Reality Show: A Fann À Porter & ZAAT Collaborative Exhibition

Majd Kurdieh is an artist whose practice incorporates painting, drawing, and literature. He creates childlike paintings with recurring figures that tell stories, often with a strong moral and positive reinforcement that he projects into the world. The artist's cast of characters includes the Fasaeen, a boy (Fasoon) and a girl (Fasooneh), who are always accompanied by animal characters. Together, they make up 'The Very Scary Butterfly Gang', which carries out small optimistic tasks and sheds light on basic human rights and needs. Kurdieh's paintings may seem simple at first glance, but they reveal a complex world that the artist has been able to simplify, almost with a childlike innocence. His ingenuity relays the artist's candour and draws attention to issues that he feels deserve to be represented truthfully. The artist continues to develop his characters, giving them more depth as he progresses in his own practice.

At the centre of Kurdieh's practice is a sense of duty to make the world a better place, whether through art, discourse, or creating moments where the viewer forms a connection with his Fasaeen. His works are strongly poetic and very sensitive, channeling the multilayers of his emotions into creating deeply humane art. In essence, the artist's work carries a strong sense of human protection and the need to shed light on basic human rights and needs.