Arneli Art Gallery

Transmutations

Arneli Art Gallery and Zico House proudly invite you to the opening of Sarkis Sislian’s solo exhibition, “TRANSMUTATIONS”.

“Analysing hope, self-improvement, self-destruction, and questioning the soundness of existence, Sarkis depicts the distorted sanity which links the rebellious inside to the nasty and the dishonorable outside.

Like Emil Cioran and Francis Bacon, our artist is communicating the beauty, the immortality, and the integrity of a better-elevated world, by showing us the hideousness, the decay, and the vulnerability of the world we live in.

Sislian's faces often gaze directly into the souls of the beholders, impersonating them. He never misses a chance to speak with passersby, and to communicate through the virtue of art, that which is non-communicable in any other way.

Showcasing various changes and transformations of form, color, composition, and texture, Sarkis Sislian creates bold and distinctive transmutations.” - Ziad Dib Jreige

Sarkis Sislian is a multidisciplinary artist oscillating between two extremes of an arbitrary spectrum of expression. With an MA in Visual Arts from ALBA university, he has created a very subjective and unique approach to portraiture. His work goes back and forth between geometric, structural drawings, and almost abstract expressionist forms of introspection through portrait paintings.

Exhibition Period: May 26 – June 9, 2022

OPENING Reception: May 26, 2022, 5 PM - 8 PM, Zico House – Sanayeh, Beirut.

Exhibition Curator: Manar Ali Hassan

This exhibition is sponsored by ALBA university and oVR Lebanon.

Interconnected

Group exhibition featuring 18 women artists from across Africa and the Middle East; exploring connections and cross-cultural ties formed by art. 

STATEMENT

Forme Femine in collaboration with Arneli Art Gallery presents ‘INTERCONNECTED’ - a cross-cultural group exhibition between Africa and the Middle East.
Facilitating a space for dialogue and creativity, the two platforms have converged two different civilizations; of affluent history, culture and traditions, seeking to advance the participation and practice of women artists in contemporary art.


‘Interconnected’ is a virtual exhibition that explores the artistic connections between 18 female artists; 9 from Lebanon and 9 from across Africa(1 from Ghana, 6 from Nigeria, 2 from South Africa).
The exhibition traverses through the familiar ties and interconnectedness of human psychological and social experiences relevant to current evolving times. It further breeds an opportunity for women artists from these regions to retain their individual account of events, own their narratives and share visual depictions with a global audience via an online platform.


The exhibition features 36 works in a variety of mediums and perspectives outlined in paintings, photography, mixed media and digital art. Teetering between the known and the unknown, abstraction and figuration; the selected artists examine the interconnected complexities of human experience detailed through distinct artistic styles and approaches - in personal theory and form.


FEATURED ARTISTS:


ARNELI ART GALLERY
Chloe Sfeir
Dzovig Arnelian
Elise Zakhour
Iman Toufaily
Joanna Raad
Lodi Sabra
Lucinda Currell
Lynn Osman
Manar Ali Hassan


FORME FEMINE ART GALLERY
Anthonia Ndukauba
Ashiata Shaibu
Efia Serwah
Jane Agolia
Kgaugelo Rakgwele
Mary Onidare
Oluwapelumi Oluyemi
‘Vry Blvk’ (✝)
Wande Oseni


DATE: 27 JUL - 28 AUG, 2022


CURATED BY
Charlene Chikezie and Dzovig Arnelian

Exhibition available on the following link:

https://www.formefemine.com/projects/interconnected