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Henry Jabbour: Traces Remain

Past exhibition
13 August - 13 September 2020
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From My Eyes Into The Day | 2020 | Oil on Linen | 30.5 x 30.5 cm
From My Eyes Into The Day | 2020 | Oil on Linen | 30.5 x 30.5 cm
International artist Henry Jabbour was born in Beirut and educated at the New York Academy of Art. He graduated in 2015 with a master's degree in fine art and printmaking. Relatively new to the art world, his paintings display a vivid use of colour and exuberant execution. He paints the figure. His loosely-indicated, schematic images are integrated into a highly worked and abstracted paint surface, scattered with incidental markings and subtle gestures.

Jabbour uses strong colour, high in register and saturation, deploying it for expressive effect rather than descriptive purpose. His is a Mediterranean palette, almost 'Fauvist' in its intensity, characterised by shades, tints and tones of cerulean blue, lemon yellow, scarlet red, tangerine orange and viridian green.

 

The medium is brushed, smeared and dripped onto the canvas. Applied both thick and thin, the paint film is drawn on and dragged into, and, in places, is layered with impasto. The texture of the paint ranges from watery fluidity to a creamy consistency to a waxy stickiness. This lively and receptive surface registers the imprint of the painter's activity as he conjures up his fugitive images.

 

The ambiguous human characters are hard to know and grasp the meaning of. They are rendered in a generalised form, deliberately undifferentiated. Theirs is a fleeting presence, a temporary footprint. Going about their mysterious business: walking, carrying or contemplating, they are universal, idiomatic of the everyday, vehicles for the artist's painterly manipulations.

 

These elusive and sketchily-realised figures are glimpsed as if through a haze of sunlight. We shade our eyes to examine them. They live in a world of paint which both realises and obscures. There is something forensic and archaeological about these sumptuous, fragmentary paintings. The artist has made a site from which he retrieves and uncovers. Traces remain of his excavations.

 

