Lot 90
KAIS SALMAN (SYRIAN B.1976)
SOCIETY II
Auction: 18 August 2016 at 12:00 BST
Description
Signed and dated 2015, signed and dated verso, mixed media on canvas
Dimensions
200cm x 100cm (79in x 39.5in)
Footnote
Note:
Born in Syria in 1976, Kais Salman currently lives and works in Beirut. Painting in an abstracted, expressive style in a limited palette, his practise is described as a satirical subversion of "the normalisation of greed, vanity, and ideological extremism that is rapidly defining our era", with topics including, "terrorism, consumerism, cosmetic surgery, religious fanaticism, imperialism, and the voyeurism of the digital age".
His paintings are currently housed in private collections throughout the Middle East, North Africa, and Europe. Solo and group exhibitions include the Alexandria Biennale (2014); Ayyam Gallery DIFC, Dubai (2014, 2010); Ayyam Gallery Beirut (2015, 2014, 2012); Ayyam Gallery Al Quoz, Dubai (2014, 2011, 2010); Damascus Museum of Modern Art (2009); The Park Avenue Armory, New York (2008); Carthage Festival for Coast Mediterranean Sea Artists, Tunisia (2005). In May 2010, a work from his Fashion Series appeared on the cover of the Wall Street Journal's Weekend Edition magazine, a first for an Arab artist.