• faced with violence and the obscenity of garish media imagery, the artists in this exhibition have chosen moderation, delicate lines and the modest format of the sketch, the fragility of paper. After six years of trauma, social media and the pressing need to relay information have given way to the solitude of the artist’s studio. Finesse, the poetry of the everyday, of a simple gesture, the soft light far from news flashes, a breath, a respiration, the sound of rain, a return to the private sphere and the fragility of being. Both the Syrian population and artistic practices directly suffer the consequences of conflict.
• Montreal, centre des arts actuels - Skol, 12 January - 25 February 2017

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