Today, Thursday, the Ministry of Culture opened the retrospective exhibition of the Syrian plastic artist Enaya Al-Bukhari entitled: “Damascus Rhythms” at the National Museum in Damascus.
The exhibition, which runs until October 31, includes thirty works that summarize Bukhari's 37-year career, and for the first time brings together the stages of its experience since 1989 until today, reflecting the diversity of its technologies and artistic methods.
The oldest works on display date back to 1989, and it is a water work carried out in Chinese inkon the carton using the technique of “ink washing”. The exhibition also includes works by printing silk screen on the carton, using transparent, dark and phosphorous water inks, and engraving works on glass and mirrors completed in 1992 in special colors.
The exhibits include oil works on canvas and triangular works, in addition to a single copy of a canvas wall work carried out with plastisol printing inks. As for the latest work, it was completed this year and consists of five pieces that can be displayed individually or collectively, with a height of 45 centimeters and a length of 500 centimeters.
As for the three-piece triptych, it represents an innovative and unprecedented visual experience globally, as it allows four possibilities for display, and the formation of about 74 diverse art cases using acrylic and oil colors.
It is noteworthy that Al-Bukhari is a member of the Union of Syrian Plastic Artists, and held 13 solo exhibitions in Damascus, Aleppo and Latakia, and external exhibitions in Spain, and participated in group exhibitions in Tunisia and Vienna. Her work was also exhibited at the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in 2023, and she has acquired works in museums in Qatar, France, America and Greece.
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