This painting depicts a shrub, a pile of debris, a BBQ grill cover–dense forms precariously finding their place within an environment when no one is looking. Knavishly motionless, they seem to be about to undergo a mysterious transformation. 'Night Shrub' was part of 'What Floats in Space' at Marfa’ Projects, Beirut, 2019. Most paintings in this solo show were articulated around recurring motif of dark objects begging to be found that were reminiscent from the artist’s memories and dreams. In the exhibition catalogue, Loïc Le Gall wrote that “On the one hand, the construction of the world, especially the physical space, comes specifically from our intangible and timeless experiences -the unseen- and on the other hand, the projected vision of the world is derived from past life elements and situations, once tangible but now hidden in our mind as “already seen”.” While most of works in 'What Floats in Space' were interiors, 'Night Shrub' is and unidentified landscape of wasteland that could be found anywhere in Lebanon.

Reference TA-P-2018-A