Series VI: Press Clippings
Scope and Contents
Clippings collected by the artist and kept loose or in bound volumes, beginning from the 1960s. The materials mainly detail exhibitions in which Nawash participated, taking place in Amman, Baghdad, Jerusalem, Damascus, Paris and Rome. The materials extend into the 2000s.
VI.A. Clippings Compiled and Ordered by the Artist
Scope and Contents
Two portfolios of press clippings and statements about the work of the artist organized in non chronological order.
1. Portfolio 1
Image Set
2. Portfolio 2
Image Set
VI.B. Press Clippings from the 1960s
Scope and Contents
Press materials from the 1960s mainly cover the exhibitions that Ahmad Nawash participated in during his studies in Rome or after his graduation and active return to Amman in the 1960s. Italian publications include Il Nargiso, Il Tempo, Paese Sera, and Il Popolo, while Arabic publications include Al Manar, Addustor, Addifa' and Al Baath.
VI.C. Press Clippings from the 1970s
Scope and Contents
Press materials from the 1970s cover the solo exhibitions that Ahmad Nawash organized at the cultural institutes and the University of Jordan in Amman. Critics write on the number of works, themes and quality of the paintings. Publications include Addustour, Alrai, Al Akhbar, and Al Nahar newspapers. An issue of Afkar magazine from 1974 featured a painting by Nawash titled Circus Performer. Writings are by Ibrahim Najjar, Ayyad Nimer, and Issa Al Jarajerah.
VI.D. Press Clippings from the 1980s
Scope and Contents
Press materials from the 1980s cover Nawash's solo exhibitions at Gallery Alia, French Cultural Center in Amman, Yarmouk University in 1986, and at Al Rasheed Hall in Baghdad organized by the Iraqi Ministry of Culture and Information in 1982. Materials also include profiles and biographies published in Iraqi newspapers such as Al Thawra, Addustour, Al Jumhouriya, and in Jordanian media such as Addustour, The Jordan Times, and The Jerusalem Star. They feature art correspondents such as Rabah Al Saghir, Meg Abu Hamdan, Abdul Raouf Shamoun, and Adnan Yahya.
VI.E. Press Clippings from the 1990s
Scope and Contents
Press materials from the 1990s cover exhibitions by Ahmad Nawash, such as a 1994 solo organized by Darat al Funun at the Abdul Hameed Shoman Foundation hall in Jabal Amman, his 1995 solo at Aba'ad Art Gallery, and a graphic art generational group exhibition at Amman's city hall in 1998. Press clippings published in Jordanian newspapers, including Alrai, Addustour, Al Arab Al Yawm, and Al-Aswaq, include articles on Nawash's work written by several art correspondents and critics, such as Jordanian artist and critic Ghassan Mafadleh for Alrai, and the Syrian artist critic Asaad Arabi for the London-based Al Hayat Newspaper.
VI.F. Press Clippings from the 2000s
Scope and Contents
Press materials from the 1990s cover a talk by Nawash at Darat al Funun in 2000. This and other events and interviews were reported on by Hussein Daaseh, Mohamed Al Ameri, Rasmi Jarrah, among others. They were published in Jordanian media outlets such as Addustour and Alrai.
