Fadi Barrage
Untitled | 1987
Watercolor and gouache on paper. 14 x 19.5 cm.
This work is part of a series of eight watercolors and gouaches acquired by art critic Joseph Tarrab from the first posthumous exhibition of Fadi Barrage at Epreuve d'Artiste gallery, Kaslik (1987-1988). It was explained that “The guiding idea of the selection was to show how Barrage chronicled the causes and the progress of his terminal illness until acquiescing to his own annihilation. Fadi was a Hellenist and a hedonist, well-versed in ancient Greek literature and philosophy, as well as contemporary aesthetics”.
This work is one of the two “Cyclamens” (1987) “selected to show his sensitivity to the natural world even on his hospital bed and because cyclamens bloom in winter, symbolizing, maybe, his faith in rebirth” (Joseph Tarrab)
Reference FB-WP-1987-A
Biography of the artist
Born in Lebanon. 1940
Died in Lebanon. 1988
Born in Beirut, Fadi Barrage studied between 1960 and 1964 at Chicago University and at the Art Institute of Chicago. From 1964 to 1968, he was in Paris. Barrage took part in several group shows in Lebanon, France, Saudi Arabia, Tokyo (1970) and Jordan. In 1971, he participated in an exhibition held at Gallery One, Beirut and in the 'Salon des Peintres Témoins de leur Temps', Beirut (1972, 1973). In 1988, his work was represented in the Contemporary Lebanese Artists exhibition held at the Kufa Gallery in London.
Barrage exhibited individually in Beirut, in the exhibition hall of l'Orient newspaper (1968, 1971); Dar el Fan (1972); Galerie Modulart (1974) and Galerie Rencontre (1980).
The Sursock Museum paid Barrage a special tribute in their Salon of 1988-89.
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