International Art
Artwork from Khamis is included in the collections of several museums, royal families and private collectors.
International Art
Artwork from Khamis is included in the collections of several museums, royal families and private collectors.
Dutch artists
have a hard time
After winning two international art prizes Jamal Khamis explains his views on the current state of Dutch art. Willem de Kooning, Vincent van Gogh and many other Dutch artists were tortured, says Khamis.
Feeling Art
Jamal Khamis succeeded in developing his own ways, which he calls ‘feeling art’. His art is based on uttering feelings, rather than reason and logic.
Feeling Art
Jamal Khamis succeeded in developing his own ways, which he calls ‘feeling art’. His art is based on uttering feelings, rather than reason and logic.
During an artistic journey of more than thirty years, Jamal Khamis succeeded in developing his own ways, which he calls ‘feeling art’. Khamis’ concept of art lies at the basis of feeling art. He does not believe in art that can be understood by reason. He is interested in uttering feelings, rather than focusing on theoretical matters such as technique and composition. According to him, human emotions cannot be changed by a learning process. Unlike mathematics, he believes that beauty, the human soul and infinity cannot be understood by logic or reason. For instance, beauty is not governed by rules, it is free and sovereign. It
appeals to our emotions, the subconscious, as well as the imagination of the painter and observer. In Khamis’ view, beauty is infinite. He compares his sense of beauty with dreams. Dreams have no geographical boundaries, they are unhampered and unrealistic. Khamis says that dreams communicate with deep subconscious human emotions and cannot be explained rationally. True creativity comes from within; it finds expression in the odd and extraordinary.