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Sinawi presents a series of paintings that explore the notions of a Western pictorial and technical tradition from the prism of cultural displacement and nostalgic wanderlust. Sinawi blends picturesque landscapes with textual fragments or abstract motifs as references to anecdotal memories and spatial associations.

In his first solo exhibition in Dubai, Lebanese artist Shawki Youssef will present a series of new works reflecting his ongoing exploration of body representations within painting. The bodies articulated in the works with strong visual gestures act in a manner which transcends pure illustration, depicting rather, how psychological elements torment and manifest within the body itself. Roused with tension the bodies are intertwined in an embrace that simultaneously reflects the aggressively carnal and instinctual needs of man, and the delicate nature of his utterly exposed vulnerability.