The Raouché Rock and the Jounieh cable car, two iconic Lebanese landscapes revisited by Cindy Desjardins. Photo provided by the artist.
When Cindy Desjardins returned to Lebanon this summer, she hoped to find the places from her memories. In Sour, in the South, or in her mother's neighborhood in Beirut, some reunions did not happen. On canvas, the Franco-Lebanese artist recreates a country shaped by both memory and the present. Nine of her landscapes will be exhibited from Oct. 23 to 25 at the Art Shopping fair at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.A psychologist by profession and a painter since childhood, she is taking part for the second consecutive year in this event, whose 39th edition will bring together 350 artists from 50 countries. For three days, painting, sculpture, photography, urban art, digital art, and performances will coexist with the same ambition: making contemporary creation accessible to all.Cindy Desjardins, psychologist by profession and painter...
When Cindy Desjardins returned to Lebanon this summer, she hoped to find the places from her memories. In Sour, in the South, or in her mother's neighborhood in Beirut, some reunions did not happen. On canvas, the Franco-Lebanese artist recreates a country shaped by both memory and the present. Nine of her landscapes will be exhibited from Oct. 23 to 25 at the Art Shopping fair at the Carrousel du Louvre in Paris.A psychologist by profession and a painter since childhood, she is taking part for the second consecutive year in this event, whose 39th edition will bring together 350 artists from 50 countries. For three days, painting, sculpture, photography, urban art, digital art, and performances will coexist with the same ambition: making contemporary creation accessible to all.Cindy Desjardins, psychologist by profession and...