Bedouin lifestyle on display in art show

A solo exhibition by Saudi artist Fawzia Nour was inaugurated by Ambassador Mohammed Ahmed Tayeb, Director General of the Saudi Foreign Ministry (Makkah region), on Sunday at the Tasami Visual Art Gallery at Jeddah’s Serafi Mega Mall.
The eight-day exhibition was organized by Nour, in coordination with the Foreign Affairs Ministry. Forty-three art pieces depicted the Kingdom's heritage and old Jeddah lifestyle.
“I want to show people the heritage and lifestyle of bedouins and villages in Saudi Arabia. That is why all my 25 pieces of art work are related to their utensils, decorations they use in tents, flowers and shrubs they enjoy around them, and other small things the bedouins use in their daily life,” said Nour.
She said that people have forgotten about the village bedouins, but for her, it is part of human nature and beauty that existed in the past.
The exhibition, Nour says, is only an effort to bring back the beauty of village life and deserts.
Her paintings represent aspects of the lives of bedouin women, and their use of textile and leather to decorate their homes and tents, thus bringing beauty in their lives from their natural surroundings.
Nour said that through her exhibition she wants to globalize the heritage of Saudi Arabia.
Her work also compared modern and traditional lifestyles.
Ambassador Tayeb inaugurated the exhibition and said the show reflects the real picture of Saudi culture, heritage and society across the Kingdom’s various cities, villages and deserts.
He said the exhibition displays the real lifestyle of Saudi Arabia and that more artists should come forward and put up similar art shows.