FAYEZ BARAKAT
FAYEZ BARAKAT BEYOND DIMENSION
INTRODUCTION ARTIST STATEMENT CATALOGUE 8 10 15 CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
Fayez Barakat (b.1949), one of the world’s most distinguished and prominent collectors of ancient art, was educated in the USA. He is currently the CEO of Barakat Inc. and manages to distribute his time between his galleries in London, LA, Hong Kong, Seoul, Marrakesh and Jordan, and works on his great passion, painting.
Fayez Barakat’s paintings are explosive variations of colours and forms, independent from the conventions of specific cultures, historic periods and trends, charged with a bold energy that openly and without any hesitation embraces and promotes an aesthetic identity through a unique artistic diversity. Being a prolific artist, a vast quantity of his paintings adopt multiple and various techniques rather than sticking to one specific style, his work has the nature of a disciplined practice that drives him as an artist beyond his own limits. Fayez has repeatedly stated that the presence of external forces motivates him to paint, and believes that his paintings are created through his immersion in an unconscious ‘space of energy’, and that viewers of his artworks are also influenced, moved, driven and transported by the power of this energy.
A combination of the artist’s experiences in various phases of his life, through different religions and cultures, Fayez’s aesthetic world leads us to a place beyond the orthodox educational and institutional discussions, to a world that can only be reached by virtue of meditating through the body and its senses. Having created a prestigious reputation and dominated the ancient art market with his professional acumen, Fayez Barakat is presently actively captivated by his paintings. We confidently anticipate that his rich oeuvre will expand our sensorial awareness and expose us to new aesthetic levels of consciousness.
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ARTIST STATEMENT
‘Beyond Dimension’ is inspired by the concept of destiny. None of us have any control over the day of our birth or the day of our death, and we all face physical limitations for our lives and what we are able to contribute to the world. Throughout our time on this planet, every one of us will face different challenges and experience different dreams, which can materialise in unexpected ways. These paintings are physical extensions of my own perception of the reality of my destiny and how it affects my daily life. They represent life’s experience as a maze of complicated intricacies affected by our actions, our movements, our power. Within them is bound up a sense of eternity and infinity, a manifestation of all the different possibilities that are open to each one of us. The depth created by the layers of colours and geometric shapes is a reflection of the magnetism of our bodies, and the minerals that are our building blocks. The overlapping intersections of the motifs suggest the way in which our own fate is tied to those of the people that surround us. This series invites you to question how you respond to the dimensions of your own destiny and how much power we have over the paths that our lives take. The purpose of this series that I have created is to allow one to ponder one’s destiny, but yet meditate and transcend to a higher realm of realising and understanding one’s sanctity and relationship to the universe.
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Fayez Barakat
BEYOND
DIMENSION
15 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8753_SB
16 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 40” | 100 x 100 cm ES.8787_SB
19 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8726_SB
20 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 40” | 100 x 100 cm ES.8792_SB
23 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 28” x 36” | 70 x 90 cm ES.7852_SB
24 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 60” x 60” | 150 x 150 cm ES.0875_SB
27 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 60” | 100 x 150 cm ES.8957_SB
28 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 60” x 60” | 150 x 150 cm ES.0877_SB
31 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8701_SB
32 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8722_SB
35 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 60” | 100 x 150 cm ES.8922_SB
36 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 60” | 100 x 150 cm ES.8933_SB
39 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8694_SB
40 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8742_SB
43 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 60” | 100 x 150 cm ES.8929_SB
44 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8746_SB
47 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8737_SB
48 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 32” x 40” | 80 x 100 cm ES.8722_SB
51 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 47” | 100 x 120 cm ES.8743_SB
52 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 60” | 100 x 150 cm ES.0878_SB
55 Beyond Dimension Acrylic on canvas | 40” x 70” | 120 x 180 cm ES.8929_SB
BEYOND DIMENSION · VOLUME ONE FAYEZ BARAKAT https://fayezbarakat.art
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CATALOGUE Edited by: Sofia Baraya Photography by: Evelina Sarupiciute Design by: Sofia Baraya Publication date: 2023 COPYRIGHT
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