To My Assailant
June 12, 2020
Flannel, paint, large shirt Image Description: Blue flannel with white mint leaves and the words painted in orange and yellow, “Absolutely yours.”
Author: Ali El-Chaer
Ali El-Chaer is a Palestinian-American artist from Nashville, TN. They received their BFA at Austin Peay State University and has featured works in Nashville and Clarksville. They often attempt to create a discussion through mixed media processes and work with immigrants and Palestinians to accurately display communication between different cultures.
Who am I?
May 28, 2020
House paint, spray paint, twin size comforter Image Description: Blue twin sized blanket with white floral design sprayed painted with the words “who am I?” on the bottom in red and translated into Arabic on the top, also in red. In the center of the artwork is a self portrait of the artist as a … More Who am I?
Medea
March 24, 2020
Paper, 5.75″x4″ Image Description: Collage of woman lying on her stomach, background of specks of snow and random dots of blue light. It reads, “some people are what they love. It’s disgusting! Some people love what they are… Never.”
Aphrodite
March 23, 2020
Paper, acrylic paint, marker, 4.5”x6.25” Image Description: collage of woman with white out eyes, wearing only towel, has wet hair, and standing by tile wall. She has a yellow and red halo, hearts and dots surrounding it. It reads “bitch-faced girl XOXOXO”
Eve
March 23, 2020
Paper, lipstick, acrylic paint, 5″x4.25″ Image Description: collage of woman sitting on rocks, has white wings, wearing bathing suit, white out eyes. Red kiss on bottom of image. Collage says, “Welcome to paradise.”
My Kind of Woman!
March 23, 2020
Paper, 5.25″x4.25″ Sold Image Description: collage with marbles blue and green background, hands meeting to put on wedding ring. Where hands meet is a yellow halo. It reads, “because when I see a diamond my whole body becomes erogenous,” above hands.
Lolita
March 11, 2020
Paper, 6″x4″h Image Description: collage of floating green, child’s dress with pink love letter behind outfit. The background is backs of piled up garbage. It says, “Self defense, cold blooded?”
Mary Magdalene
March 11, 2020
Paper, acrylic paint, lipstick, eyeliner, 6.25″x4.25″ Sold Image Description: collage of reclining, nude woman wearing red lipstick and dramatized ribs. The background is purple with white dots and blooming flowers with yellow halos. In the bottom left corner is a tag for a vintage valentine.
Coy
June 3, 2019
Paper, acrylic paint, 4″x6″ Sold Image Description: Collage with brown, earth textured background with woman sitting and staring down. Two blue Canada stamps in opposite corners, two blue marbles strips of paper leaving woman’s head and feet. The right top corner and bottom left corner have red byzantine symbols.
Open Arms
June 3, 2019
Paper, 4″x6″ Sold Image Description: collage of individually laid blue Canada stamps, random American flag stamps dispersed. Center is Mother and Child standing and looking at viewer.
Sacred Heart
May 18, 2019
Paper, acrylic paint, 4″x6″ Sold Image Description: Individually laid blue Canada stamps, in the top right and bottom left corner are Islamic floral designs and in the bottom right and top right corner are symbols from byzantine art in red. The center is a painting of Mary’s sacred heart.
Soul Mates
February 20, 2019
Paper, 3.25″x3.5″ Sold Image Description: collage of washer and dryer, in the dryer is an growling tiger, and out the washer a gazelle is popping its head out.
