Lot 3

“Contemplation of a New Order” – Cage series

2020
Hanibal Srouji (b. 1957)
acrylic on canvas
73 x 73 cm
signed

Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
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Beirut, Lebanon
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    ABOUT Hanibal Srouji
    Born in Lebanon in 1957, Srouji lives and works between Beirut and Paris. He holds a master’s degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University in Canada (1987). He had held different teaching positions at universities in the United States, and Canada and was teaching at the Sorbonne, in Paris, before joining the Lebanese American University in...
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    About this artwork
    "The Cage series started after the destruction of the World Trade Center in New York.  I was associated with “Triangle Workshop”, founded by the artist Sir Antony Caro, and the association occupied the 92nd floor of the left tower… Then again, I was, symbolically, affected and scarred by the event. ​Today, here in Beirut, we are still living the after effects of the traumatic explosion of the Port. Another blast, yet, life and hope endure …​This series address notions of violence and exile, which is a central theme in my work. Yet, the expression of the paintings remains that of an attempt to sublimate these lived “concepts”, by offering openings and spaces of contemplation. ​This work is dedicated to all those who have endured and continue…  " 
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