Khira Jalil

Image Caption“Black Angel”: An Interview With Artist Khira Jalil

The artist says “the world is a reflection of our internal state of mind”Redouan Saidi, September 29, 2021This part of a whole interview with the Artist Khira Jalil about “Black Angel” is first published on Facebook and has been lightly been edited.

R: Could you describe the size and the painting media for “Black Angel”?

K: “Black Angel” is 3m/3m, acrylic paint on cotton cloth.R: Where has it been exposed before?

 K: You know! This painting was exposed in 2017 in at the Barbara Mathes Gallery in New York, USA, and in Puerto Rico during the American Century festivities, as an artwork and installation. 

R: What is the main theme of “Black Angel”?

K: The main theme in this painting revolves around one of the biggest ever challenges for the female body, breast cancer. I think that the world is a reflection of our internal state of the mind. If we experience internal feeling of confusion, anger, and turmoil, then we will see the world in these terms. A sort of self-projection! Unfortunately, as an artist, cancer took away from me my beloved: close friends, family members and sometimes ordinary people I am just acquainted with. And my mother is still suffering. It makes me feel sad that cancer still threaten human lives on this earth. 

R: Big size painting (3m/3m) and without frame, why?

K: Big size is meant to enhance the idea of agora, which a space for life. And we should lead our life in place without a frame, without restrictions, that is, in full freedom. We do not need social or political consideration to get to know each other on this globe. We must not feel alone! That is why we should meet. And if one loses a hand, a leg or anything else because of cancer, he or she must not be left alone. ONE will never be let to walk alone! Or be let to feel ashamed because of an imputation or so! The sick should still enjoy their moments of life! People are sent to fellow people as angels to make our grief and sadness melt away! I used the cotton cloth to insinuate the idea that it is never late to enjoy life and show your beauty, though the lack of optimal conditions!
R: Could you please elaborate on the symbolic load of “Black Angel”?

K: I painted bodies of women and men without their hands, or legs. I wanted to hammer home an articulate message for people to stop talking about the “human handicap” in negative terms. Let work on what ordinary people call “handicap” and give it a positive twist. 

R: Why did you opt for dark colors? 

K: In the paintings there is an amalgam of dark colors in the background and bright colors as yellow and white as if announcing the sun rise, trying to say that the future will surely be better and hopeful. 

R: How?

K: Viewers’ sadness will melt away if they look at the “Black Angel”! And people with cancer will feel relieved by allowing their eyes linger the garden the painting!

R: Thank you dear Lady! It was a real pleasure talking to you! 

K: The pleasure is mine dear Sir!

ArtArt in a challenging moment .....khira jalil 
We always asked ourselves :What kind of advice we can give to others in such hard moments?In fact, this question revolves in mind during all these two months. No body denies that we were all worried and we faced many problems to express our point of vue in such a hard moment of lockdown by Covid 19.In the End, we can join our friends all over the world from our homes in Morocco and share with them our experiences and say : _stay safe in your homes, you must be more hopeful people and have strong personalities to face all issues no matter how, _Have more insperation for your creativities ._Tack your next step in your careers,.sure, it's not always easy. _A professional career coach as other artists can give you personalized guidance to help you overcome hurdles. _put your best steps forward your goals._To get started, just try to be in touch with many artists from all over the world. _Try to work hard from your home for your safe_share your art with other artists in some online exhibitions _Try to accept more and more pieces of advice from the good critical's art writers or curator for galleries that are known for good experiences in art fields._When you do your work with more hope and love and When there is no more lockdown , you will lately discover that you are hard workers with many excellent art works, and that you had spent this time by achieving good things for you as a self , for your careers as artists and for you sociaties as a good citizens ...._ So stay safe in your homes.... _let's be in touch and communicate with each other in our next group exhibition named : Art in lockdown : *hope ,challenge and creativity*_ In the end take good care and stay positive during hard moments.Best wishes for friends all over the world ... .. The forum ...beni Mellal .Morocco. in a challenging moment .....Art 's wings forum .
We always asked ourselves :What kind of advice we can give to others in such hard moments?In fact, this question revolves in mind during all these two months. No body denies that we were all worried and we faced many problems to express our point of vue in such a hard moment of lockdown by Covid 19.
In the End, we can join our friends all over the world from our homes in Morocco and share with them our experiences and say : _stay safe in your homes, you must be more hopeful people and have strong

