Galerie Janine Rubeiz invites you to the
opening of the exhibition SHATTERED FACES
With artists Ahmed Kleige and Sandra
Issa
Wednesday, September 4 starting 6 p.m.
The exhibition continues until Saturday,
September 21, 2013
The events that are shaking the Arab world are haunting
the imagination of artists. Seen or experienced, these events cause fear,
indignation, disgust, or excitement and lead the artists to express their feelings. It is at the height of this unrest that the
work of two artists, a Syrian and a Lebanese, gather to offer their views on
their region. It is a silent dialogue on the State of the world and the anxiety
it generates. The two artists express in their own way, a reality they have
seen or experienced.
Ahmed Kleige focuses on the people affected by
the conflict; men and women who are unaware of the negotiations and political
issues surrounding these conflicts of which they are victims. They have asked
nothing; they are the forgotten of the conflict, the unnamed faces shown on the
screens. The work of Kleige is a cry against injustice and oppression.
Sandra Issa works on the news by filtering the
media information. She appropriates images conveyed by newspapers and
reinterprets the stories through a personal angle, where the emphasis is given
to the human being and his situation in the world, beyond anecdotal evidence.
