Winter 2008
Kirsten Scheid, Jessica Winegar, Louay Hayyali
By Jessica Winegar, Kirsten Scheid and Louay Hayyali Winter 2008 | Gallery Kirsten Scheid and Jessica Winegar introduce the work of Louay Kayyali, a Syrian artist whose work was well-known in Syria during his life-time but was little known beyond Syria, perhaps due to his socialist commitment and lyrical figurative style. His posthumous entry to the auction market has…
Spring 2008
Kirsten Scheid
By Kirsten Scheid Spring 2008 | Gallery Excerpted and revised from Painters, Picture-makers, and Lebanon: Ambiguous Identities in an Unsettled State (Princeton University, 2005). A clear plastic bag, bursting with papers of various yellows and grays – this is what Saloua Raouda Choucair reached for in the cupboard next to her bed. She pulled out of…
Summer 2005
Joe Tarrab, Kirsten Scheid
Summer 2005 | Gallery By Joe Tarrab and Kirsten Scheid Rafik Majzoub is a rising star in the Lebanese art scene, heading towards international recognition for his works which traverse the rich territory between the personal and the social. His paintings and larger scale conceptual pieces explore the many facets of this territory — including the arrogance of…
Summer 2005 | Gallery By Kirsten Scheid Every few years Lebanon’s apartments and office buildings become a vast outdoors portrait exhibition, as candidates for parliamentary elections wage their campaigns by vying for virtual presence in the form of acrylic hand-painted on plywood. Local residents announce their support for a candidate by commissioning these likenesses and hanging…
