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As with every season, the Carré d’artistes gallery is launching its new exhibition. This year, with “summer arriving so soon,” Stardust Summer Reverie will be held from June 1 to August 31, 2024, at the Carré d’artistes gallery in downtown Beirut.
Carré d’artistes is the leading art network in the world, with more than 30 galleries around the globe and a network of more than 500 artists. The Carré d’artistes concept is innovative as it disrupts the quiet world of traditional galleries. Its utmost mission is to promote artists and offer everyone unique and original artworks.
Lina Sinno, Director of Communication at Carré d’artistes, describes the extraordinary exhibition that will take place at the gallery. Immersing her art-loving readers into a dreamlike world, she depicts this Carré d’artistes exhibition, Stardust Summer Reverie, as both enchanting and captivating.
Imagine that on a starry night, you are hopping into a New York taxi, a beloved motif by Daniel Castan, to head to Times Square, vividly portrayed by Patrick Rousseau. There, you’ll immerse yourself in a Tchaikovsky concert with Nai as the backdrop, then sip a Scotch at the bar alongside Fauve and Marie-Pierre Kühn to the sounds of jazz and blues. The night is still young, and a touch of whimsy fills the air. You’ll wander on a bicycle, hair blowing in the wind, through picturesque streets by night, as Fady Chammas and Christian Raffin, both bicycle enthusiasts, invite you to.
Feeling a bit weary? Here comes Charlie Chaplin reimagined by Hernandez, reassuring you that “nothing is permanent in this world, not even your problems,” and the Abelardian Geisha adding, “Come to my place, I’ll ease your mind with my Japanese art!” Meanwhile, the trio of Dora Maar, the Girl with the Pearl Earring and Frida Kahlo will engage in a captivating interplay of colors. Madam, if you need a touch-up, you’ll step into Gustavsen’s boudoir and marvel at how skillfully his brush traces your lipstick, tinged with shades of purple.
Feeling a bit stuffed? You’ll lighten up by popping open Sophie Costa’s Coca-Cola cans and settling comfortably in our friend Karine Romanelli’s luxurious loft. You still have some time before morning breaks to turn on the DVD player and watch either a James Dean film brought to life by Frank Lamboley or a documentary about ascetic life, captured by Lemonnier.
There it is, according to Lionel Valot’s time theme, the day will dawn, either with a magnificent sunrise by Tatiana Stéphan or the more reddish one by Naen. Alas, you’ll travel back home and won’t be able to have breakfast at Tiffany’s and meet Virginie Schroeder’s Audrey Hepburn.
The loop is closed, the artistic realm visited in one dreamy summer night. Since it was just a dream, perhaps not entirely coherent, but back in Beirut, everything is there: the tree-lined avenue, the artists, the canvases, the tubes of paint, the names, the titles, the material, the texture, the easels, the exhibition walls, the frames, the light, our smiles, our gallery where only you are missing to square and elevate “au carré.”
It was a magical, museum-like night, and now it’s time for us to truly light the stars in your eyes!
Thus, Lina Sinno takes readers and future visitors on an ethereal journey, “on a starry night.” It all begins with a dream, indeed…
