Tayseer Barakat; Shoreless Sea
02 Painting, Middle East Artists, with Footnotes, 8
Shoreless Sea #40, c. 2019
ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
50 X 70 CM
Private collection
This is a shoreless sea. Here swimming doesn’t end and drowning is possible as well as separation from the loved ones. Waves rise and clash fiercely, helicopters pass over boats and refugees flee from bloody wars. Stolen intimate moments amid an atmosphere full of panic and hope is still possible. More on this work
Tayseer Barakat was born in Gaza in 1959 and completed his arts education in Alexandria, Egypt, in 1983. After completing his studies, he moved to Ramallah where he has since based — both teaching and creating art. Barakat has worked with a variety media and has experimented widely — with wood, metal and glass — and has become one of Palestine’s foremost artists working today. Painting remains his first love and he continues to work at a prolific rate, drawing on the artistic heritage of the region and its ancient influences…