About Artist
Abdul Rahman Katanani is a Palestinian artist born in 1983 and has lived all his life as a refugee in the Shatila and Sabra camp in Lebanon. His artistic talents forcefully emerged in his early childhood years when he started to paint rigorously using the painful realities of the refugees’ everyday living in the camp as his subject matter.
Hence, his artistic works intensely depicts the tragedy of his people, the Palestinian refugees. His works are considered by many as a realistic and vivid portrayal of the hardships, endurance, and persistent spirit of resistance that are the main characteristics of life in the Palestinian refugee camps.
Accordingly, his artistic works reflect the often-contradictory feelings of suffering and endurance, hopelessness and hopefulness, and pain and happiness, along with nostalgia for a beloved homeland. What sets Katanani’s works apart is that in his portrayal of his and his peoples’ feelings as refugees, he utilizes the camp’s structural materials of tin and cardboard, old clothes, old utensils, and so forth as his art materials. Katanani’s work represents dramatic and deeply felt compassion that is motivated by heartfelt experiences and aspirations.
Conditions
The following conditions of sale describe the relationship between the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA and the buyers, prospective buyers, and bidders for the Keyword: Palestine II Art Exhibition and Auction which will begin on March 2nd, 2020, and end on December 31st, 2020. By using this website to buy, bid, or inquire about any artwork, you agree to be bound by these conditions.
When you place a bid on any artwork, you are accepting personal liability for the purchase price, any applicable taxes, any and all shipping and packing costs, and all other applicable charges. Any artwork bought by residents of the District of Columbia will be subjected to a 6% sales tax on the market value of the artwork. All U.S. resident buyers can claim tax deductions on amounts that exceed the market value of the artwork. Market value of artwork is their starting value.
Bid winners can pick up the artwork they bought from the Institute for Palestine Studies-USA or have the Institute arrange for shipment, however, reiterating, that the buyer is responsible for all packing and shipment costs.
There will be ten (10) bidding cycles. Each cycle will close on the last day of the month at 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time (USA) at which time the highest bidder for the art will be notified of their winning bid.
Please note that all bids are final once submitted and may not be cancelled or modified by you, except with our express written consent under circumstances that we consider appropriate at our sole discretion. Please also note that all sales are final.