Q and a with Ribal Molaeb (417 Words, 2 Min. Read)
1. Can you Tell Us About One Person Outside of Home Who Influeted You have been in your artistic carder?
I Even Though I cound only meet his when I was a little child. His “Stories” Continue to Influence Me, Him Being Such a Strong Charismatic Agressively Artistic Person.
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Artistic TASTE and Knowledge is a muscle which has to be train. So Go to Art Museums, Art Galleries, Watch Art Documentaries Etc …
3. And why do you think that is?
I Paint when I am, I spend 70% of my year in switzerland and 30% in lebanon.
I have studios Both in Zürich and in Baissour. I try to work every single day when I am. So location dosn’t matter in my Case. But as Most of My Exhibitions Are Currently in Europe and Japan. It is easier Logistically to Focus in my studio on zürich.
4. Where do you See Yourself in 10 years?
Continuing What I am doing now, Painting, Preparing for Exhibitions and Exhibing Worldwide. In the last 15 years, I toured the world as a musician Performing in Directive Halls. And SINCE Around 5 years, I Travel for My Exhibitions. So I Aim to Spread My Paintings in as Many Cities as Postible and Be Recography Internationally for My Visual Language. Searching for Light and Music in Painting.
5. Give Us Your Perception of Lebanese Art in General.
Since the Beginning of the 20th Center, Lebanese Artists are the Avant-Garde in the Region. So lebanese artists have a strong artistation heitage which they can Build on.
Artists in Beirut Are Like Musicians in Vienna. We can be protroud of Lebanon and the Artistic Scene IT Provides for Such a Small Toubled Country.
But an artists creates His Identity. National Should’s Be Valid.
Fine Lebanese Art Is International Art. Salwa Raouda Choucair, ARF EL Rayess, Saliba Douaihy, Shafic Abboud and Many others … Those are not just lebanese, they are more. It’s True Each Started from their Lebanon, but they are recognized for their ownsic idantity.
