Lot no. 16
Hady Sy (Liban, né en 1964)
Beirut 609
sculpture en acier corten et patine noire
signé et numéroté '7/8', numéro 7 d'une édition de 8
exécuté en 2020
165 x 45 x 20 cm plus 65 cm base
corten steel and black patina sculpture
signed and numbered
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Collection de l'artiste
La présente oeuvre est vendue par le Fonds Claude et France Lemand au profit des Artistes et de l'Institut du Monde Arabe
Hady Sy, né à Beyrouth en 1964, est un artiste pluridisciplinaire dont l'œuvre couvre de nombreux problèmes de fond sociaux, géopolitiques, et existentiels. Son œuvre se décline en un intense langage humaniste et idéaliste.
Aux cotés d'un père ambassadeur du Sénégal au Moyen-Orient et d'une mère libanaise, Sy grandit au Liban, un pays qu'il quitte en pleine guerre civile après sa licence en communication au Beirut University College en 1984. Il continue son éducation à Paris, où il obtient un mastère en image et média à l'École Française des Attachés de Presse (EFAP) et un DESS en sciences politiques à la Sorbonne. En 1988, il fonde le festival international de photographie de mode, dont il est le directeur créatif jusqu'en 1998.
Installé à New York, Sy est témoin de la tragédie du 11 septembre 2001, qui marque ses deux prochaines expositions personnelles, In God We Trust, présentée en 2004 chez Ethan Cohen à New York, et Nor For Sale, une commande du Centre National des Arts Plastiques pour Visa Perpignan en 2007. Les deux séries emploient l'esthétique du rayon X, en particulier pour radiographier des armes et des autoportraits et proposer une réflexion sur l'identité, l'ethnicité, la religion, la guerre, et plaider pour la paix et la tolérance. In God We Trust voyage à travers le monde et devient le sujet d'un livre, tandis que Not For Sale est acquise par le Fonds National d'Art Contemporain.
Hady Sy is a Lebanese multidisciplinary artist whose approach is geared to shine a light on a variety of social, existential, and geopolitical issues. His work is articulated in the language of an intense and idealistic humanism.
With the first Senegalese ambassador to the Middle East and a Lebanese mother as parents, Sy grew up in Beirut, and left war-torn Lebanon after earning his bachelor's degree in Communication Arts at Beirut University College in 1984. He resumed his education in Paris, where he earned a Master's degree at the École Française des Attachés de Presse (EFAP) Image et Media, and a DESS in political science at Sorbonne University. In 1988, he founded the International Festival of Fashion Photography, which he creative-directed until 1998.
In the aftermath of the Beirut Blast of August 4, 2020, Sy created a trinity of sculptures representing the number 609 in Roman or Arabic calligraphy, embodying the city of Beirut as the ultimate Woman. 609, the number of an angel, is the ethereal embodiment of the perpetual path of life but also conceals the fateful number eight, the minute past 6 p.m. when Beirut was ravaged on August 4, 2020. The sculptures were first presented in Beirut at Villa Audi, during the Art Blessé (Wounded Art) exhibition, which gathered artworks damaged during the explosion.
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