[LCM Events] Lebanese Art Exhibition at CUNY, New York

[Tony Faddoul]

PRESS RELEASE
October , 2007 

    

For Immediate Release
Contact: Bob Johnson 

Lebanese American University
press at lau.edu 

212.870.2585

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Architects from Lebanon & Russia share "Narratives"

in oil, ink and mixed media at CUNY, October 17-22

 

NEW YORK - Four young architects are telling interesting stories and life
experience narratives through oil, ink and mixed media, in a new art show,
Narratives: Stories in Artform, at The Graduate Center, City University of
New York, from Wednesday, October 17, through Monday, October 22. 

 

The exhibit (featuring abstract, surreal and impressionistic pieces) will be
on display at 365 Fifth Ave., in the History Department Lounge (Room 5114).
Exhibit hours are Monday-Friday: 11 a.m.-8 p.m.; Saturday: 11 a.m.-6 p.m.;
Sunday: 1 p.m.-6 p.m. An opening reception will take place Friday, Oct. 19
from 7-9 p.m. Admission is free. 

 

Lebanese American University (with campuses in Beirut and Byblos); the
Middle East and Middle Eastern American Center, The Graduate Center, CUNY;
and the LebRecord Art Network are co-presenters of the show. For more
information call 212.817.7570.

 

The artists are Antoine Faddoul of Tampa Bay, Fla.; Chadi Chamoun of Queens,
N.Y.; and Maroun Kassab and Irina Verkhovshaya of Little Ferry, N.J..
Faddoul, Chamoun and Kassab are graduates of the Lebanese American
University in Byblos. 

 

"Every work of art should talk to you, should tell you something, or make
you think of something," said Faddoul, who will be displaying work in oil
and ink. His abstract and surreal work is often inspired by world events or
concerns, as well as people's daily lives. 

 

Verkhovshaya, who was born in Moscow and holds a master's degree in
architecture, explores mood as a state of being human. 

 

Chamoun explores the relationships between ideas, drawings and buildings. He
was born in Lebanon and earned a doctoral degree in architecture. 

 

Kassab's art work focuses on existential issues and the ways people
encounter their humanity. 

 

"It is only in the happening that we face our humanity," said Kassab, "and
understand something about our existence." 

 

LAU was founded by Presbyterian missionaries in 1835 as the American School
for Girls. Today, LAU has a co-ed student body of more than 7,000 at two
campuses in Lebanon, with respected programs in Arts & Sciences, Business,
Engineering & Architecture and the region's largest graduate Pharmacy
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