia
Featured image: Anna
Parkina, via
triennial.garagemca.or
g; Anna Parkina -
Untitled, 2014, Russia
Installation image of “Taking Shape: Abstraction
from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s.” Photo:
Nicholas Papananias, Courtesy of the Grey Art
Gallery, New York University. Saudi Arabia
 Scene in al-Balad’, a work by Abdulhalim Radwi.
1989 painting, “Creation,” 2019 , Saudi Arabia
Mohamed AbdelRasoul
v1.10, 2018
Ink on Paper
Saudi Arabia

A Greater Chain of Being

Sara Abdu
Untitled, 2011 The School of Me, 2011
Dry Ink on Paper
37 x 47.5 cm (14 5/8 x 18 3/4 in.) Saudi Arabia Dry Ink on Paper
Tammam Azzam Tammam Azzam
Freedom Graffiti, 2013, Syria I, The Syrian, 2012
 Blow Dry nd 220 Volts (above) are an
Blow Dry (above) and 220 Volts are observations of observation of our dependency on
our dependency on gadgets, electronic goods and gadgets , electronic goods and media
media Syria
Dream 179, 2020 Dream 175, 2019
Acrylic on canvas Acrylic on canvas
Hanan Tabbara’s most provocative sketches,
Syria
Genco Gulan - Introducing Us
to the Idea of Idea Art. 2013
Turkey
Irfan Önürmen
Clock, 2004
Acrylic on newspaper
Turkey
Beauty Balloon Pink with Triangles,
2020
Mixed Media artwork done with
Post-It Notes, silk screen, and
painting
Turkey
Bibliography

● https://www.admiddleeast.com/tags/saudi-arabia
● https://www.widewalls.ch/magazine/contemporary-turkish
-artists/gulay-semercioglu
● https://theculturetrip.com/europe/russia/articles/the-most-interest
ing-contemporary-artists-in-russia/
● https://www.frieze.com/search?search=Turkish%20art%20an
d%20artist%20-
● https://whitehotmagazine.com/
● https://syriancreativehavens.com/syria-art/
● https://syriancreativehavens.com/syria-art/
THANK YOU