'Mirror Mirror on the Wall'

Mirror Mirror On The Wall...

By Anne Gedeon and Noura Masri

Anne Gedeon Noura Masri Lebanese jewelry designer

Palestinian artist & painter

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Bio Noura Al Masri, was born in Dubai in 1981; artist and painter she has held solo and group art exhibitions around the Middle East, NYC, Russia, and Scotland. Her work has been interpreted in different forms and has evolved into different medias as well.. One of which was the SS12 Carnival fashion collection that was inspired by a "Carnival" painting created by fashion designer Maison Rana. Noura has taught art to kids & adults; and has given workshops and speeches at schools and colleges in the UAE. She also writes stories and has worked as a graphic designer. She is currently a gallery manager running the first Cartoon Art Gallery in the Middle East as well as an artist who works on special & collaborative art projects

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Anne Gedeon, was born in the US in 1975; and raised between the US and the Gulf.

Her professional background is in advertising and events management. She worked with Chic Alors Middle East for over 10 years and in 2009 launched her own jewelry label - G R I N BY ANNE GEDEON which is stocked in the Middle East & expanding to Asia. She also is an amateur photographer and has held solo and group photography exhibitions in Dubai and Beirut. She also has done styling, graphic design, creative consulting for various entities like Boutique hotels, retail stores & body products. She currently designs for her jewelry label and works on special collaborative art projects.

Collection • • •

‘Limited edition’ individually crafted pieces Animated on a variety of mediums and textures Creating a ‘Home Accessories’ line to consist of new age WALL Art, DEKO Art , hand-­‐made COUTURE shawls and more.

The Woman •

The project revolves around the Woman, her faces, her roles.

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Each Woman has a story...each story has an emotion..each emotion has a life depicted through color...

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The prose writing attached to each artwork are real life excerpts from Anne Gedeon’s writing.

The Collection

Coquette In My Bed | The Adultress |

i know not of what i knew. i only know what i once felt.. your breeze still

voice still eavesdrops on my mind..

gallops through my hair and your

- Mar 94’

Emotion: Sexual Liberation Color: Green + Mustard Type: Sofa Throw USD 3,400 | AED 12,488

My Lilac Geisha |The Seductress |

Sacred the emotion

that is triggered from your attentive whispers

seduce my gesture How must I part when I lapse momentarily into reality and get washed back into the endless ocean of desire..

Shy the smile you paint on my face whilst you

- Dec 2001

Emotion: Vanity, Lust Color: Lilac + Red Type: Wall hanging painting USD 3,200 | AED 11,753

Pretty Lady with Purple Money | The High Class Show Off |

You

must get out of it. The hurricane of challenge . You are

ugly as you trespass your limits. I strangely feel peaceful as I vent out my tarred breath and away from you. Dip your feet in those cold waters that warm you. Be above them and not amongst them, but only momentarily as you crash..

- Jan 97’

Emotion: Pompousness Color: Purple & Gold Type: Sofa throw USD 3,800 | AED 13,957

Around You | The Societal Victim |

desire to befriend my patience..

May I ask your will to feed my need..

May I ask your

May I ask your

passion to fuel your ration

May I?

or must I ask your ration to tame my passion?

Or should I ask us not to ask because

we cant ask..because we cant ask?

- Apr 12, ‘02

Emotion: Entrapment. Sadness.

Color: Pink + Grey Type: Sofa throw USD 2,500 | AED 9,182

Made In My Mouth | The Gossiper |

You

have proved a tongue cascaded with jewels plagued with an insincerity of sorts.

You sleep peacefully unaware of the storm that has

destroyed the inside of everything I

become

believed in. You have

an oily cramp and its time to evacuate.

- Dec 31, 1993

Emotion: Nosy Color: White , Black + Red Type: Silk Shawl USD 2,668 | AED 9,800

Blue Kiss | The Snake |

Finally the stars aligned in such a way where disruption reigns.

You heard of things today that you very well knew but you didn’t face.

...Are

you upset at the mess you recklessly

fell into? Or upset at the careful trap you aimed to walk right into?

- Sept ’01 Emotion: Envy Color: Hot Pink & Black Type: Wall Hanging painting USD 2,600 | AED 9,550

The Difference Between Me & You is Everything | The Strange One |

You have become so vulnerable yet hard as a rock. You know not what

to take seriously and what

you hang onto the wind for salvation without an anchor. you should let pass you by..

What is your fear?

Face your fear.

-Mar 98’.

Time is

passing you by...

Emotion: Lost Color: Purple & Yellow Type: Painting USD 5,000 | AED 18,365

What Are You Looking At? | The Silent Observer |

Do you ever take a minute to listen to my eyes as they shudder…do you ever hear the rustle in my breath or the tremor in my

mouth? Do you ever take the time to look yourself hard in

the mirror and ask yourself if you like what you see?

Do you like what you see?

I am a tentacled dreamer who is

thick with emotion

just trying to fit in.

- Sept 5, 99 Emotion: Impulsive & Clumsy Color: Mustard & Red Type: Painting USD 4,150 | AED 15,243

Bohonistic

Inspirations | Equestrian Chic, Rugged Romanticism

An interwoven heavy rainbow tweed left to its natural ends, lined with brick-­‐orange fabric that’s lightly muted with a soft black tulle. All comes together with a royal blue velvet border

Color: Multi + Brick Orange Type: Shawl/Jacket USD 977 | AED 3,590

Moulin Rose

| AED | Inspirations | Baroque Maximalism with a young palette of 4,590 colors

A special tweed fabric in a rainbow palette lined with fushia & carefully embellished around the neckline with real vintage antique silver lace on black tulle & a concoction of bright blue, green and purple velvet trimmings

Color: Multi + Brick Orange Type: Shawl/Jacket USD 1,880 | AED 6,905

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Links & Info Noura Masri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evH2stvft7Y http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOdOhVmqndc&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JDWLcqV_GM&feature=relmfu http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AAlgWhCfmA&feature=relmfu Anne Gedeon http://www.facebook.com/pages/G-­‐R-­‐I-­‐N-­‐by-­‐Anne-­‐Gedeon/170573059664051 http://www.grin-design.com/press.html http://www.grin-design.com/press-events.html www.grin-design.com http://twitter.com/#!/GRINbyAGedeon

For any orders, please email anne@grin-design.com.

Thank you