Opening on 21 February 2016 at 11:30 a.m.

Speakers: Gudrun Thiessen-Schneider, artistic director
Karin Adrian von Roques, curator
Special guest: Aeham Ahmad (Beethovenpreisträger Bonn 2015), piano

Ammar Al-Beik (b. 1972, Damascus, Syria) 
Khaled Al-Saai (b. 1970, Homs, Syria)
Tammam Azzam (b. 1980, Damascus, Syria)

Curator: Karin Adrian von Roques, Bonn

Flight and expulsion constitute a phenomenon that repeats itself throughout the history of mankind.  The exhibition Away From Home at Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim deals with this theme, which has become current once again, and presents works by three Syrian artists. In their works, all three artists refer to the latest events in and around Syria, which have affected them personally. For Ammar Al Beik the emphases are on photography and film. For Khaled Al Saai, the artistic focus is on calligraphy. He realized on site a large work for the wall measuring 10 x 3 meters. Tammam Azzam works with the media of photomontage, digital collage, and graphic prints.

An extensive program of events accompany and promote insights into this exhibition. It  includes refugees who have come to the area.

 Press release here

Ammar al-Beik and Tammam Azzam at Künstlerforum Bonn
Away from Home / 27 August 2017 | Bonn, Germany
 
Ammar al-Beik,  Tammam Azzam and Khaled Al Saai are featured in Away from Home, which opens at the Kunstlerforum Bonn on 27 August. This travelling exhibition originated at the Kunstverein Grafschaft Bentheim www.kunstverein-grafschaft-bentheim.de/index.php last year, and highlights displaced Syrian artists who recently immigrated to Germany.