Founded in 2011 in Beirut, Lebanon, Carwan Gallery now has a new space for expression in Greece, in Athens, a city in full swing.
Under the direction of Nicolas Bellavance-Lecompte and Quentin Moyse, both architects and creative entrepreneurs, Carwan Gallery develops strong collaborations with cultural organizations, institutions and patrons.
Present throughout the world in the most important art and design fairs, Carwan Gallery is considered today as a major player in contemporary design.
And when you discover the different artists with whom the gallery collaborates, you understand the reason for its choices. Thus, among the works of the represented designers, those of Roberto Sironi, a designer and researcher who lives and works in Milan, particularly caught our attention.
With his series RUINS, The artist evokes the past through the use of architectural fragments from the Mediterranean basin, such as Palmyra in Syria and Baalbek in Lebanon, belonging to different historical periods. These pieces of ruins are then juxtaposed with elements of the industrial age. His works bear the scars of the past and, through an anthropological approach, reveal new perspectives. Fascinating.
Other great creations to discover are those of the artist and designer Theodore Psychoyos.
He studied piano before obtaining a law degree from the Sorbonne University, while simultaneously studying sculpture at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris. Is it this multidisciplinary background that gives his works such a masterful blend of strength and mystical poetry?
A truly powerful, almost organic force, between mythology and modernity – simply masterful.
https://www.robertosironi.it/projects/ruins
Melissa Burckel