 personalities to face all issues no matter how,_Have more insperation for your creativities ._Tack your next step in your careers,.
sure, it's not always easy.
_A professional career coach as other artists can give you personalized guidance to help you overcome hurdles. _put your best steps forward your goals.
_To get started, just try to be in touch with many artists from all over the world. _Try to work hard from your home for your safe
_share your art with other artists in some online exhibitions
_Try to accept more and more pieces of advice from the good critical's art writers or curator for galleries that are known for good experiences in art fields.
_When you do your work with more hope and love and When there is no more lockdown , you will lately discover that you are hard workers with many excellent art works, and that you had spent this time by achieving good things for you as a self , for your careers as artists and for you sociaties as a good citizens ....
_ So stay safe in your homes....
_let's be in touch and communicate with each other in our next group exhibition named : Art in lockdown : *hope ,challenge and creativity*
_ In the end take good care and stay positive during hard moments.
Best wishes for friends all over the world ... ..  ...beni Mellal .Morocco.

1/first encounter with art
what did you study?

Before i introduse my self as artist and talk about my stady , i go back in time , and i can say i was very luck girl . I was the first girl Who her familly sent her to school in her small country in midle Atlass in Beni Mellal in Morocco. I stadied drawing in my school from my primary until my hight school as any child in my age , and i participated in many compitions. When i had my baccalauréat, i asked my father if i can go to art's school in Casa Blanca ?
He Anwered me : With the Art's diplome in Morocco , you would not live happy. You must stady in University some thing that it can help you to find a good job, and let art just a hoppy ,try to practice it in your free time.
Realy i took his advice serieusly, i stadied History and Géography for 2 years on University. I discover art in history and i was very interesting to discover more and more in my Art's club in my University , and i participated in many groups exhibitions. Later, i studied also for my 2 next years Geography to have my licence in urbanisme , so i m must stady art , dezign, cartography........in the same time, i was in a private school of art and i participated in many art exhibitions.......until i came professional artist.......

2/to talk about art is it necessary to have studied it?
In my opinion yes , if you didnt stady it in some art's centre , you must stady it by yourself . You must be connected with differents Musuems and galleries , and folow all art's actualities. You must read more and
more about art and his philosophy and his history........You must have the keys of art's language( drawing,colour, mixage , texture, space, golden point , horizon........) . You know the big Art's schools in history , the philosophy of creativity in art, the most famoust artists of every century .........and why people didn't understand the creativity of many famoust artists in history like Van Gogh, Daly or others until they died ?
from time to time you must participate to some art's critical activity, and visite more and more différents Musuems in differents countries, participate in differents biennales in world........

3/to sell art is it necessary to have studied it?
No, but you must be very luck and have a good connection with excellent curators in importants galleries, and have Money
for the monthly rent of a important studio in different countries or pay a famoust curator of some important galleries in some famoust towns like New York...lol ......you know in art, more you invest in art more you have more Money back. You must invest in a good area with professional personne, not just Trowing money by Windows....
4/an anecdote that you remember with a smile.
I curated a group exhibition in some gallery in New York in 2017, i worked so hard on my own art work for one year. When i traveled from my town Beni Mellal to Casa blanca to pay my Airbus tickets ,i saw in down town the first Starbuck coffee shop was open. I asked myrself : how many woman and children had worked as a salves in larges farmes of coffee in Africa, latinos America and didn't drink coffee...?
When i returned to my home, i toock a coffee bag made of coarse burlap and i tried to draw theire suffring and my feeling. I gave it the name : The hard bread inspirate from the nouvel of the Moroccan writer Mohamed Chokri : the bread alone. In my studio near me there was my yong son drawing on canvas a small art work .
In New York in the opening exhibition, the first art work i had sell for The Maha Muny Musuem in Bangladesh it was this Art work : The hard bread , and for a private collection of The art connection gallery : my child art work.
5/how do you choose the artists to talk about?
in your writing about art you must have the keys art's language in your hands, but when you want to choose the artist to talk about him , you must be more and more smart in your choose , because you want to introduce him to people and you must confirme your choose to the gallery or Musuem with stong language. So you must choose the active and serieuse one , and see his stong work.
You must ask yourself this questions:
_what is his New art thing in his work?
_Does he work on colours or texture or Chromatic fabric or idea or the feeling or the contrast .....Subject?
_Does he work in some old art school frame or aNew one ?
_What is the artistic displacement that he brought as new in his artistic research?

