Athena-Sana
The international Syrian sculptor Aktham Abdel Hamid wrote, with his creative chisel, a message directed from the earth to the sky through his sculpture, which he completed within the First International Forum for Marble Sculpture in the Greek city of Patres, which concluded its activities yesterday.
Regarding his sculptural work, the sculptor Abdel Hamid said in a statement to SANA reporter, “During the forum, I completed a portrait of a woman calling for the cessation of wars in all parts of the world to preserve human civilization, while at the same time carrying a message that art is capable of elevating man through the beauty it offers.”
Abdul Hamid, who received an invitation from the Patris City Council to participate in the forum, explained that the only Arab sculptor participating, along with sculptors from several countries around the world, including Canada, Armenia, Albania and other countries, in addition to the participation of a number of Greek sculptors.
Abdel Hamid pointed out that the city of Patris, which overlooks the Mediterranean Sea, occupies an important tourist site in Greece by owning several tourist seaports that receive large numbers of foreign tourists, which allowed the participants in the forum to come into contact with a diverse audience of several nationalities who visited the site of implementation of the works within days their participation in this global artistic gathering.
Mohamed Samir Tahan
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