For our second participation in Beirut Art Fair, we are presenting the artworks of the artist: Mohamed Monaiseer.
His works give body and form to immaterial phenomenon. Once, he was in a cemetery and found, at the foot of a tomb, an old piece of fabric that had been part of a burial shroud. He felt communication with this piece of cloth. It had been around for a long time and he didn’t know what it had been through, who it had belonged to. His fascination with the relic has had a lasting influence on his work.
He uses nostalgia—the artifact and the icon, for instance—to create an emotional state between the viewer and the object. The relic helps him overcome the barrier between his audience and his art. Monaiseer’s works are provocative in three ways: in terms of concept, in terms of technique, and as a reminder of history, the passing of time.
His works give body and form to immaterial phenomenon. Once, he was in a cemetery and found, at the foot of a tomb, an old piece of fabric that had been part of a burial shroud. He felt communication with this piece of cloth. It had been around for a long time and he didn’t know what it had been through, who it had belonged to. His fascination with the relic has had a lasting influence on his work.
He uses nostalgia—the artifact and the icon, for instance—to create an emotional state between the viewer and the object. The relic helps him overcome the barrier between his audience and his art. Monaiseer’s works are provocative in three ways: in terms of concept, in terms of technique, and as a reminder of history, the passing of time.