

عاشور الطويبي
*محمد بن الأمين: رسام ليبي شاب سجن هو و أخوه الحبيب بن الأمين في الأسبوع الأول من ثورة 17 فبراير ضد القذافي وسجنا في *سجن أبوسليم الشهير بطرابلس.أفرج عنه الثوار يوم 20.8.2011 بعد تحرير طرابلس.
In the beginning were the rustling leaves of the forbidden tree, The commencement of the descent and the end of it was Autumn. In the beginning were the creaking doors of the greater universe, where all those who have entered endured the burning features of the existence. In the beginning were the “things” hurting by “Things” Fever was along the lines of puzzlement. In the beginning was a bang on the head, then the initiation, etc... along the way.


"Last night on BBC1 news in 1.9.2011 at 10pm Jeremy Bowen reported from the hell that was Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, Libya, now empty of its prisoners. "Torture was routine, sometimes prisoners disappeared, and now you can just walk in," Jeremy said. As he wandered into one cell the camera showed two walls covered with drawings and writing. "Even here one inmate didn't hide his defiance" Jeremy said. "He signed his name, Mohammed Bin Al Amin above his dreams of freedom".The camera panned down from the signature to a haunting face gazing out through bars clutched by the subject's hands. One can only imagine the conditions under which the drawing was done. Powerful testimony to the unquenchability of an artist's spirit. It must be the work of the famous artist from Misrata, who he was seized by Gaddafi forces from his Misrata studio on 18 February together with his poet brother Elhabib Elamin, and taken off to Tripoli. The brothers were released a few days ago when the prison was liberated."BBC — at Abu Salim prison in Tripoli, Libya.


Planet Earth Planet Art
Ninety-five artists present their artwork as a voice raised to bring awareness of the urgent problems of the imbalanced lifestyles and unsustainable environmental consumption we humans face, accompanied by a personal statement which brings the clarity of the artist to these problems.
These artists come from such nations as the UK, USA, Saudi Arabia, Hungary, China, Brazil, Greece, Libya, India, France, the Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden (and many others), and thus this book is truly a global voice, with contributions from East and West, from the developed and developing worlds.
Delightfully presented in an elegantly designed coffee-table book format, this collection of contemporary artforms ranges from the abstract to the photographic, the visionary to the spectacular, and is prefaced by a wonderful poem (quoted above) entitled Make Art, Not War from Nnimmo Bassey, the Chair of Friends Of The Earth International.
With a wonderful cover from Indian graphic artist Narasimha Gollapudi Murthy and edited as a collaboration between Mirca Art Group and British visionary artist Bruce Rimell, this book is a must-have for any art lovers wishing to experience the insights of artists addressing the greatest issue that mankind faces today: the protection and sustainability of our Planet Earth and the biodiversity that dwells upon it.
