Bassel Al Saadi

Lugar: Beirut

Nascido: 1970

Biografia:

Bassel Al Saadi is a Syrian artist and sculptor who works primarily with steel. He studied at the Institute of Applied Arts in Damascus. Al Saadi has exhibited his work in Amman, Berlin, Damascus, Dubai, Enschede and Paris. He has given sculpting workshops in different countries across the world. In 2017 and 2018 he was guest artist at the Villa Romana in Florence for several months. His sculptural origami-like forms are then transposed into steel. Under the weight of the metal, they still carry the lightness of the original paper medium. Saadi uses primary shapes, colours and even playful polka dots to break the flatness and stillness of the work. Arranging the shapes as assemblages, he plays with their composition and colour, sometimes even enlarging them to become monumental public sculptures.