Ghassan Abu Laban
Ghassan Abu Laban
Ghassan Abu Laban was born in Bethlehem and earned his BA in Fine Arts at the Yarmouk University in Jordan. He currently teaches painting and drawing at the University of Jordan, specializing in portrait and figurative painting. One of the leading artists in Jordan, he has exhibited in more than fifteen countries with more than twenty-four solo exhibitions and placement in biennales, earning three international awards. A poet and critic, he presently is developing a contemporary theory of aesthetics with an artist’s approach.
Ghassan Abu Laban, How I See Her, OOC, 2021, 120x90
The memories of the chosen woman, movement of time, and feeling expressed in to colors and masses on canvas reflect the movement of memories and the changes in sensual content over time and space.
Ghassan Abu Laban, Jidar, OOC, 2022, 120x90
The wall that stands between freedom and captivity, the idea and concept of identity trapped behind the stone and concrete how it represents the new culture of resistance.