Embroidered Landscape (series of 4 works) 

Copper prints, embroidered with colourful threads and perforated paper, 2018 - 2022

Abulaban uses bold strokes and vibrant colors to create a dynamic and textured composition that has a rhythmic quality, reminiscent of crashing waves. In City by the Sea, he cites the coastal towns of Palestine and how they become one with their residents. The very same seaside landscape that Maroun Tomb often depicted– as we can imagine in titles such as Haifa Port, Akka, A View in Jaffa, and others– provides a connection on a spiritual and thematic level to generations of Palestinian artists who have been influenced by the same coastline. 

Farid Abu Shakra, born in Umm al-Fahm, comes from a family of artists, including his brothers Walid and Said Abu Shakra, as well as his cousin, Asim Abu Shakra. Between 1984 and 1988, Abu Shakra pursued his education at the Kalisher Art School in Tel Aviv-Yafo, later to become curator (1996-2001) and one of the co-founders of the Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery with his brother Said. In 2008, Abu Shakra helped establish the House of Culture & Art in Nazareth and previously served as the Curator and Director.

Abu Shakra is also a poet and among his anthologies are: The Colors of the Sunset, 1993; The Song of Liberation, 1991-1995; Abdullah: The Song