Migrations

Migrations

2016

Collage and acrylic on canvas

50x70cm

#Migration #migrants #acrossthesea #lostlives #Mediterraneansea #tragedy #sandraissaart #painting #art

The Art Market

The Art Market

2016

Acrylic on canvas

50x60cm

#sandraissaart #painting #art #artmarket #artbusiness #money #treasurehunt #investment #arttrends #auctions #artworld

The City has a soul

The City has a soul

2016

Acrylic on canvas

60x50 cm

#Sandraissaart

#painting

#art

#human #city 

Stop sexism

#sandraissaart 

#feministartactivism 

#feministartist 

#smashthepatriarchy 

#endsexism 

#stopfemicide 

#drawing

Gouache and marker on paper

60x85cm

Shut up and follow the system

Shut up and follow the system
2016
Acrylic on canvas
50x70 cm

#Humans #humanrobots #followthemovement #followthesystem #oursystemisfucked #humansocieties #capitalism #world #economy #power #art #painting #sandraissaart

 

I am an Arab and here is a kiss

انا عربي وهذه بوسة

I am an Arab and here is a kiss
2016
Collage and acrylic on canvas
70 x 60 cm

#Arab #Arabart #arabartist #art #painting #collage #sandraissaart   

History of Men

This painting is a reflection on the "History" they tend to teach us in schools. A History of Men, violence, murders and war. A history dominated by the male figure and violence. A patriarchal History that tends to be glorified while what it caused is a lot of destruction.

Ademruimte

Three years ago I left the shores of the Mediterranean Sea
From #Beirut to #Brussels, I cross villages, cities and streets
The same concerns remain filling my mind and my heart
#Women’s rights, #minorities rights, #human rights
#Freedom and #dignity
So I take my #pen and I #draw to breathe
I take my #paints and I splash my thoughts away
Normaal? Wat is Normaal?
Normaal is vervelend
Niemand is illegaal
إذا أنت رجل هل يعني أنت أفضل مني؟
لا والله
الإنسان إنسان
وحقوق المرأة هي حقوق الإنسان دون تمييز
La vie est un #voyage où je brise les #frontières
Ces lignes qu’un jour, des puissants ont tracé sur une carte
Pour dresser des murs et emprisonner les esprits
#SandraIssaArt
Brussels, April 19, 2018

For #Ademruimte #expo #GlobeAroma

www.globearoma.be

Across The Sea exhibition

Across The Sea
Sandra Issa Exhibition
3-25 June 2017
Mouscron Cultural center Belgium

My  #project is #inspired by the tragedy happening in the #Mediterranean Sea. Thousands of #people are fleeing their war-torn homes, risking their lives to reach #Europe while seeking for #safety and a better life. We heard a lot about it in the news. But slowly, these people became just numbers of dead we count in a small article drowned in a massive amount of information. As a #citizen of the world, born in a #multicultural background, I feel moved by this #human tragedy. My project is to bring back this story in our lives. My project is an #installation of dozens and hundreds of #black and #white portraits, painted with #acrylic on #newspapers and spread like a #sea of #faces on the ground. Those faces are looking at us. They are the faces I #imagine when I think about all these people who disappeared in the bottom of the Sea. This project can also be a time-based performance: dozens of portraits flood the #space progressively. These are portraits of men and women, inspired by all these
#migrants . The portraits are made on newspaper with thick #brush and black and white paint. The #process of making these portraits can be a #live painting performance accessible to the public. This project is now being shown inside an old #swimming pool that has become an #exhibition #space in Belgium. This project was also developed during a #residency at the #Cultural Center of Namur in Belgium.

