Description: A Rare Artist Proof Etching By Maria Kassab - Contemporary Artist After a year of absence, Maria Kassab went to Beirut in September 2021 to visit her family and friends. Upon her arrival, she went to the harbor where the explosion happened and documented the dismantled houses. The devastating incident caused a whole generation of young adults to leave their ill-fated country and find refuge in other territories. Kassab explores the impact of a society's attachment to religion and ideologies that nurture the causes of violence and divisions. However, the truth of the event is still ambiguous due to tensions and to prevent internal war between sects, therefore she draws a metaphorical narrative symbolizing a generation's burial and entrapment. The memory of war undulates in the subject's body and psyche preventing him to escape his dark fate, his personal objects become the metaphor of a scattered identity waiting to be rediscovered over and over again. The content of the work takes the form of a religious altar where the character dies and resurrects continuously, until becoming an empty vessel. A beautiful etching and a rare artist proof Details Framed 11 x 12 inches approx Art in Good condition Signed dated & titled
Price: 140 GBP
Location: london, London
End Time: 2025-01-12T18:24:01.000Z
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Artist: Kassab
Listed By: Dealer or Reseller
Type: Print
Size: Medium
Date of Creation: Modern (1900-79)
Material: Etching
Production Technique: Etching
Subject: Building
Print Surface: Paper
Colour: Multi-Colour
