The Fountain

1996

Silwan Ibrahim (b. 1964)

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Acrylic on canvas mounted on board

120 x 120 cm

signed

Private Collection, Beirut.

Estimate: $4,000 - $7,000

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ABOUT Silwan Ibrahim

Born in Beirut in 1964, contemporary artist Silwan Ibrahim is renowned for his playful figures and his vibrant and flamboyant colourful compositions. After studying architecture for three years, he switched his major to Fine Arts and graduated in 1990 from the Lebanese University, National Institute of Fine Art. His unique art, styled with...

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About this artwork

“Image representations may be obscure, veiled, and ambiguous, capable of creating structures of mystery. Trapping the thoughts and emotions of the viewer… the more the ambiguity, the meaning loses its sharpness and it becomes indecisive; pushing us into allusive modalities of potential sense. Images take us beyond assured identification, they keep us in the dark face of different possible meanings. Do we always obtain the same perception that the artist is trying to convey?”
- Silwan Ibrahim

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