6_how important is the curator for an exhibition?

A good curator means a succeful exhibition, good gallery, a opportunity to introduce you to good critical's art writer and to discover your art, to be good know in good galleries means to have a opportunity to be introduce to a very importants Musuems .....Good prices ....


7_what is art for you?

Supporting art means advancing knowledge in all fields and serving the noblest of professions of artists. Today we launched the world happiness ,we are building a new reality for people ,a new future for our children ,because art is a new model development and perfect message of peace and tolerance for youth and the future. To make this work, we must believe artist peoples, Human beings – theire ideas, innovations, dreams, and connections – Art is the capital of the future. In this sense, the “ art ” is not so much an achievement in itself as it is a leading indicator of development, because where great art minds go today, great things will happen tomorrow."
7_if you could go back in time, which artist would you like to interact with and why?

If i could go back in time, i want just be myself and build my own art career.....lol ....
I will would stadied art and business, i would tried to travel to some countries where i can work in Christie's world of art and business, because i always want to challenge life by the creativity. I was just a very yong smal country's girl when i dreamed myself artist Who travels from country to country in world and here im, professor ,writer , artist painter ,curator of international groups exhibition and i travel from Morocco to china .... Europe and USA ....i never loose hope or i give up....i work hard and i belive myrself and my familly Belives my power.....

8_what do you think of sector publishing?
Very interesting and very important for artist and his art. A good art's article in famoust newspapers is a stong push of power for the artist , he gives him a excellent opportunity to have the best introduce to the art business and art market. And the sector publishing means the real power for all :art , artist and art's market. .....khira jalil

1/first encounter with art
what did you study?

Before i introduse my self as artist and talk about my stady , i go back in time , and i can say i was very luck girl . I was the first girl Who her familly sent her to school in her small country in midle Atlass in Beni Mellal in Morocco. I stadied drawing in my school from my primary until my hight school as any child in my age , and i participated in many compitions. When i had my baccalauréat, i asked my father if i can go to art's school in Casa Blanca ?
He Anwered me : With the Art's diplome in Morocco , you would not live happy. You must stady in University some thing that it can help you to find a good job, and let art just a hoppy ,try to practice it in your free time.
Realy i took his advice serieusly, i stadied History and Géography for 2 years on University. I discover art in history and i was very interesting to discover more and more in my Art's club in my University , and i participated in many groups exhibitions. Later, i studied also for my 2 next years Geography to have my licence in urbanisme , so i m must stady art , dezign, cartography........in the same time, i was in a private school of art and i participated in many art exhibitions.......until i came professional artist.......

2/to talk about art is it necessary to have studied it?
In my opinion yes , if you didnt stady it in some art's centre , you must stady it by yourself . You must be connected with differents Musuems and galleries , and folow all art's actualities. You must read more and
more about art and his philosophy and his history........You must have the keys of art's language( drawing,colour, mixage , texture, space, golden point , horizon........) . You know the big Art's schools in history , the philosophy of creativity in art, the most famoust artists of every century .........and why people didn't understand the creativity of many famoust artists in history like Van Gogh, Daly or others until they died ?
from time to time you must participate to some art's critical activity, and visite more and more différents Musuems in differents countries, participate in differents biennales in world........

