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Happy Family > Acrylic on Canvas > H140 x W180 cm > 2011
Image: Courtesy of the Artist & Athr Gallery |
Born
in 1954, Lebanese artist Raouf Rifai is said to be the pioneer of a new
visual language, one that is born out of a compelling combination of
figuration and abstraction that he achieves by saturating his canvases
with colour and formal simplification. ‘Interlude’ includes works from
his series Darawich and Circus of Life. Darawich
leaves us wondering whether he is commenting on the spiritual Sufi
dervish or the darwish; the country peasant who time has left behind. Circus of Life portrays the
circus that the Middle East has become - with its animals, macho men
and real-life clowns in all their variations – the sad, the weak and the
cowardly. Both series are parodies that suggest that the events
unfolding in the Middle have become a long and drawn-out farcical
interlude.
Exhibition: ‘Interlude’…
2nd April – 3rd May, 2012
Raouf Rifai – Solo Exhibition
Athr Gallery, Jeddah
http://www.athrart.com
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