Among the different media he makes use of, from installation, sculptures and films, Fakhoury’s series of paintings simul- taneously reveal and dissolve his figures of study. Daily life in his hometown, Beirut, provides him with figures, and the sequential factor brings forth a narrative. The materiality of the hand trace makes his paintings manifestly printed despite that he does not intend to relate to any expressionist project. Fakhoury found some chairs abandoned in Beirut while wandering – an activity that doesn’t come by chance in his chaotic town. He captured them up through photographs before portraying on separate canvases; their last function would be to form a parallel community. Empty and worn out, like most of the public spaces in this town, these wrecks are remnants of a succession of specific situations. They are a substitute for the people of Beirut who are using them in front of shops, construction sites, and houses to withdraw their bodies for a rest, for waiting, for meeting.
Among the different media he makes use of, from installation, sculptures and films, Fakhoury ‘s series of paintings simultaneously reveal and dissolve his figures of study Daily life in his hometown, Beirut, provides him with figures, and the sequential factor brings forth a narrative The materiality of the hand trace makes his paintings manifestly printed despite that he does not intend to relate to any expressionist project.
Fakhoury found some chairs abandoned in Beirut while wandering – an activity that doesn’t come by chance in his chaotic town. He captured them up through photographs before portraying on separate canvases; their last function would be to form a parallel community.
Empty and worn out, like most of the public spaces in this town, these wrecks are remnants of a succession of specificsituations. They are a substitute for the people of Beirut who are using them in front of shops, construction sites, and houses to withdraw their bodies for a rest, for waiting, for meeting.