|  Antoine
Mansour
Antoine
Mansour was born in Lebanon in 1964. In 1988, he obtained a degree
in interior design from the Institute of Fine Arts at the Lebanese
University in Beirut.
In his decorative arts workshop, he creates ‘trompe l’œil’, perspective
and furniture design. He pursues lofty, philosophical, and meditative
themes that reflect his aspiration for a balanced lifestyle and
spiritual enlightenment.
He expresses his ideas in his highly skilled art work with tremendous
impact and gusto. Recurrent themes throughout his art work illustrate
his profound metaphysical ideas that are expressed in his reflections
about nature, love, time, the human condition and psyche.
As a highly esteemed perspective designer, he works closely with
renowned local and international architects namely: Arcrea International,
Condas International, Dada Associates, Serge Brunst, and Gregory
Gasterelia.
He has also worked for his majesty Sultan Qaboos - in conjunction
with the creative team of Edgar Bali - on the ‘Al Baraka’ project
in Muscat.
Article
by Joseph Abou Rizk (Writer Philosopher - Professor at
the Lebanese University, and the Lebanese Fine Arts Academy.)
The
recent paintings of Antoine Mansour that bring us face to face with
our reality as human beings, lead us in a circuit of interrogations
and representations of which we cannot stop the motion, unless we
refer to the divine creator, or seek refuge in the artist’s soul,
whose warm and fervent welcome gives us the aesthetic pleasure,
by sharing his authentically human worries to communicate his virtues
to all beings aspiring towards fulfillment.
Philosophical, or rather metaphysical, the achievements of Antoine
Mansour never cease to be the product of an artist who calls for
his sensitivity, his fine taste, his sense of harmony, and only
uses his intellect in order to organize what his sensibility and
imagination provide as raw material.
Ravishing, captivating, truth revealing, stimulating spiritual and
human energies, the paintings of Antoine Mansour, albeit figurative,
serve as a point of departure for a new rebirth in the visual arts.
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Some
of the artist's artwork
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Apple
Tree - Like a fruit carried by a tree,
Like a child born from woman’s love,
Like wisdom offered by philosophy:
The passion of truth.
Our physical world is the incarnation of divine love.
Year 2007 - Media: Metallic leaf, acrylic, charcoal
pencil, pastel and oil on canvas, size 170 x 109 cm |
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Emotive
Clock or Love Is the Eternal Moment
Emotions balance the heart’s rhythm: Our inner clock.
When love fills our present, the moment becomes eternal.
Year 2008 - Media: Acrylic and oil painting on canvas,
size 99.5 x 181 cm |
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Some
of the artist's artwork
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the artist in Art Direct Sale!
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