Hanibal Srouji
Rust Rush | 1995
Mixed media on canvas. 2 x 122 x 105 cm.
In 1995, Srouji participated in the Triangle Workshop4 in Marseille. Inspired by the rust that permeates the large metal skeletons of ships, he applied the oxidation process to his painting and began to use a specific format of a diptych composed of two square canvases. “Rust Rush” inaugurates the “Particles” painting series where the artist attempts to channel the wounds from the Lebanese war to create meditative visual spaces. Through these symbolic gestures Hanibal Srouji seeks to sublimate violence. Yet by using fire directly on the canvas as a marker, he suggests that with the same tool or energy, one can create or destroy.
Reference HS-P-1995-A
Biography of the artist
Born in Lebanon. 1957
Works and Lives in Beirut and Paris
Srouji holds a master’s degree in Fine Arts from Concordia University in Canada (1987). He has held different teaching positions in several universities in the US, Canada and at the Sorbonne in Paris before becoming Assistant Professor at the Lebanese American University in 2010.
His work addresses notions of memory, exile and above all: healing and is often linked to the history of Lebanon and its surrounding region.
He has held many solo and group exhibitions around the world such as: The Singapore Art Fair, The Mac International, frst open art prize, Belfast, Abu-Dhabi Art, Art14, London.
His work features in public and private collections including the Alcan Collection, Canada and The Carmignac Foundation, France.
In 2013, Galerie Janine Rubeiz, which represents him in Beirut, published his book entitled "Hanibal Srouji: Panting Fire, Water, Earth and Air". He is also represented by June Kelly Gallery in New York and Galerie Eulenspiegel in Basel.
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