At 85 Zoubeir Turki publishes artistic portfolio of 35 drawings

Tunis, January 14, 2009- One of Tunisia’s leading artists, Zoubeir Turki has just published a portfolio of some 35 drawings representing portraits of characters inspired from the Tunis Medina.

The book published by Simpact Editions, is yet another contribution to Tunisian art, as well as a tribute to characters which have marked the artist’s youth in the magic labyrinthine meanders of the Tunis medina.

“The characters portrayed remind us of characters whom we have never met” writes the painter who by dint of his creative pencil, chisels out both the physical and moral character of the figures that inspired him.

Characteristic of Zoubeir Turki’s style is the ever present Arab-Islamic artistic influence and its undulating lines and arabesques.

At 85, the artist is displaying an amazing creative strain, which shows no sign of waning. On November 7,2008 he was awarded the November 7 creativity Prize by Tunisia’s President, as a token for his work, both authentic and universal.

More than a collector’s book, it is an ode to joy and happiness, where truth in painting surges up from the most profound recesses of memory.

The photo shows a drawing by Zoubeir Turki “Tijania”