3/to sell art is it necessary to have studied it?
No, but you must be very luck and have a good connection with excellent curators in importants galleries, and have Money
for the monthly rent of a important studio in different countries or pay a famoust curator of some important galleries in some famoust towns like New York...lol ......you know in art, more you invest in art more you have more Money back. You must invest in a good area with professional personne, not just Trowing money by Windows....
4/an anecdote that you remember with a smile.
I curated a group exhibition in some gallery in New York in 2017, i worked so hard on my own art work for one year. When i traveled from my town Beni Mellal to Casa blanca to pay my Airbus tickets ,i saw in down town the first Starbuck coffee shop was open. I asked myrself : how many woman and children had worked as a salves in larges farmes of coffee in Africa, latinos America and didn't drink coffee...?
When i returned to my home, i toock a coffee bag made of coarse burlap and i tried to draw theire suffring and my feeling. I gave it the name : The hard bread inspirate from the nouvel of the Moroccan writer Mohamed Chokri : the bread alone. In my studio near me there was my yong son drawing on canvas a small art work .
In New York in the opening exhibition, the first art work i had sell for The Maha Muny Musuem in Bangladesh it was this Art work : The hard bread , and for a private collection of The art connection gallery : my child art work.
5/how do you choose the artists to talk about?
in your writing about art you must have the keys art's language in your hands, but when you want to choose the artist to talk about him , you must be more and more smart in your choose , because you want to introduce him to people and you must confirme your choose to the gallery or Musuem with stong language. So you must choose the active and serieuse one , and see his stong work.
You must ask yourself this questions:
_what is his New art thing in his work?
_Does he work on colours or texture or Chromatic fabric or idea or the feeling or the contrast .....Subject?
_Does he work in some old art school frame or aNew one ?
_What is the artistic displacement that he brought as new in his artistic research?

6_how important is the curator for an exhibition?

A good curator means a succeful exhibition, good gallery, a opportunity to introduce you to good critical's art writer and to discover your art, to be good know in good galleries means to have a opportunity to be introduce to a very importants Musuems .....Good prices ....


7_what is art for you?

Supporting art means advancing knowledge in all fields and serving the noblest of professions of artists. Today we launched the world happiness ,we are building a new reality for people ,a new future for our children ,because art is a new model development and perfect message of peace and tolerance for youth and the future. To make this work, we must believe artist peoples, Human beings – theire ideas, innovations, dreams, and connections – Art is the capital of the future. In this sense, the “ art ” is not so much an achievement in itself as it is a leading indicator of development, because where great art minds go today, great things will happen tomorrow."
7_if you could go back in time, which artist would you like to interact with and why?

If i could go back in time, i want just be myself and build my own art career.....lol ....
I will would stadied art and business, i would tried to travel to some countries where i can work in Christie's world of art and business, because i always want to challenge life by the creativity. I was just a very yong smal country's girl when i dreamed myself artist Who travels from country to country in world and here im, professor ,writer , artist painter ,curator of international groups exhibition and i travel from Morocco to china .... Europe and USA ....i never loose hope or i give up....i work hard and i belive myrself and my familly Belives my power.....

8_what do you think of sector publishing?
Very interesting and very important for artist and his art. A good art's article in famoust newspapers is a stong push of power for the artist , he gives him a excellent opportunity to have the best introduce to the art business and art market. And the sector publishing means the real power for all :art , artist and art's market. .....khira jalil

For artist khira jalil, The world is a reflection of our internal state; if we dwell on turmoil, anger, and confusion then that's how the world will be perceived to the individual. You have to work on yourself first before you can effectively take any social or political action. A quiet mind and an open heart are important attributes to project into the world. Only then does the intersection of politics & spirituality affect positive change.
In some of here book she says:
Supporting art means advancing knowledge in all fields and serving the noblest of professions of artists.Today we launched the world happiness, we are building a new reality for people, a new future for our children, because art is a new model of development and perfect message of peace and tolerance for youth and t جغ ٦6. He future. To make this work, we must believe artist peoples, Human beings - their ideas, innovations, dreams, and connections - art and peace are the capital of the future. In this sense, the “art” is not so much an achievement in itself as it is a leading indicator of development, because where great art minds go today, great things will happen tomorrow.p
The art has been the driving force behind the transformation of modern life and the establishment of the peace on the world stage.Today Morocco stands as a major center for international trade as well as tourism and is home to over many people representing many nationalities. As a passionate proponent of open, service-led governance and strategic planning, his majesty the king Mohammed 6 has led major reforms to make government more business-like. The swift, yet progressive, governmental improvements have taken place through a bundle of well-thought-out initiatives driven by innovation, creativity and the principles of transparency and accountability. his vision for Morocco has been proven successful through achieving in the excellent relation between south / south, and Africa and the world: the King s Moroccan African Dream.For King Mohammed VI, south \ south cooperation should be an economic and political reality, not a shallow slogan. He is a spiritual leader, a commander of the faithful, preaching an open and tolerant Islam and Our land has always been a safe harbor for great thinkers. we have welcomed innovative minds and given them the freedom to create by working together.
Morocco will partner with many Europeans, Americans, Asians and Africans countries to share intelligence and successful ways to combat terrorism and art is a perfect one for this. happening, the brain drain has reversed its flow. The causes are fascinating, and there is reason to be optimistic that the vicious cycle can be broken, transforming the balance of hope and opportunity between developing and developed economies.Really we can admire the governance capability of Morocco Government and especially in the Health, Safety and Environmental field and place where keeping all religion comfortable to stay. So, we say: Give people an art chance and see the difference, And create enormous art opportunities for artist, to realize their dream like now. There are many people out there just waiting for a chance like this! Moreover, as artists, we hope that we have this challenge. Because, many poor countries still suffer from many problems, therefore, don t be the first forgetting the many years of experience that we have.Let us build the bridge of peace, coexistence and tolerance between these countries, because people are still willing to learn more about art, peace and development. We can show them the way for their goals. We can put a full stop for many wars just by art, because the artist's job is to achieve happiness for people. Let us make the different countries in the world will be one home for every one, where he can live in peace and he can say: “My home is where is art and where I can eat and be safe and realize my own dreams.

