Disappearing
Description
Executed in: 2021
Medium: mixed media with cold wax, oil and charcoal on paper
Size: 110 x 75 cm each
One artwork is signed and dated "S CHAAR 2021" on the front lower right. The other artwork is signed on the back.
Provenance
Private Collection, Lebanon. Acquired directly from the artist.
This artwork is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity
Location
Beirut, Lebanon
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Description
Disappearing (2021) is a large diptych featuring mixed media on paper. It juxtaposes a composition dominated by black with another dominated by white. Chaar masterfully creates a spectrum of textures, seemingly hand-scratched onto the surface. Through the animated materiality of her process, she evokes the transformative, dynamic energy present across many of her works.
Sara Chaar (b. 1986) is a Miami-born Lebanese visual artist based in Beirut. Graduating with an Audio-Visual degree in 2008, Chaar began pursuing an artistic practice spanning drawing, painting, and video art. An emerging talent, the artist had her first solo exhibition in Canada at the James Baird Gallery. She has participated in several other solo and collective exhibitions in Lebanon, Copenhagen, Berlin, and Canada. Chaar’s work can be understood as personal palimpsests reflecting on the layered socio-political realities of the Middle East. Her process and chosen media in particular illuminate this. Chaar directly engages her body, employing translucent layers of cold wax and oil paint. These layers, energetically applied and then scratched off with screwdrivers, cutters, and palette knives, create a textured and resonant visual narrative.
Exhibitions
Showcased in a solo exhibition “Imagined Certainty” at Art on 56th Gallery, 2021.
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