Khawam Solo Exhibit at Artserve

July 14, 2023, Fort Lauderdale, FL – Solo art exhibition by Tony Khawam

The cultural art project is based on the artist Past & Present experiences of “Living the Dream” by exploring past glories and current prosperity inspired by South Florida from an immigrant’s perspective of the American dream. The new work stems from my interest in histories, human emotion, allusions to place, and memories by borrowing elements from history and art intertwined with the American experience.

The past and present of “Living the Dream” make the case for the way art and its language of color, line, and shape enrich a viewer’s experience of the work and offer a delicate balance between representation and abstraction, mirroring the real and unreal ways in which he paints lived experience. Moreover, his myriad mediums including acrylic, colored pastel, and spray paint further referencing painterly collage in a more experimental and risk-taking approach. The new work features historical and modern figures, social commentary, fashion motifs, everyday objects, pop culture ads, cartoons, film, and Florida flora and fauna that inhabit flat, kaleidoscopic surfaces. The artist’ dialogue with the traditions of the past interwoven with his participation in current global artistic discussions. This simultaneous engagement with the past, present, and future speaks to a singular creative presence. The new work is charged with a rawness produced by an ambiguous method to narrative and a fractal, unfinished approach to representing the subjects of the paintings. Characters appearing to piece themselves together from aggregated painterly gestures, these forms become figures of power and personal freedom through their abjection.

Artist panel talk is scheduled during the month of the exhibition with a presentation explaining the concept of Living the Dream painting series, inspirations for the figurative elements, patterns, and the mass media influence on society and the significance on the artist’s career and development.
The exhibition and artist talk are free to the public.

Exhibition Venue
Artserve Gallery, Fort Lauderdale, FL
July 14-September 11, 2023
Artist Talk, July 21, 2023
Free and open to the public