(MENAFN- Muscat Daily) Muscat- Muscat-based artist Ibrahim Gailani showcased his work at Art Vancouver, the premium Western Canada art festival that draws crowds in the thousands, becoming the first artist to represent Oman at the venue.
It was held in over four days from April 19-22 at the Vancouver Convention Centre, with over hundreds of participants from art galleries to international exhibiting artists. From the Middle East and North Africa region there were four participants, one from Sudan, one from Turkey, one from Qatar and Gailani representing Oman.
The opening night saw thousands pack into the convention centre with a huge queue tailing back to get in. Local movers and shakers and celebrities packed an auditorium where the show opened with a special 'Face of Art' runway show where all participating artist had to walk a catwalk holding their paintings marking the opening of the Art Vancouver Festival. For Gailani, it was a unique experience. He said, 'I felt like we were all rockstars walking on stage to cheering crowds when they announced my name and said from Oman a huge applause when out as I was one of the few artists that had travelled a long distance to be there.'
The painting that got the most amount of attention was 'The Seeking lips'; it was a subject about the search of that one true love who got away, and how a person would move mountains to seek that true love. People resonated so much with that painting, took selfies with it and read the graffiti at the background of the paintings. He added, 'I feel that its my use of bold colours and old-school graffiti that makes the painting different. A lot of curators told me that it is like where the pop-art and street art meet on canvas.' Gailani is inspired from the early manifestations of graffiti. This is Gailani's sixth exhibition in North America and first in Canada.
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