Zena Assi (Liban, née en 1974) A Storm is Brewing My Beautiful Refugees acrylique et collage sur toile, six panneaux signé 'Zena Assi', daté '2021' et titré 'A storm is brewing my beautiful' au dos de chaque panneau exécuté en 2021 170 x 184cm (66 15/16 x 72 7/16in). 84 x 60 cm chaque panneau acrylic and collage on canvas, six panels signed, dated and titled For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website Provenance 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 Zena Assi est née en 1974 au Liban, et vit actuellement entre Beyrouth et Londres. Son travail s'inspire des relations et des conflits entre l'homme et son environnement spatial, entre la société et les individus. Ses œuvres sont ponctuées de fortes références visuelles à Beyrouth, sa ville natale, et à la situation difficile à laquelle font face ses concitoyens. A travers les villes éclatées et les ponts démolis de ses toiles, Zena Assi exprime la violence migratoire, urbaine et sociale aujourd'hui inhérente à Beyrouth. On connait la relation passionnelle qui la lie à la capitale libanaise et à tout ce qui la constitue : ses habitants, ses enseignes, ses bâtiments, sa culture, son chaos et même sa violence. Dans les toiles de Zéna Assi, Beyrouth est vénéneuse et belle, charmeuse et odieuse, multiple et unique. Zena Assi was born in Lebanon, in 1974 and she currently resides between Beirut and London. She graduated with honours from l'Academie Libanaise des Beaux Arts (ALBA), where she received a master's degree in advertisement. Later on she worked in Saatchi & Saatchi advertisement agency for a few years in Beirut, and taught drawing and visual communication in different universities. Since 2005, she has been producing artistic work to depict and portray the socio-cultural aspect of our contemporary urban society. Themes that are central to her vision include present-day issues related to countries in the Middle East as they battle with internal strife and civilian unrest. The artist uses various supports and mediums to document and explore the cultural and social changes around her. Her work replicates the tumult, angst and cacophony that everyday life in the city is fraught with. Assi's use of pallid colors, jagged angular outlines and intricate layering, imbues inanimate objects, landscapes and buildings, with the emotional burdens of their inhabitants. The artist's central concerns evolve around issues of dual identities, multiplicity, and the potential for residing in this 'in-between' space. Click for an instant shipping quote