ARTWORKS
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Marwan Sahmarani
NIDHI KHURANA
In this episode during a visit to his Beirut studio, Marwan Sahmarani discusses with Founder Tamara Chalabi his artistic practice; what and who inspires him; […]
Afsoon.
Excited.
Tahdig, crusty bottom of the rice.
Tea always.
Mexico/India… difficult to choose.
Bill and Ted Excellent Adventure (Dir: Stephen Herek) & Nostalgia (Dir: Andrei Tarkovsky).. Love them both equally as different as they are!!
Complete work of Forough Farokhzad (Persian female poet).
‘Allow yourself to imagine things that could make you happy. Even if they don’t come to pass, you will have had the pleasure of imagining them.’ Unknown Indian Guru from 1960.
Close to two major parks, best falafel in London, an excellent bus stop a few minutes away.
Don’t be afraid.
Take a walk.
Orange/Purple.
Scissors.
Tidy when I start a new work, messy by the time the piece has finished.
Stories to tell.
Freedom to just be what I want.
Using beetroot juice to do a whole series of watercolour, sadly they all faded away.
‘Don’t use green colour in your work, it doesn’t go with many decorations.’
Figurative, colourful, layered.
Getting into the collection of the British Museum.
Doing etching with Goya.
Have my art projected from a moving boat on to the buildings in Venice.
These days I seem to be listening more to podcasts than music. However, all the albums above have a very special place in my heart. I have been listening to some of them since I was a teenager. Beside all above, I listen to a lot of world music, random artists from the Balkans or Africa.