Caricature
Exhibition showcasing the work of Mahmoud Kahil hosted alongside
Arab Media Summit 2003
 Dubai
Press Club organised an exhibition showcasing the works
of the late caricature artist Mahmoud Kahil alongside the
Arab Media Summit 2003 which was held on 7th & 8th October
2003 in Dubai.
Mona
Al Marri, Executive Manager of Dubai Press Club said that
the exhibition is a “gesture of appreciation from the media
fraternity for the contribution of late Mahmoud Kahil, whose
career was devoted to supporting the Arab issues, and whose
drawings helped to illustrate the Arab point of view to
the world.”
The exhibition
was held at the Madinat Jumierah, which is the venue of
the Arab Media Summit 2003. It included caricatures in both
Arabic and English, which helped reinforce the message of
the Media Summit and put forward the Arab point of view.
The exhibition
included 100 of the late artist’s work, which he created
in the last three years of his life. These art works reflect
major issues such as terrorism, globalization, threat to
the environment, the divide between the rich and the poor
and political comments.
The exhibition
also included photographs of the late artist capturing his
life and the important benchmarks in his career. There was
also a screening of a film on the artist in which he speaks
about his work, the execution process, the development of
his art and his caricature drawings.
Humorists
on the border of fear
The organizers of “Humoralia”
(Ermengol and Hernán Casciari) asked Kahil's family
and nine other Palestinian artists to participate in an
exhibition dedicated to the Palestinian/Israeli Conflict.
It was a special exhibition of ten cartoonists presenting
ten cartoons each on the occasion of the biennial Humoralia
2003, which took place in Lleida, Spain, from September
22nd till October 26th.
The exhibition
started in Catalonia, then went through Spain and, later,
to other European countries.
Mahmoud
Kahil in the 'Galleries of Justice'
 From
July to September, Nottingham hosted the UK’s cartoon festival,
The
Big Grin, for the second year.
With a retrospective collection of over 50 of his best cartoons
on human rights and Middle East conflict issues, Mahmoud
Kahil was ever present at the country's key event.
A film featuring Kahil speaking to BBC radio 4 about style
and censorship was screened for the duration of the exhibition
allowing audiences to get closer to the artist expressing
his passion for his work.
The festival organisers introduced festival-goers from Nottingham
and around the UK to Kahil’s legacy whilst during panel
discussions Kahil’s work was discussed, praised and considered
for future exhibitions across Europe – hopefully starting
with London at the beginning of next year.
Kahil's
daughter Dana Kahil Trometer is promoting her father’s highly
powerful and controversial silent cartoons, turning the
'Galleries Of Justice’ into a memorial to Kahil's best work.
Click
here to download the Big Grin's 2003 yearly report
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