Art Of The Day Weekly

Remember Beirut…

MARRAKECH – Cosmopolitan Etel Adnan (born in 1925 at Beirut) is seen as one of the great artists of the beginning of the 21st century, as can be seen in the increasing number of tributes to her synthetic and colorful landscapes in the museums and galleries, and a great poet. Bob Wilson (born in 1941 in Texas) is one of the world stage stars. Ceramic artist, and painter Simone Fattal (born in 1942 in Damas) is less known but is the indispensable third pillar of this original exhibition: she is Etel’s companion, as well as the editor of her work. The exhibition tells the story of this friendship, born in 1975 in Beirut, on the eve of the war of Lebanon, then its development in Morocco, in California, then Paris. A sort of choral choreography that mixes poetry, sounds and sculptures, to the rhythm of Etel Adnan’s poem – Conversation with my soul (III), interpreted by Robert Wilson on music by Michael Galasso.
• Garden of Memory at the musée Yves Saint Laurent, from 14 May to 16 September 2018.

View of the exhibition. Works by Simone Fattal. Right wall: Angel (I -V), glazed terracotta, 2018. Left: The Meeting, glazed terracotta, 2018;