Common Ground (Phila.) opens at Twelve Gates Arts on April 3rd with a full lineup of events:
Watercolor Monotype Workshop | April 11, 1-4PM: Learn spontaneity and the art of the press with master printer and artist Jazmine Catasús. Limited spots available!
Panel Conversation | April 18, 1-3PM: A public scholarly conversation honoring Khalil's legacy, featuring scholar of Black Diasporic Art Anna Arabindon-Kesson, Sudanese historian Bayan Abubakr, and more.
See it before it goes on May 15th
Common Ground by Mohammad Omer Khalil has officially closed at Twelve Gates Arts.
We’re ending with Cynic, made in 1973, over fifty years ago, and still one of the most visceral works in the show. The etching ground displayed below shows the same image reversed, the origin of the print.
Thank you to everyone who came through our doors this spring.
Cynic, 1973. 25 x 20 in. Marbled etching ground.
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Before Common Ground closes, take a look at this.
MOK’s artist book series in response to Season of Migration to the North by Tayeb Salih: original etchings, an Arabic novel on vellum paper, and a handmade wooden box engraved with the artist’s initials.
Twelve Gates is open until 5PM.
Season of Migration to the North, 2019. 16 x 15 in. Handmade box, beech wood and matte grey zinc.
Season of Migration to the North II, 2018. 29.5 x 44 in. Etching, soft ground, aquatint, spit bite, scraping.
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LAST CHANCE! @mohammadomerkhalil Common Ground closing at @12gates
Take a listen to the episode drop from this morning, Exhibitions and Development Director @umikapathak if you have not already and then bop over to 106 North 2nd Street to check out Common Ground in its last moments at 12 Gates Arts.
Today is the last day to see Common Ground by Mohammad Omer Khalil at Twelve Gates Arts.
These are two prints from the series that gave the exhibition its name. British stamps addressed to the USA, Washington on a 5-cent postage, a torn price tag. All fragments of transit and exchange, preserved in aquatint and soft ground.
The gallery will be open from 11-5PM.
Common Ground X, c. 1985–95. 18 x 15 in. Etching, photocopy transfer, aquatint, soft ground.
Common Ground XI, c. 1985–95. 18 x 15 in. Etching, photocopy transfer, spit bite.
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Common Ground by Mohammad Omer Khalil closes soon at Twelve Gates Arts.
This piece holds a door standing in rubble, names printed on torn paper, a night sky pressing down over ancient arches.
Tomorrow is the last day to see the show. Open from 11-5PM. Come through.
Suakin, 2015. 30 x 30 in. Oil, collage on canvas
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Still time to see Common Ground by Mohammad Omer Khalil before it closes.
Line drawings of buildings, architectural plans, bursts of magenta and black.
Visit the gallery to see it this today and Friday 11-5PM. Show closes May 15.
Suakin, 2015
47 x 47.5 in.
Oil, collage on masonite
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It’s our last few days with Common Ground by Mohammad Omer Khalil.
This piece pulls from street life, architectural detail, and open landscape, layered together, dissolving boundaries between image and paint.
Visit the gallery to see it this today and Friday 11-5PM. Show closes May 15.
Suakin, 2015.
30 x 30 in.
Oil, collage on canvas
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The final days of Common Ground by Mohammad Omer Khalil are here. Look closely and you’ll find ruins, coastlines, and histories layered on top of each other.
Visit the gallery to see it this Thursday or Friday 11-5PM. Show closes May 15.
Suakin, 2015.
30 x 48 in.
Oil, collage on three canvases
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As we approach the final days of Common Ground by Mohammad Omer Khalil, we’re taking a closer look at the works that have filled our walls this spring. This piece features a bold blue line cutting through the canvas, grounding and reaching. MOK’s work rewards a slow look.
Come see it in person before it’s gone. Show closes May 15.
106 N 2nd St, Philadelphia | Open this week on Thursday and Friday, 11-5PM
Suakin, 2015.
47 x 47.5 in.
Oil, collage on masonite
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Mohammad explaining his process at the opening of his Common Ground show at @12gates in Philadelphia
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