manifesto of fragility – A World of Endless Promise
Chafa Ghaddar – Collapsing hues, 2022
Corps, 2018
Leaning, 2020
2024
Collapsing hues, 2022: Mixed media on canvas (stucco, acrylic, pigments, varnish and glue on primed linen
canvas)
Corps, 2018: Fresco mounted on wood (colored pigment on fresh lime mortar)
Leaning, 2020: Mixed media on fabric
Venue
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Lyon
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 savoirfaire, 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 by revealing, through the overlaying of plaster and fabric, a myriad of narratives.
Also on view at Lugdunum - Musée et théâtres romains.
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
Artist(s)
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