"Timeless," a glazed ceramic sculpture by Mounira al-Solh. Courtesy of the Sfeir-Semler Gallery in Beirut and Hamburg.
Three painters and a photographer are taking the art scene by storm this spring in Beirut. Between audacity, delicacy, power, and storytelling, they rise to the challenge of an art form, feminist or not, that captivates, intrigues, sometimes disturbs, yet always expresses itself. L'Orient-Le Jour introduces you to them.Mounira al-Solh and her mythologies of exileMounira al-Solh, "Two Airplanes and the Luggage," 2025 (wood, two bags of salt, video and sound) 60x210x85 cm. Courtesy of the Sfeir Semler Gallery and the artist. From the street, the tone is already set. A ceramic sculpture in the window shows a nude woman stepping triumphantly from a shell, the word “time” inscribed in Arabic beside her, rolling a suitcase behind her. The impression is one of striking power.“It echoes the statue of The Lebanese Emigrant just...
Three painters and a photographer are taking the art scene by storm this spring in Beirut. Between audacity, delicacy, power, and storytelling, they rise to the challenge of an art form, feminist or not, that captivates, intrigues, sometimes disturbs, yet always expresses itself. L'Orient-Le Jour introduces you to them.Mounira al-Solh and her mythologies of exileMounira al-Solh, "Two Airplanes and the Luggage," 2025 (wood, two bags of salt, video and sound) 60x210x85 cm. Courtesy of the Sfeir Semler Gallery and the artist. From the street, the tone is already set. A ceramic sculpture in the window shows a nude woman stepping triumphantly from a shell, the word “time” inscribed in Arabic beside her, rolling a suitcase behind her. The impression is one of striking power.“It echoes the statue of The Lebanese Emigrant...