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Salman AlNajem 🏴‍☠️ سلمان النجم

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The artist’s task is to save the soul of humankind; anything less is dithering while the world burns.

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@_a97ab_ is back again with handmade bag charms. A97AB is a gentle call to smile and point at relatable figures that represent shared Khaleeji culture, people and family.

The keychains act as a representation of Khaleeji people in a fun way.

They new handmade bag charm keychains are available now, and the sold out classic dolls are restocked.

Photos: Supplied by @smnajem

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19 days ago

ALL NEW A97AB HANDMADE BAGCHARM
AND A97AB PLUSHIE DOLLS RESTOCKED
NOW AVAILABLE 👩🏻‍❤️‍👨🏽 by @smnajem

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⁨ ⁨ عرض فيلم مع سلمان النجم: The Animatrix
ماذا يحدث عندما يتوقف العالم الذي تعرفه عن التصرّف وفق القواعد التي اعتدت عليها؟
ضمن البرنامج العام المصاحب لمعرض Meaningful/less – لزوم ما لا يلزم، انضموا إلى الفنان سلمان النجم في عرض ومناقشة مجموعة مختارة من حلقاتThe Animatrix .
صدر فيلم The Animatrix في عام 2003، وهو مجموعة من تسعة أفلام رسوم متحركة قصيرة توسّع عالمThe Matrix . ومن خلال قصص وأساليب بصرية مختلفة جذريًا، تستكشف الأفلام مفاهيم الوعي، والتكنولوجيا، والواقع، والحرية، وما يعنيه أن نكون بشرًا.
يختار سلمان لهذا العرض مجموعة من الحلقات التي تتقاطع مع الأسئلة المطروحة في Meaningful/less، لتكون كل حلقة نقطة انطلاق لحوار حول الواقع، والقدرة على الاختيار، والوجود، ومحاولاتنا لفهم العوالم التي نعيش فيها.
الاربعاء ، 16 سبتمبر
7 – 9 مساءً
التسجيل مطلوب، 5 د.ب (يشمل الفشار والمشروب الغازي)
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Open to the public
Film Screening with Salman AlNajem: The Animatrix
What happens when the world you understand suddenly stops behaving according to its own rules?
As part of the public programme accompanying Meaningful/less – لزوم ما لا يلزم, join artist Salman AlNajem for a screening and discussion of selected episodes from The Animatrix.
Released in 2003, The Animatrix is an anthology of nine animated short films expanding the universe of The Matrix. Across radically different stories and visual styles, the films explore consciousness, technology, reality, freedom and what it means to be human.
For this screening, Salman selects episodes that resonate with the questions running through Meaningful/less, using each film as a starting point for conversation around reality, agency, existence and our attempts to make sense of the worlds we inhabit.
Wednesday, 16 September
7 PM - 9 PM
Registration required , 5 BD (including popcorn + soft drink)
PG-13 by @smnajem

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Participated in a group exhibition: Meaningful/ness @alriwaq curated by @shereenf & @ikhurram.salman with my painting Horse (through the air & space of dreams) from my series Sucde and Redemption (2019).
Pictures by my sister @dalalmn taken in Al Riwaq Art Space by @smnajem

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2 months ago

How much of your creative process is actually physical?

Introducing Balanced Days presented by WHOOP, a new Dazed MENA series following three regional creatives through the routines, signals and everyday decisions that shape how they work, move and recover.

First up, Bahraini artist Salman AlNajem on meditation, self-monitoring and how what he feels physically and emotionally eventually finds its way into his work.

Tap our link in bio to read more 🔗 by @smnajem

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An ode to joy (2026) by @smnajem

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4 months ago

To be human: is to love and imagine
Latest interview on @btv_bh by @smnajem

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4 months ago

For those asking if I’ll ever make happy paintings, here’s to ya 💝

An Ode to Joy is a collection of melted crayon paintings on paper. It is a celebration, a light at the end of the tunnel. Severing as a reminder of simple optimism; that despite all the hardships one may face in this lifetime. When love is found and focused on, it makes everything else worth while

AN ODE TO JOY (2026)
Melted crayon on paper in artist frame
53 x 61 cm frame
Currently on display at the National Museum of Bahrain by @smnajem

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5 months ago

KISWA 4 (2025)
26 MAY 2025 by @smnajem

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6 months ago

🩸 by @smnajem

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6 months ago

Sketching Sunday workshop at @biennale_sa went very well.
Was very nice seeing the participants smiling, sketching and also transcribing some of my philosophy one-liners.
Some asked me to give the sketches I made during the workshop, which was flattering. Thank you to all involved 💛 taken in Diriyah Jax Riyadh by @smnajem

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An Ode to Joy (2026)
Melted crayon on paper in artist frame
53 x 61 cm framed

hadesisgood is more personal off-shoot from my painting practice. An ongoing project that started in 2013 in Paris when I got my first moleskin notebook. The project started with me carrying the notebook everywhere to jot down ideas, thoughts & schedules as a way to offload my mind.

Now the project is 60+ personal journal sketchbooks filled with a collection of thousands of stream of consciousness line drawings. I found myself practising ‘Automatic drawing’ a well acclaimed psychotherapeutic exercise. Which warranted me a strong connection with my subconscious mind; and at times would lead me into venturing into what Carl Jung called: the collective-unconscious. To revel, record & reveal a familiar dreamscape that we are all connected to; that many of us visit.

These sketchbook drawings are then transformed into melted crayon paintings. A process I developed after seeing Fayum mummy portraits at the Louvre Abu Dhabi (wax and pigment painted portraits on wooden boards attached to mummies from Roman Egypt.) I was attracted to the unique texture of the mummy-portraits, and thought “pigment + wax = crayon”, and thats when I decided to melt crayon in a tea cup, on a hot-pot, and paint the hot, non-toxic liquid with a paintbrush. taken in Bahrain National Museum by @smnajem

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8 months ago