Modern and Contemporary Arab Art from the Levant: The Majida Mouasher Collection

Majida Mouasher owned an art gallery called 4 Walls, in Amman, Jordan between 2000 and 2006. During that time she worked with more than ninety artists, 45 of whom form the nucleus of her beautiful and important private collection comprised of contemporary art from the Middle East in general and the Levant in particular, spanning over sixty years of superb quality art.In Jordan at the time there were mostly foundations or institutions, and only very few contemporary art galleries. The artists depended mostly upon their own personal efforts and contacts in order to promote themselves. There was a vacuum that needed to be filled and a public that wanted to see contemporary art and get to know the artists.The aim of 4 Walls was to promote the artists by exhibiting and helping sell their works. During that period, Majida Mouasher bought consistently work from these artists. What makes this co

The artists in the collection and presented in this book are:Chafik AbboudNawal AbdallahAdonisNasr Abdul AzizSaadi Al KaabiNuha Al RadiShaker Hassan Al SaidRajwa AliHani AlqamClara AmadoMohammad Al-AmeriJamal AshourDia AzzawiKhaled BarakehKamal BoullataDiana ChamounkyHiram CharibGhada DahdalehDodiMuhanna DurraIsmail FattahGhassan GhaebRiham GhassibSamia HalabyHimatFarouk KaspaulisAmmar KhammashKhalid KhreisSadik Kwaish AlfrajiHalim MahdiFouad MimiMohammad NasrallahRafa’ NassiriJoman NimriSaid NusseibihMahmoud ObaidiKarim RissanKhalil RyyanNabil ShehadehRula ShukairySamer TabbaaMahmoud TahaMadiha OmarSamer Ussama (SamerHatam)WijdanNazar Yahya