Ayman Baalbaki: Face Au Ko/Facing Ko

Ayman Baalbaki is a Lebanese artist born in 1975. He trained at the Institute of Fine Arts of the Lebanese School and the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris. His paintings and installations address societal issues specific to Lebanon, such as war, abortion, political and financial bankruptcy, the port of Beirut tragedy, and pandemic. His art is vibrant, dynamic, and textured.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 166 pages
Publication date: 28 November 2022
Publisher: Editions Norma

Ayman Baalbaki is a Lebanese artist born in Beirut in 1975. He was chosen to represent contemporary creation at the Lebanese pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale. He first trained at the Institute of Fine Arts of the Lebanese University in Beirut, then at the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris. Five years after his arrival in France, he received the silver medal in painting at the Francophone Games and then participated in several exhibitions worldwide. Lebanon, France, Great Britain, Argentina, Egypt, and Niger are all countries that welcome the works of the artist.

His productions of the last 10 years have been compiled through this unpublished work, published in French, English, and Arabic. The authors endeavor to decipher his paintings and installations, crossed by societal issues specific to Lebanon: war, abortive revolt, political and financial bankruptcy, the tragedy of the port of Beirut or even pandemic. The artist paints anonymous portraits of his contemporaries, which have today become symbols of the Middle East. It represents the city, its buildings, erected, but also in ruins. His art is vibrant, dynamic, and textured.

Text in English, French, and Arabic.

Weight: 1040g
Dimension: 302 x 247 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9782376660651