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Artist
painter-sculptor Adel Saghir
(born 1930) achieved international recognition from the early 60s to
the present, with his work having been exhibited world
wide.
Now living in the United States since 1973 (born in Beirut, Lebanon) he is receiving a growing acclaim in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East.
The highly personal and original style of Adel Saghir evolved from the academic training passing through various contemporary art disciplines, into his own personal style.
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His work has been characterized as colorful expressive linear patterns within controlled abstract forms, denoting an intuitive enrooting to his Middle Eastern aesthetic heritage.
Art critic Vivian Raynor of the New York Times described his work by saying, "Adel Saghir covers a canvas with circles and oval shapes, building them up obsessively in stripes of all colors and tones. The result is a pulsating edge-to-edge image."
Other art critics reveal that, "Saghir's refusal to accept easy apparent interpretations of abstract art, is rather a delving into the genesis and roots of abstracts art itself."
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"I have more than three thousand years of aesthetic heritage beginning with the Sumerians as a package to carry," Adel once said.
"In quest of an inherent authenticity with which he is establishing his own personal style, Saghir is creating a new branch in international abstract art, adding a new understanding to it's realm,"
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Adel's work is publicly exhibited in many well known and respected locations, such as:
World
Bank Headquarters, Washington D.C.
12 Place
Vendome,
Paris
Riyadh International
Airport, Saudi Arabia
Sursock
Museum
The
Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency
The Royal Dining
Room of the Royal Reception Pavilion, King Abdul-Aziz International Airport,
Jeddah Saudi Arabia
The Palace of Sheikh
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabbah, Kuwait
Union
Bank of Switzerland, Beirut Lebanon
Beirut
International Airport
and many more murals, paintings, tapestries, reliefs, and sculptures in countless museums, and private collections.