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Khalil was born in Zarqa, Jordan in 1960. In 1988 he graduated
from the Art Academy in Dresden, Germany. Khalil has received
numerous awards; in 1988 he received the Hans Gruendish Art Medal,
he was also awarded the Bronze medal at the International book
festival in Leipzig (1999), and the Directors Panel award at the
Alexandria Biennale. The artist's first personal exhibit was in
1989 in Damascus, since then, he has exhibited in Cyprus, France
and Palestine. His work is owned by several individuals in Oman,
Dubai, Syria, Germany, France and Palestine. He was a resident
artist at the Paris Cite des Arts in 2001, where he completed the
works of this exhibit.
"Muhammad Saleh Khalil departs from his pre-Parisian Abstract work
and leads us into his new expressionist style, a culmination of
his experiences studying in Germany. In an effortless transition
he turns to weary faces and droopy figures, expressing his hidden
sorrow, frustration, and pain.
It is as if the artist in this exhibit relentlessly asks the
question, what is art in a time of war?. Can it survive as a
subject outside all of life's restraints?" .
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