MUSCAT: A photography exhibition entitled ‘Austria-Oman Photographic Impressions’ opened at the Bait Al Zubair Museum in Muscat Governorate on May 10. The event was held under the auspices of Azzan bin Qasim al Busaidy, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Heritage and Tourism, for tourism.
The Auner Quartet performed a series of entertaining classical music pieces for about an hour. The Quartet is a classical music group that has won several international awards during its career. They are also the first Austrian ensemble to be featured on the cover of the Performing Arts Yearbook of Europe.
Later, the chief guest inaugurated the exhibition (Austria-Oman Photographic Impressions) by Austrian photographer Nikolaus Korab and the Omani photographer Qasim al Farsi.
The idea of the exhibition is to take pictures of Oman by the Austrian photographer while the Omani photographer will do the same of the Republic of Austria, so that each photographer presents his impression of the other country. These images varied between nature, architecture, and faces, to reflect beauty through the lens of the other.
Nikolaus Korab, the Austrian artist, was born in Vienna in 1963. Between 1986-1989 he worked as a camera assistant for Walter Kindler and Wolfgang Hackl and a teacher at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna 1998-2005 and the Vienna Art School 2009-2014. He has also held and participated in many private and public exhibitions in Austria and abroad since 1983. He is also a member of the Vienna Artists Association (Künstlerhaus Wien) since 2020.
Omani artist, Qasim al Farsi was born in the Wilayat of Samayil in 1982, and is professional photographer of nature and architecture, a member of FIAP (Fédération Internationale de l’Art Photographique) and an active member of the Omani Photographic Society. He also received many local as well as international awards, and he is also an international arbitrator in photography competitions and exhibitions locally and globally.
The exhibition will continue until May 25 in Bait Al Zubair every day from 9 am till 5 pm except Friday.
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