‘Raouf Rifai, Saving the beauty’ Book Signing

Mark Hachem Gallery invites you to a book signing event for the publication of the new book, “Raouf Rifai, Saving the Beauty” by Joseph Tarrab.

Lebanese artist Raouf Rifai is one of the most renowned artists in the Middle-East today. Over the course of more than fourty years, he has produced a vibrant, compelling and expressive body of works in a range of mediums that is widely collected and internationally exhibited. His familiar signature style features strong colors and shapes, and expressionist human figures and faces, with semantic elements. Call upon viewer to decipher, connect and retrieve their underlying messages.

The book, “Raouf Rifai, Saving the Beauty” includes works in different mediums – paintings, photographs, prints, drawings, sculptures, and installations – from the early 1970’s to present, the only book that covers Rifai’s oeuvre to date. It includes essays by Joseph Tarrab an art critic who has authored monographs on the works of pioneering Lebanese artists, accompany the images, and explore the critical, social, and spiritual nature of the artworks.

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