Beyond Serendipity Volume 1 Fayez Barakat
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Copyright (c) 2020 by Fayez Barakat. Artwork Copyright by Fayez Barakat. All rights reserved. No part of the contents of this book may be reproduced without the written permission of Fayez Barakat.
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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, and Seoul, 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 adopts 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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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 27 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.13112)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 28 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.13114)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 29 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.13116)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 30 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.13118)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 31 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.13120)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 32 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.13122)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 88 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5636)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 80 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12010)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 77 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12186)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 74 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12194)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 75 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12196)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 76 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12202)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 51 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12902)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 52 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12904)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 53 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.12920)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 116 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5444)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 117 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5448)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 118 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5456)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 119 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5458)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 120 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5460)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 121 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5462)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 122 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5464)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 123 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5466)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 124 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5468)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 125 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5472)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 126 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5474)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 127 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5476)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 128 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5478)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 129 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5480)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 130 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5484)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 131 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5486)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 132 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5488)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 92 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5534)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 93 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.5536)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 10 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.14680)
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Fayez Barakat Beyond Serendipity 7 Acrylic on Canvas (FZP.14706)
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