Al Ma'mal cordially invites you to a solo exhibition by

Bashir Qonqar
'Free Fall'

Wednesday 25 January, 2017, 18:00 - 21:00
The exhibition will run until 29 February.
Al Ma'mal, New Gate, Old City
JERUSALEM

'Free Fall' explores the changing urban environment that surrounds us and the ways it affects human behaviours. Buildings, streets, public spaces and infrastructures have been transformed into an alienating and disturbing place where the human being is swallowed up by greed and the voracity to maximize material gains at the expense of values, ethics and society. Bashir Qonqar synthesizes this in what seems like surreal scenes in Kafkaesque settings.

Bashir Qonqar (1980), is a Palestinian self-taught artist currently living and working in Beit Jala. After pursuing his education in Hildenheim, Germany and living abroad for more than 7 years, he returned to his hometown in 2008. When Bashir was still a child, his father was killed during the First Intifada, which has had a profund influence on his artistic practice and perspective on his surrounding.

Bashir works at the Children's Relief Bethlehem (Caritas Baby Hospital) in the PR department and has previously taught fine art at Dar Al Kalima College of Arts and Culture. He participated in various national and international exhibitions and workshops including Germany, Italy, USA, Andorra, Sweden, Belgium, France, and South Africa.

This exhibition is supported by the Swiss Representative Office in Ramallah.