By Yousef Al-Tattan
KUWAIT, April 1 (KUNA) -- An Amsterdam-based international museum (Tropenmuesum) has chosen four art pieces from the emerging Kuwaiti photographer and artist Mohammed Alkouh to be showcased permanently within its halls.
"It''''s a great honor and privilege to be given this opportunity to represent my country Kuwait in an international museum," said Alkouh in an exclusive interview with Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) late last night.
Alkouh added that it was such an exciting experience to have a curator from the museum visit Kuwait last week, during which he saw the many scenes and buildings Alkouh tried to document in his work.
He continued to explain that his style tries to mimic the era of the ''''golden age'''' Kuwait was enjoying during the sixties and seventies of the previous century, referring to the style that uses old cameras and manual black and white printing on special silver-lining paper, then is colored using classic and special paint by hand to give it an "old and classic" feel.
He further explained that this style took him more than three years of constant studying by reading and visiting the major cultural capitals of the world like Paris and Rome to research the history and methods of this style.
Alkouh also said that the museum was first introduced to his work through his blog on the internet after which they contacted him asking for his work to be showcased permanently among an expedition dedicated to that era of time of the many cultures and countries of the world.
On the art movement in Kuwait and its exposure internationally, he commented that "even though there is an obvious movement through many expeditions and art galleries, the number of serious art galleries and curators that would promote the artist and/or his work on the international scene in Kuwait is still low". (end) yt.hb