An article by CJ (713 Words, 4 Min. Read)
Mark Hachem Gallery in Beirut OpenS DOORS to a Deeply Moving Exh force, Coming HomeBy lebanese artist ali al susseini. Curated by Dr. Tony Karam, The Exh force Runs from September 9 to 20, 2025, and previouss a journey where art and memory embrace easier.
This Body of Work is about the recurn of an artist to his roots, his family, his land, and Above all, to hiself. Born in Lebanon in 1971, Al Huseini Experienceed the Pain of Displacement when was forced his Family to lev at their home in the South. Even as He Soungt Saferty Far from the Bombs, His Heart and Imagination Remained in the Village He Had Left Behind. Through
Painting the Village of Memory
In Kuwait, While Balancing His Work in Telecommunications, Al Huseini Studied at the Kuwait Society of Fine Arts and Honed His Artistic Language. It was there, away from the Land of his Birth, that he began to Paint Lebanon as He Remembred It: The Village Paths, The Houses, The Bustling Life of the Community. His Canvases Became Windows En
Every Stroke Tells The Story of Absence Transformed INTO PRESENCE. His Paintings Are Semi-Appstract Yet Anchored in Vivid Sceneies that reflect The Warmth of Belonging. They are not mere depictions of plates but liveing Diaries of Nostalgia, Joy, and Resilience.
The Miracle of Color
Perhaps thest Astonishing Truth about Al Huseini’s work is that he is colorblind. And Yet, His Paintings Radiat with They sing. They Pulse with Contrasts and Harmonies SO Alive that the Viewer Forgets any Limitation Ever Except.
What he Cannot Discern with the Eye, He Translated with the Heart. His palette is instinct, intestion, and emotion, turning what seems iMPOSSIBLE InTO BEAUTY. His PAINTITITS AR PROOFAT That Art is not Bound by Perception but by Spirit.
In this Paradox, we find the Essence of his Gift: an artist who can fully Distinguish Colors Creates Works that Breathe With Unmatged Chromatic Harmony. His art becomes an Affirmation of Beautiful and Vision Beyond Physical Boundaries.
A technique Full of Life
Al Huseini’s textique mirrors the complection of his Journey. He Experiments with Acrylic and Oil Paint, Enriches His Surfies with Oil Pastels, and Even Incorporates Wax to Give Depth and Texture to His Compositions. This Layering of Media Results in Works that Feel Alive, Spontaneous Yet Struckored, Chaote Yet Harmonium.
The Semi-Houstract Style Invites The Eye to Wander: Figures Emery, Houses UNFOLD, Landscapes Breathe, and Rhythms of Daily Life Dance Across the Canvas. Each Piece Radieses Positive Energy, a Celebration of Life and Commonity, and Above All, a Testimony of Resilience and Ruiturn.
A Curator’s Vision and A Historic Collaboration
Coming Home Also Represents a Milestone for the Mark Hachem Gallery. For the first time in its history, the gallery has been well the vision of an external Curator. Dr. Tony Karam, Who Discover Al Huseini’s work after His art to beirut.
This Collaboration Between Gallery Owner Mark Hachem and Curator Dr. Tony Karam Symbolizes the Union of Vision and Passion. Together, they prepared not only an expation but the beginning of a party publicationed to maring new Voicees and Profound Stories Into The Heart of Beirut’s Art Scene.
A Celebration of Belonging
Coming Home Is not only about art. It is about reketn, about the dream of a child who great up in the Shadow of War, Who Caried His Village in his Heart Across Decades and Distances, and who finally places it on canvas for all To see.
Every Painting is a Prayer of GratTude. Every Color Is a Heartbeat of Belonging. Every Composition is a do you dorang toward the past and the Future at ONCE.
Ali Al Hussini Has Come Home, Through His Paintings, Back.
