Works by artist Mohammad Abdouni at the Soft Skills gallery in Paris. (Courtesy of the Marfa gallery)
The Light of Nabil Nahas at Frieze LondonBetween Oct. 9 and 13, it was impossible to walk through the Frieze London Fair without being captivated by a series of monumental canvases with abstract geometry and absolutely hypnotizing light. These panels, each 2.75 m x 2.75 m, were created by one of the greatest masters of Lebanese contemporary art, Nabil Nahas, in 1973, when he was completing his Masters in Fine Art at Yale. And since that day, these works had never been presented anywhere other than at the Yale University department, which had acquired them after attracting the attention of Harry Wasserman, a professor in the chemistry department and himself a passionate amateur painter. Presented by the Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, these major and striking works not only go back to Nahas' period of geometric abstraction that continued until...
The Light of Nabil Nahas at Frieze LondonBetween Oct. 9 and 13, it was impossible to walk through the Frieze London Fair without being captivated by a series of monumental canvases with abstract geometry and absolutely hypnotizing light. These panels, each 2.75 m x 2.75 m, were created by one of the greatest masters of Lebanese contemporary art, Nabil Nahas, in 1973, when he was completing his Masters in Fine Art at Yale. And since that day, these works had never been presented anywhere other than at the Yale University department, which had acquired them after attracting the attention of Harry Wasserman, a professor in the chemistry department and himself a passionate amateur painter. Presented by the Lawrie Shabibi Gallery, these major and striking works not only go back to Nahas' period of geometric abstraction that continued until...