{"id":359159,"date":"2023-12-28T11:22:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-28T14:22:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/the-colors-of-brazil-portrayed-by-a-syrian-painter\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T17:10:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T20:10:24","slug":"the-colors-of-brazil-portrayed-by-a-syrian-painter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/the-colors-of-brazil-portrayed-by-a-syrian-painter\/","title":{"rendered":"The colors of Brazil portrayed by a Syrian painter"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 Syrian painter Juhaida Al Bitar, 32, arrived in Brazil in early December for a 45-day residency at Kaays\u00e1 Art Residency on Boi\u00e7ucanga Beach in S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o, S\u00e3o Paulo. Used to portray the life in the Middle East, Al Bitar says that now her art has found a new \u201cpalette\u201d \u2013 the Brazilian palette.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I saw when I arrived in S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o wasn’t just a sea, it was the ocean. Every place has its features, but here is different. The green of the forest is a green that I had never seen before, a unique shade. And Kaays\u00e1 is not just an art residency, it\u2019s a family,\u201d said Al Bitar. \u201cHere there are unique elements like samba, and people. Everything is art,\u201d said the artist on a visit to the Arab-Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong> (ABCC) in S\u00e3o Paulo (pictured above<\/em>). The ocean in Brazil possesses a distinct hue, characterized by a poetic blend of orange, yellow, and golden shades at sunsets, while green dominates the scene other times. This plethora of colours inspired my paintings. Brazil is magical and beyond description, and its people have golden hearts,” she says,<\/p>\n

Kaays\u00e1 Art Residency<\/a> is hosting Al Bitar and an artist from Palestine through a scholarship offered by a project by businesswoman Luiza Helena Trajano, board chair of Brazilian retailer Magazine Luiza and chair of the Women of Brazil group. The artist came to Brazil through ambassador Claudia Barenco Abbas.<\/p>\n

In an old bed and breakfast by the forest facing the ocean, artists from all around the world take turns in art residencies at Kaays\u00e1, a space dedicated to art by the hands of art historian and entrepreneur Lourdina Jean Rabieh, of Lebanon. According to Rabieh, Al Bitar submitted her application for Kaays\u00e1 to the ABCC. Supported by ABCC Communication and Marketing vice president Silvia Antibas, she got a scholarship to get settled in S\u00e3o Sebasti\u00e3o. \u201cI plan to keep striving to bring more and more artists from all Arab countries, as most of those who come to Brazil are either from Syria or Lebanon,\u201d said Rabieh.<\/p>\n

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The colors of the coast have already influenced her work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to the contact with other artists and nature, Kaays\u00e1 offers its resident the opportunity to live the cultural life of the metropolis that is one hundred miles from there. Al Bitar has visited, for example, the S\u00e3o Paulo Museum of Art, a.k.a. Masp, and watched a play at Teatro Oficina.<\/p>\n

Born in Syrian capital Damascus in 1991, Al Bitar studied in the University of Damascus, where she received a master\u2019s degree in early Christian and Byzantine art. In 2018, she moved to Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, at the invitation of the Sharjah Art Foundation, and has since exhibited her works across Middle East countries.<\/p>\n

Al Bitar works with various materials like acrylic and watercolor paint. These allow her to put on canvas the feeling that Brazil has given her. \u201cEvery place has its beauty, whether we are talking about cities, deserts of forests. People have both tragedy and comedy inside themselves\u2026 Nature is like each one of us \u2013 it has several feelings. All this influences,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Translation by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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