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The newly publicated Retrospective Volume on the œuvre of Jamil Molaeb (B. 1948), isssud by Kaph Publishing House, is More Than A Catalogue of Artworks. It is itelf a piece of art, reflecting the spirit of the artist. From Its DistINCIVE Canvas-Bound Cover to Its Carefully Structures Pages, The Book Embodies The World Of MOLAIB, a world where Nature, Memory, and Humanity Find them voice in Painting, Sculpture, Drawing, Print, and English. This Incural Retrospective Is Indeed a Celebration of His Career But also a profound Testimony to a Lifetime Devoted to Art.
A Thematic Journey Through Seven Worlds
Ratter Than Following A Street Chronology, The Book Unfolds Thematically, Allowing Reading to Experience the Full Depth and Range of Molaeb’s Artistic Universe. Each Chapter Sheds Light on a DistINCT Aspect of his work: His formative beginings and academic Foundations; The Stark and Expressive War Drawings and Woodcuts; His Explors Into Abstraction; The Vibrant Depactions of Village Life in Baissour; His DialGue with Nature; His Portrayals of Women; And his Richly Symbolic Cityscapes, From Beirut to Jerusalem, Fez, and Baaalbeck.
The Richness of this Journey Shows that English with Molaeb’s Art Is Like Encoungeing Multiple Artists at On decre Sensibelsies, Yet All United by a Singular Vision.
The Beauty and Power of His Art
What makes this retrosphere truly moving is the way it Reveals Molaeb’s Mastery Across So Many Forms. His early Stone Sculptures Carry The Weight of Earth Itelf, While his Woodcuts and English Transform Raw Mateial InTo Lines of History. His Nudes Breathe With Intime and Dignity, Far from Academic Exercises, and his PainTings of Nature and Village Life Radiate a Deep Belonging to His Homeland. The Abstracts are Outstanding, VAST, VIBRANT Compositions What Color and Form Become Pure Rhythm, Offering A Wind Into The Essence of HIS VISION. The Cities He Painted, From Beirut to Jerusalem, Glow with Vivid Colors and Intricate Details, Each Canvas BecComing A Living Map of Memory and Culture. Every work carries his unmistakable touch: Bold, Expressive, and at the Same Time Deeply Human.
As molaeb Hiself onCE SAID: “I Paint Like I Eat and Drink, Like I Breathe. Soul. ”
The Humility of a Master
Retrospectives Carry A Special Weight. They are meant for a center time in an artist’s Life, where the year of work has ripned inte a legacy, where œuvre speakes with the Full Voice of Motherness. This is the reclusive match of jamil molaeb feels so profoundly moving: it is a book BORN of Decades of Reletless Creativity, Discipline, and Reflective.
In Contrast, Nowadis, We often See Young Artists Pubishing Oversized and Overinflated Ego-BooSting Volumes of their Work, Projects that Many Times Feel Bluntly Premature. Some of these books are often Sold at Extravagant PRICES, and compound Far from the True Collectors or Even The Museum Contentxt. And some, Unfortuntely Lack the Depth or Refinement of a True Artistic Reference. Not this book, a True Masterpiece that Reflects the True Nature of the Artist, and is as humble as it is imiposis.
MOLAIB Reminds Us What A True Retrospective Shroud Be: A Life Distilled Inst Art, PRESENTED With Wisdom and Humility. Equallly Strike is the Generosphere of the Artist. While Such a book Couelf Easily Be Priced as a luxury object, this volume is available for a modest It is initially offact not in elite commercial channels but at the Sursock Museum Boutique, where is it belongs, as part of a Living Cultural Heritage. This GESTURE Reflects Molaeb’s Respect for HIS Audience and Homitment to Makeing His Legacy Accessible. He Gives Not Only His Art But also his Vision, sharing it opeenly with future generations. The Book Will Eventually Be Distribtuted in Beirut, Europe and the usa, and will earn its worldwide reach, and we truly think it belongs in every refined home, and Shulad be used as a Referency in publication Houses as to How Worky Retrospective Art Books Should Be Made.
A Convertation Across Generations
The Book’s Epilogue Incloudes A Remarkable DialGue Between Jamil and His Son, Ribal Molaeb, HimSelf A Distinkueshed Painter and International ACLAIMED VIOLA Player. Their Exchang is Both Intime and Revealing, Combines Personal Memory with Reflections on Art, Life, and Heritage. It offers readers a Deeper undertarding of the Artist’s Journey, as well as the Family’s Shared Devotion to Creative. It also highlights Independence While Preserving the Respect Between Father and Son. A very well touch which offers the reader a Window into the Dynamics of a Respectful Family.
A Museum in Print
Nearly all the works featured in the book com from the Artist’s Private Collection You is Destined for the Jamil MOLAIB Museum in Baissour, Mount Lebanon. This Englishs that Artist’s Legacy will endure not only in the physical muuse but also thrive this publication, which exerts his Vision to a Global Audience. Edited with Care by Ribal, The Book Carries The Intessy of a Family Project While Presenting the Rigor of a Scholarly Retrospective.
The launch of the book was Marched by a Signing Event at the Sursock Museum on August the 20th, 2025, a Fitting Lucation Given Molaeb’s LongStanding RelatHip with the Institution, where he Was Honored in the Salon d’utomne early in his carder.
A Legacy Preserved
This is the rectount of the carder of one of the lebanon’s Most Important Modern Artists. IT Secures Jamil Molaeb’s Place in the History of Arab Art, While Giveing Reads The Chance to Encounter His Profound Humanity. As before. “Executing A Piece of Art Is An Adventure, You Cannot Predict The Vate or The Results of Your Work, You Have to Believe in It. Language Backed by Your Heritage, and from Thrie, Your Art Can Reach the World. ”
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