Anita Zofia Siuda

Anita Zofia Siuda comes from Poland and has expressed her views towards many things in one image. This goes towards all her paintings. She tends to use photographic techniques to get her images, however paints them later. Her site bellow shows you her galleries and exhibitions. Some images show you how she came up with the interesting ideas of her paintings.

http://www.anitazofia.art.pl/2004/gloowna4.html

Sotheby’s to auction Qatari artists’ works
RAJESH MISHRA - DOHA

The works of two Qatari calligraphers—Yousef Ahmed and Ali Hassan—will be auctioned as part of contemporary art sales to be held by World’s oldest auction house, UK-based Sotheby’s, at Ritz Carlton in Doha on March 18 and March 19.The oil on canvas calligraphic work of Yousef Ahmed, who gave a new dimension to calligraphy by his imaginative use of colours, is Untitled with its base price fixed at $25000-$35,000. The work was acquired by Sotheby’s from Artspace Gallery, Dubai.

After seeing Yousef Ahmed's work first hand in the Waqif Arts Centre and reading the hand out given in class respond to this article and the view points of others. Are his paintings worth this kind of money? Are they seen as more unique because of their contemporary style and Middle Eastern origin? Take time to explore the other artists mentioned in the main article. http://www.qatar-tribune.com/data/20090301/content.asp?section=exclusive1_1