For artist khira jalil, The world is a reflection of our internal state; if we dwell on turmoil, anger, and confusion then that's how the world will be perceived to the individual. You have to work on yourself first before you can effectively take any social or political action. A quiet mind and an open heart are important attributes to project into the world. Only then does the intersection of politics & spirituality affect positive change.
In some of here book she says:
Supporting art means advancing knowledge in all fields and serving the noblest of professions of artists.Today we launched the world happiness, we are building a new reality for people, a new future for our children, because art is a new model of development and perfect message of peace and tolerance for youth and t جغ ٦6. He future. To make this work, we must believe artist peoples, Human beings - their ideas, innovations, dreams, and connections - art and peace are the capital of the future. In this sense, the “art” is not so much an achievement in itself as it is a leading indicator of development, because where great art minds go today, great things will happen tomorrow.p
The art has been the driving force behind the transformation of modern life and the establishment of the peace on the world stage.Today Morocco stands as a major center for international trade as well as tourism and is home to over many people representing many nationalities. As a passionate proponent of open, service-led governance and strategic planning, his majesty the king Mohammed 6 has led major reforms to make government more business-like. The swift, yet progressive, governmental improvements have taken place through a bundle of well-thought-out initiatives driven by innovation, creativity and the principles of transparency and accountability. his vision for Morocco has been proven successful through achieving in the excellent relation between south / south, and Africa and the world: the King s Moroccan African Dream.For King Mohammed VI, south \ south cooperation should be an economic and political reality, not a shallow slogan. He is a spiritual leader, a commander of the faithful, preaching an open and tolerant Islam and Our land has always been a safe harbor for great thinkers. we have welcomed innovative minds and given them the freedom to create by working together.
Morocco will partner with many Europeans, Americans, Asians and Africans countries to share intelligence and successful ways to combat terrorism and art is a perfect one for this. happening, the brain drain has reversed its flow. The causes are fascinating, and there is reason to be optimistic that the vicious cycle can be broken, transforming the balance of hope and opportunity between developing and developed economies.Really we can admire the governance capability of Morocco Government and especially in the Health, Safety and Environmental field and place where keeping all religion comfortable to stay. So, we say: Give people an art chance and see the difference, And create enormous art opportunities for artist, to realize their dream like now. There are many people out there just waiting for a chance like this! Moreover, as artists, we hope that we have this challenge. Because, many poor countries still suffer from many problems, therefore, don t be the first forgetting the many years of experience that we have.Let us build the bridge of peace, coexistence and tolerance between these countries, because people are still willing to learn more about art, peace and development. We can show them the way for their goals. We can put a full stop for many wars just by art, because the artist's job is to achieve happiness for people. Let us make the different countries in the world will be one home for every one, where he can live in peace and he can say: “My home is where is art and where I can eat and be safe and realize my own dreams.