Lot no. 25
Ayman Baalbaki (Liban, né en 1975)
Sans titre
Acrylique sur toile, encadré
signé et daté '16' (en bas à droite)
exécuté en 2016
150 x 198cm (59 1/16 x 77 15/16in).
acrylic on canvas, framed
signed and dated
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Provenance
Collection de l'artisteLa présente oeuvre est vendue par le Fonds Claude et France Lemand au profit des Artistes et de l'Institut du Monde Arabe
Né en 1975, l'année du déclenchement de la guerre civile libanaise, Baalkabi et sa famille ont été contraints de fuir Rass-el Dikweneh, dans la banlieue de Beyrouth, alors qu'il n'avait encore que quelques mois. La guerre a imprégné l'environnement proche de Baalbaki tout au long de sa vie, sa maison à Haret Hreik ayant été démolie lors des attaques israéliennes de 2006. Dans sa pratique artistique, Baalbaki puise naturellement dans le profond réservoir que constitue la mémoire formée par ses expériences traumatisantes. Baalbaki a rassemblé du matériel documentaire et d'archives, parmi lesquelles ses propres photographies et images de la guerre et des destructions engendrées.
Exécuté à une échelle qui capture à la fois l'énormité architecturale du bâtiment représenté et la gravité des dommages qu'il a subi, ce tableau est la vignette saisissante d'une ville dont le paysage urbain a été perforé et mutilé par la guerre. Le travail de Baalbaki rend hommage à l'histoire bouleversante endurée par ses compatriotes. Ces scènes capturées sont dramatiques, mais les arrière-plans floraux et verts offrent un effet adoucissant délibéré, une touche féminine qui rappelle les robes portées par les femmes des régions du sud du Liban.
Préoccupé par la relation entre l'image et la mémoire, la figuration et l'abstraction, Baalbaki utilise sa pratique comme un aide-mémoire au conflit qui a tourmenté Beyrouth, rappelant aux gens que même en temps de paix relative, ils ne doivent pas ignorer les profondes divisions systémiques qui sont à l'origine des conflits. L'écart entre l'acte de destruction et le temps de la représentation, que les œuvres de Baalbaki symbolisent, fait sans-cesse référence aux thèmes de la guerre et du déplacement.
Born in 1975, the year of the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War, Baalkabi and his family were forced to flee Rass-el Dikweneh, in the suburbs of Beirut when he was only a few months old. War loomed over Baalbaki's head throughout his life, with his home in Haret Hreik being demolished during the 2006 Israeli attacks. When it came to approaching his art practice Baalbaki naturally drew from the deep reservoir of memory formed by these traumatic and disturbing experiences. Baalbaki gathered documentary and archival material, his own photographs and images from the internet of war and destruction. These variations inspired him to approach his subject from different angles.
Executed in a scale which captures both the architectural enormity of the building depicted, and the severity of the damage it suffered, this painting is a striking vignette of a city whose urban landscape has been punctured and mutilated by the war. Baalbaki's work pays tribute to the traumatic recent history his countrymen have endured by frequently returning to iconic imagery. These scenes Baalbaki captures are dramatic yet the floral textile backgrounds provide a deliberate softening effect, a feminine touch that recalls the dresses worn by rural women in Southern Lebanon.
Concerned with the relationship between imagery and memory, figuration and abstraction, Baalbaki uses his practice as a haunting aide-memoire to the conflict that has plagued Beirut, reminding people that even in times of relative peace, they should not disregard the deep systemic divisions that gave rise to this conflict in the first place. His works according... For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
Pictures credits: Contact organization
Drawings, watercolours and pastels
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