Hanibal Srouji
Couple III | 1999
Acrylic on canvas. 2 x 122 x 105 cm.
Composed as a diptych, the painting depicts wounds and traces of fire and two forms. These forms or bodies suspended in the air, seem to perform a healing and sublimation process. Juxtaposing the couples “wounds” and “causes”, this piece is a reminder of the mental & social changes that the Lebanese society was going through. “Couple III” continues the artist’s Particles series.
Reference HS-P-1999-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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