Across the Sea exhibition 3-25 June

Invitation

ACROSS THE SEA 

SANDRA ISSA ART
exposition exhibition

3-25 Juin 2017

Vernissage Vendredi 2 juin à 19h

Musée des Beaux-Arts à Mouscron - Ancienne Piscine

Place Charles de Gaulle - 7700 MOUSCRON - Belgique

Acces libre . Me-Ve-Sa-Di 14-17h 

Fr

Sandra Issa
ACROSS THE SEA
Exposition au Centre Culturel de Mouscron
3-25 Juin 2017

Juin 2016. Je visite le centre culturel de Mouscron. L’ancienne piscine transformée en lieu d’exposition est l’espace que je vais investir. La piscine date des années 40. Sous une verrière, le lieu baigné de lumière en ce mois de juin me fait penser aux vacances.
Vacances, soleil, pour moi, comme pour beaucoup, cela rime avec Méditerranée. Chez moi, je ressors des photos de vacances prises dans des lieux ensoleillés autour du bassin méditerranéen ou plus loin encore. Destinations oubliées, moins connues ou disparues, ces lieux chargés d’histoire dévoilent dans mes images un quotidien tranquille. Ces photos sont exposées sur les portes des cabines qui entourent la piscine. J’invite le visiteur à tenter de deviner les lieux où elles ont été prises.

Méditerranée. D’une part, elle me fait penser aux vacances et à l’insouciance ; mais d’autre part, elle me rappelle l’actualité. La Mare Nostrum est secouée par une tragédie humaine. C’est le drame des migrants qui continuent de périr chaque jour dans la Grande Bleue. Fuyant la mort, ils la retrouvent dans les flots. En 2015, ce phénomène faisait les titres des journaux. Puis progressivement, on s’habitue et le fait se banalise. Ces tragédies se transforment en une anecdote citant des chiffres quelque part au fin fond d’un journal : 3000 morts au dernier trimestre, 147 migrants disparus au large de la Lybie, 320 migrants périssent non loin de l’Italie, etc.

Aujourd'hui, on dresse des murs et des frontières, on enferme les survivants de ces traversées dans des camps-prisons, loin des yeux et de l’attention médiatique. Et pourtant, moi qui rêve sans cesse d’une vie meilleure, d’un ailleurs plus clément, je ne peux que comprendre tous ces gens qui fuient la mort et tentent de survivre. Ma question est : qui sont ces gens ? Quelle est leur histoire ? J’essaie d’imaginer qui ils étaient et quelle était leur vie. Alors je peins des visages, des dizaines et des dizaines de visages. En noir et blanc. Je crée ainsi une mer de visages qui peuplent le fond de la piscine.

Née au Liban en 1984, Sandra Issa étudie les Arts Plastiques au Liban et en France. Son travail est un commentaire sur l’actualité et la société. Il se présente sous la forme de dessins, peintures et installations. Elle expose son travail au Moyen-Orient et en Europe.


Remerciements: Michele Detry, Christian Debaere, Centre Culturel de Mouscron, Centre Culturel de Namur, Philippe Lavandy et Christophe Gramtinne

ancienne piscine Mouscron

work in progress

Sandra Issa, Portrait no4, 2016, laque sur papiers journeaux, 55x35cm

En

ACROSS THE SEA
 
My  project is inspired by the tragedy happening in the Mediterranean Sea. Thousands of people are fleeing their war-torn homes, risking their lives to reach Europe while seeking for safety and a better life. We heard a lot about it in the news. But slowly, these people became just numbers of dead we count in a small article drowned in a massive amount of information. As a citizen of the world, born in a multicultural background, I feel moved by this human tragedy. My project is to bring back this story in our lives. My project is an installation of dozens and hundreds of black and white portraits, painted with acrylic on newspapers and spread like a sea of faces on the ground. Those faces are looking at us. They are the faces I imagine when I think about all these people who disappeared in the bottom of the Sea. 
 
This project can also be a time-based performance: dozens of portraits flood the space progressively. These are portraits of men and women, inspired by all these
migrants. The portraits are made on newspaper with thick brush and black and white paint. The process of making these portraits can be a live painting performance accessible to the public. This project is now being processed and will be shown inside an old swimming pool that has now become an exhibition space in Belgium. This project was also developed during a residency at the Cultural Center of Namur in Belgium.

work in progress at the artist residency in Centre culturel de Namur