A  VIRTUAL ART GALLERY DEVOTED TO ART LOVER'S 

THE DESERT IS NOT SILENT.COM is owned and managed by Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF) , which is also the organizer of “The desert is not silent” exhibitions around the world.

What’s our objective?
The main objectives allocated to “ THE DESERT IS NOT SILENT ” by Gaddafi International Charity and Development Foundation (GICDF) are:
-To popularize Libyan art and richest antiquities,
-To publish news regarding “ THE DESERT IS NOT SILENT ” exhibitions,
-To provide online gallery to web visitors around the world and
-To give answer to art lovers’ questions
-To provide a space of positive discussion for art lovers’.

Goals:
The thedesertisnotsilent.com is to set-up a more proactive relationship with art lovers, where the audience is not simply analyzed in terms of visitors at the other end of the line, but also in terms of satisfaction provided to them.

What’s the desert is not silent

It has been generally admitted by experts that art is an expression of truth, transmitting of views, feelings, judgments and emotions of the artist, which would like to share his experience, his knowledge, his will, his anxiousness or his hope with others. According to this, the work and the symbolism of the artist are thus a mirror, reflecting all his philosophy
The Artist, deliberately or not, works under the influence of his environment. By the time Libya is known as “the land of the desert”, desert is part of Libyan culture and identity.
As people usually consider the desert as the land of solitude, deep and intense silence, Libyan artists, closed to the desert, living with the desert, would like to call anyone to forget about the usual notion of the desert, known as empty and silent expanse. In reality, the desert is not an inert world. The desert is peopled and filled with stories. The desert can only be silent for those who do not know how to hear its murmuring, in the same way that painting is mute for those who do not know how to see it. The desert, “the land of Twaregs” cannot be silent. “THE DESERT IS NOT SILENT”
Thedesertisnotsilent.com gives the unique chance to discover online, the richness of the Libyan antiquities, including roman and Greek master archeological pieces (30 pieces) coming from Libyan famous museums.
Thedesertisnotsilent.com also gives opportunity to discover the sumptuousness of Libyan fine art, including:
- 39 canvases painted by Engineer Saif El-Islam Gaddafi,
- 6 canvases painted by Fawzi Omar Swei
- 6 canvases painted by Salah Shagroun
The freedom of approach used by Libyan artists to express themselves in their canvases is exceptional. Their art, which is of exceptionally high pictorial quality, is a bridge between surrealism, expressionism, symbolism, and contemporary art.

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