Untitled Mansour 1
Untitled Mansour 1
By Lama Mansour
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Acrylic on Paper Mounted on Canvas
50 x 70 cm
2023
The strength of a woman lies in her willingness to introspect. Introspection enables her to know herself, understand her strengths and weaknesses, and progress on the path of personal growth. By turning inward, she can challenge restrictive social norms, promote equity, and advocate for the values that are important to her. How can she bring forth this state of grace within her?
Nudity, or the act of baring oneself, brings her closer to the animal state. By shading the trappings of artifice and becoming aware of her role in the fragility of all things, she can be in symbiosis with nature and thus focus and support those in need. This introspection nurtures her resilience, wisdom, and ability to overcome challenges with grace and determination.
The combination of empathy and introspection gives a woman a unique strength, that of creating profound and lasting change, spreading understanding and kindness, and inspiring others to follow her example. By embracing these qualities, she contributes to raising the level of collective consciousness and shaping a world where compassion, mutual understanding, and empowerment are essential pillars of society.
About Lama Mansour
Lama Mansour Fakhoury was born in Beirut Lebanon in 1971. In 1994, she obtained a master’s degree in industrial economics from the Sorbonne University, Paris, a field she proceeded to work in for over 10 years.
It was not until 2017 that she discovered her intense passion for the arts when she began attending painting courses at Bassam Kahwagi’s workshop while completing her master’s degree in “Critique d’art et curatoriat” at Saint Joseph University, Beirut. “I have always been interested in the symbolic form of painting, especially portraits and human representation. Starting with a series of paintings depicting famous people, I have quickly shifted to a free representation of human faces. My interest goes to aesthetics in terms of sensitivity, not beauty. Through faces, I try to bring out all the anguish, the misery, and the depth of human turmoil. I fragment faces and bodies to reveal the various facets of men, going beyond the dictates of beauty, in quest of the truth. My inspiration in the art scene goes from Egon Schiele to Francis Bacon, as these artists have depicted the inner human condition in their paintings through body distortion and broken lines as in Schiele’s work, and Bacon’s spasms curves.“
In 2018, Mansour was part of the group exhibition « Break all frames », women diversity in art, at Beit Beirut Sodeco, an exhibition about women empowerment. In November 2021, she exhibited at 392 Rmeil 393 at Gemayze Main Street, and in June 2022, she was part of a group exhibition “Artists of Beirut” at the Arthaus Hotel in Gemayze. In November 2023, she also was part of a group exhibition “Artists of Beirut” at Rebirth in Gemayze. She is currently working on her research thesis on the “aesthetics of disfigurement in painting in Lebanon.