Ghazi Baker Explained
Ghazi Baker (born 1967 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese architect and contemporary visual artist working in painting, drawing, sculpture and printmaking. He lives and works in Beirut.
Work
Baker's work is highly sought-after by collectors in the Middle East, Europe and elsewhere. His work is present in institutional and foundation collections in Beirut, Dubai, Paris, New York and other locations.[1]
Baker's style could be characterized as an exotic cocktail of lines, post-structuralist art, cerebral and deliberately anti-thematic. Always looking to highlight the process itself, his artistic influences include comic book art, music, movies, motorcycle culture, esoteric imagery, everyday life and the human condition.[2]
Selected exhibitions
- Beirut – Lebanon | 18 Nov 2014 "Decade-nce" Ghazi Baker solo exhibition
- Beirut – Lebanon | 15 Nov 2016 "Sins, Virtues & Colors" Solo show, mark Hachem gallery.[3]
- Istanbul – Turkey | 11 March 2016 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair
- Beirut – Lebanon | 21 Sep 2016 Beirut Art Fair 2016
- Miami – USA | 29 Nov 2016 Miami Art fair 2016
- Palm Beach – USA | 1 December 2017 Palm Beach modern & contemporary 2017
- Paris – France | 20 Jan 2017 Artists Collective, Mark Hachem Gallery Paris.
- Wynwood -USA | 16 Feb 2017 Art Wynwood 2017
- New York – USA | 3 February 2017 Scope New York 2017
- Paris – France | 5 December 2017 Collective exhibition Mark Hachem Gallery Paris
- Basel – Switzerland | 13 Jun 2017 Scope Basel 2017
- Beirut – Lebanon | 21 Sep 2017 Beirut Art Fair 2017[4]
- Paris – France | 23 Nov 2017 " CHROMESTHESIA" Solo show, Mark Hachem Gallery, Paris.[5]
- Miami – USA | 12 May 2017 Scope Miami 2017
- New York – USA | 3 August 2018 Scope New York 2018
- Beirut - Lebanon | 28 March 2019 “Suspension of Disbelief” Ghazi Baker solo exhibition
- New York - USA | 10 March 2020 Volta New York 2020[6]
- Amsterdam - Netherlands | 15 September 2022 at the [7] Rijksmuseum
- Miami - USA | 4 December 2022 Miami Art Fair 2022
Notes and References
- Web site: Chromesthesia: Artist Ghazi Baker Brings Music to Our Eyes . FashionRepublik.com . 3 January 2018.
- Web site: MALLAT . Danny . Grimper sur le nuage polychrome de Ghazi Baker . L'Orient-Le Jour . fr . 21 November 2016.
- Web site: 'Sins, Virtues & Colors' de Ghazi Baker . Agenda Culturel.
- Web site: The Arab identity showcased in the 8th Beirut Art Fair . fr.
- Web site: Ghazi Baker – Galerie Mark Hachem . News Art Today . fr-FR.
- Web site: The Armory show and Volta return with a vengeance. Fine art globe. 10 March 2020 .
- Web site: 2022-09-28 . Ghazi Baker, " anxieux heureux " et " sarcastique " . 2023-03-18 . L'Orient-Le Jour.
