Aref Al Rayess, 26 Feb 2022 — 01 Aug 2022
Aref Al Rayess, Technologies et revolution, from 'Blood and freedom',
1968. Courtesy of the Aref El Rayess estate and Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut / Hamburg
Exhibitions
Aref Al Rayess
This major retrospective presents a largely unknown body of work created by the prolific Lebanese artist Aref El Rayess (1928–2005). The exhibition includes a wide range of paintings, drawings, works on paper, sculptures and tapestries that together reveal the rich and complex artistic practice of this important Arab modernist.
Sharjah Art Museum, Corniche street, Arts Area, Sharjah, UAE
The presentation follows a rough chronology, exploring several key moments in the development of his work: the years of training spent between Lebanon, Senegal and Paris; the abstract materialist works produced in Italy; the overtly political paintings inspired by the Algerian War of Independence; the liberation struggles of the ‘Third World’ and of African-Americans as well as the Lebanese War; and the deserts painted during his stay in Saudi Arabia.
Organised by Sharjah Art Foundation and Sharjah Museums Authority.
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Contacts & Details
OPENING TIMES:
Sat – Thu 8am –8pm; Fri 4pm –8pm
Sat – Thu 8am –8pm; Fri 4pm –8pm
ADMISSION:
Free
T: +971(6) 568 8222
M: info@sma.gov.ae
Website
ADDRESS
Sharjah Art Museum, Corniche street, Arts Area, Sharjah, UAE
ESTABLISHED
1997
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ADDRESS
Sharjah Art Museum, Corniche street, Arts Area, Sharjah, UAE
ESTABLISHED
1997
