ARTWORKS
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Marwan Sahmarani
NIDHI KHURANA
In this episode during a visit to his Beirut studio, Marwan Sahmarani discusses with Founder Tamara Chalabi his artistic practice; what and who inspires him; […]
No nickname, Paolo.
White rice, potatoes, comfort food.
Coffee.
In 1971, the island of Paros, nothing has ever matched the beauty.
‘The Third Man’ – titles, music, love story, friendship, mystery – everything one can want in a movie.
Anything by Giorgos Seferis.
“Con la mia pistola e il mio cuore” (“With my gun and my heart”).
My best friends.
The Parthenon, my stray cats, the proximity to the sea.
I never have creative block.
Shades of blue.
Paint brush.
Medium.
I live in my biological time.
I’ve worked with some crazy people but I can’t tell you their names.
Patient, meticulous, light.
Painting 86,000 pieces of mosaic, I must’ve made the same gesture 120,000 times to paint that mosaic bed for my piece.
With my friends.