On November 12, 2009, Ayyam Gallery, Dubai is proud to present Walid El Masri in his first solo show in the United Arab Emirates.
In renowned Syrian painter Walid El Masri’s paintings the chair is cardinal. Yet, even though this shape remains constant throughout his work it is not the chair in itself that is important.
“I don’t paint chairs in an attempt of realistic depiction or to imply countless interpretations, I only paint them for their endless visual possibilities”
The artist did not reach this logic immediately; he spent years experimenting with portraits and nudes, until he finally chose to fully devote himself to the chair purely because of its simplicity.
A circle can be linked to a truism of interpretations; the sun, a ball, an angelic hallo, but a chair at first glance is simply and superficially just a chair. This is what attracts El Masri.