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Works
  • And Side By Side, 2020 Oil on linen 120.5 x 110 cm 47.5 x 43.3 in
    And Side By Side, 2020
    Oil on linen
    120.5 x 110 cm
    47.5 x 43.3 in
  • By Silence And By Fragrance, 2020 Oil on linen 106 x 91 cm 41.7 x 35.8 in
    By Silence And By Fragrance, 2020
    Oil on linen
    106 x 91 cm
    41.7 x 35.8 in
  • By Silence And By Fragrance II, 2020 Oil on linen 106 x 91 cm 41.7 x 35.8 in
    By Silence And By Fragrance II, 2020
    Oil on linen
    106 x 91 cm
    41.7 x 35.8 in
  • Con La Luz, 2020 Oil on linen 110 x 95 cm 43.3 x 37.4 in
    Con La Luz, 2020
    Oil on linen
    110 x 95 cm
    43.3 x 37.4 in
  • From My Eyes Into The Day, 2020 Oil on linen 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    From My Eyes Into The Day, 2020
    Oil on linen
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • From The Earth Into Memory, 2020 Oil on linen - Diptych 30.5 x 61 cm 12 x 24 in
    From The Earth Into Memory, 2020
    Oil on linen - Diptych
    30.5 x 61 cm
    12 x 24 in
  • In A Timeless Sweet Land, 2020 Oil on linen 110.5 x 91 cm 43.5 x 35.8 in
    In A Timeless Sweet Land, 2020
    Oil on linen
    110.5 x 91 cm
    43.5 x 35.8 in
  • It Feels Like Hope, 2020 Oil on linen - Diptych 80.5 x 130 cm 31.7 x 51.2 in
    It Feels Like Hope, 2020
    Oil on linen - Diptych
    80.5 x 130 cm
    31.7 x 51.2 in
  • One In Soul, 2020 Oil on linen 50.5 x 46 cm 19.9 x 18.1 in
    One In Soul, 2020
    Oil on linen
    50.5 x 46 cm
    19.9 x 18.1 in
  • To Life In Your Hands, 2020 Oil on Linen 95.5 x 80.5 cm 37.6 x 31.7 in
    To Life In Your Hands, 2020
    Oil on Linen
    95.5 x 80.5 cm
    37.6 x 31.7 in
  • A Scent To Steal Your Heart II, 2020 Oil on linen 60 x 55 cm 23.6 x 21.7 in
    A Scent To Steal Your Heart II, 2020
    Oil on linen
    60 x 55 cm
    23.6 x 21.7 in
  • When The Light Returns II, 2019 Oil on linen 96 x 80 cm 37.8 x 31.5 in
    When The Light Returns II, 2019
    Oil on linen
    96 x 80 cm
    37.8 x 31.5 in
  • Where I Used To Be Young, 2020 Oil on linen 81 x 65 cm 31.9 x 25.6 in
    Where I Used To Be Young, 2020
    Oil on linen
    81 x 65 cm
    31.9 x 25.6 in
  • Toe To Heal, 2019 Oil on linen 60 x 55 cm 23.6 x 21.7 in
    Toe To Heal, 2019
    Oil on linen
    60 x 55 cm
    23.6 x 21.7 in
  • Love Is Where It Falls II, 2020 Oil on linen 80 x 76 cm 31.5 x 29.9 in
    Love Is Where It Falls II, 2020
    Oil on linen
    80 x 76 cm
    31.5 x 29.9 in
  • All That I Owe You, 2020 Oil and Etching Ink on Copper 56 x 49 cm 22.1 x 19.3 in
    All That I Owe You, 2020
    Oil and Etching Ink on Copper
    56 x 49 cm
    22.1 x 19.3 in
  • And I Shall Forever, 2020 Oil and Etching Ink on Copper 56 x 49 cm 22.1 x 19.3 in
    And I Shall Forever, 2020
    Oil and Etching Ink on Copper
    56 x 49 cm
    22.1 x 19.3 in
  • Daylight Breaks, 2020 Oil on linen 50.5 x 46 cm 19.9 x 18.1 in
    Daylight Breaks, 2020
    Oil on linen
    50.5 x 46 cm
    19.9 x 18.1 in
  • We're Both Of Us II, 2020 Oil on Linen 80.5 x 65.5 cm 31.7 x 25.8 in
    We're Both Of Us II, 2020
    Oil on Linen
    80.5 x 65.5 cm
    31.7 x 25.8 in
  • Till Tangled In Ashes II, 2020 Oil on Linen 95.5 x 80.5 cm 37.6 x 31.7 in
    Till Tangled In Ashes II, 2020
    Oil on Linen
    95.5 x 80.5 cm
    37.6 x 31.7 in
  • The Roots I Left Behind, 2020 Oil on linen 120.5 x 110 cm 47.5 x 43.3 in
    The Roots I Left Behind, 2020
    Oil on linen
    120.5 x 110 cm
    47.5 x 43.3 in
  • My Infinite Dreams Live, 2020 Oil on Linen 60.5 x 55 cm 23.8 x 21.7 in
    My Infinite Dreams Live, 2020
    Oil on Linen
    60.5 x 55 cm
    23.8 x 21.7 in
  • Only The Heart, 2020 Oil on Linen 110 x 95 cm 43.3 x 37.4 in
    Only The Heart, 2020
    Oil on Linen
    110 x 95 cm
    43.3 x 37.4 in
  • We're Both Of Us, 2020 Oil on linen 95 x 110 cm 37.4 x 43.3 in
    We're Both Of Us, 2020
    Oil on linen
    95 x 110 cm
    37.4 x 43.3 in
  • The Heart Within Me, 2020 Oil on Linen 30.5 x 30.5 cm 12 x 12 in
    The Heart Within Me, 2020
    Oil on Linen
    30.5 x 30.5 cm
    12 x 12 in
  • Quietly The Morning II, 2020 Oil on linen 60 x 55.5 cm 23.6 x 21.9 in
    Quietly The Morning II, 2020
    Oil on linen
    60 x 55.5 cm
    23.6 x 21.9 in
  • Springtime My Heart, 2020 Oil on linen 95.5 x 81 cm 37.6 x 31.9 in
    Springtime My Heart, 2020
    Oil on linen
    95.5 x 81 cm
    37.6 x 31.9 in
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