MARIE KHOURI

Marie Khouri, who was born in Egypt and raised in Lebanon, creates work that is rooted in a sense of dislocation and the search for a sense of place. As an immigrant who has spent time in Europe, the Middle East, and Canada, Khouri’s work speaks to a diverse audience. Khouri completed her sculpture training at l’École du Louvre in Paris. In the last 15 years, Khouri has exhibited extensively in Europe and North America. She has over 25 public artworks in Canada and abroad, and was awarded the Chevalier de l’Ordre National Du Mérite (2021).

This piece, titled Unfold, is a multimedia work in which bright red mesh wiring is affixed to a painted black canvas. The work is derived from a public art sculpture the artist completed for Polygon Homes in 2020, titled Unfold. While visiting the site, Khouri noticed many children’s toys in the balconies of their homes. She intended for the abstract red mesh flowers in her work to relate to this atmosphere of playfulness. Having discovered this new medium, Khouri began experimenting and completed a body of work with this red mesh, which is in fact recycled mesh that she has collected along with discarded wire and barbed wire.

Winter Scene at Alexander Falls

2022, pigment print with matte UV laminate

On verso signed

Edition 1/6

64 x 64 in, 162.6 x 162.6 cm

Framed

Value $15,000

Donated by the Artist, courtesy of Monte Clark, Vancouver Lot #15