manifesto of fragility – A World of Endless Promise
Chafa Ghaddar – Traces of Wetness, 2022
Slighting, 2022
Exhausted Forms, 2022
Rested, 2022
2024
Mixed media on canvas (stucco, acrylic, pigments, varnish and glue on primed linen canvas)
Venue
Born 1986 in Ghazieh, Lebanon.
Lives and works in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Chafa Ghaddar’s frescoes explore the paradoxes of a medium that is both vulnerable and longlasting. While developing her artisanal savoir- faire, she experiments extensively with age-old techniques and natural and traditional materials. By folding these canvases and arranging them on the floor, the artist introduces new tensions between painting and sculpture, figuration and abstraction. Ghaddar’s creations, produced after a long process of soaking up the exhibition venues, initiate reflections on the fragmentation of time and space. Echoing ancient stones and frescoes, they reveal a myriad of narratives, through the superposition of plaster and fabric.
Also on view at the Musée Gadagne.
Commission for the 16th edition of the Lyon Biennale
Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Tanit
With the support of the Ministry of Culture and Youth of the United Arab Emirates, the Abu Dhabi Department of Culture and Tourism, Naïla Kettaneh Kunigk - Galerie Tanit, Sarah Chalabi, La Maison de Dentelle de Calais-Caudry, Jean Bracq
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