"An Unusual Client at the Folies Bergère" or when Manet is revisited by Mohammad al-Rawas.(Credit: courtesy of Saleh Barakat Gallery)
It’s not every day that you come across a university professor who tells you: “Stop trying to explain everything.” When, moreover, the injunction comes from Mohammad al-Rawas, the paradox is all the more striking, since he belongs to that category of intellectual artists for whom painting is not just an act of creation, but also a tool for knowledge and reflection.Mohammad al-Rawas, painter, printmaker, and distinguished professor at AUB. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Saleh Barakat Gallery) Known for the geometric precision and erudite references that infuse his work, this painter, printmaker and distinguished academic* may seem intimidating to those who don’t know him. Yet, in his recent work, he reveals a playful spirit that has largely gone unnoticed until now. The very choice of the exhibition title, “Stop Making Sense” (Stop Trying to...
It’s not every day that you come across a university professor who tells you: “Stop trying to explain everything.” When, moreover, the injunction comes from Mohammad al-Rawas, the paradox is all the more striking, since he belongs to that category of intellectual artists for whom painting is not just an act of creation, but also a tool for knowledge and reflection.Mohammad al-Rawas, painter, printmaker, and distinguished professor at AUB. (Credit: Photo courtesy of Saleh Barakat Gallery) Known for the geometric precision and erudite references that infuse his work, this painter, printmaker and distinguished academic* may seem intimidating to those who don’t know him. Yet, in his recent work, he reveals a playful spirit that has largely gone unnoticed until now. The very choice of the exhibition title, “Stop Making Sense”...
