Simone Fattal (Arabic: سيمون فتال; born 1942) is a Lebanese-American artist.
Simone Fattal | |
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| Born | 1942 Damascus, Syria |
| Nationality | Lebanese, American |
| Genre | Visual arts |
| Literary movement | Hurufiyya movement |
| Partner | Etel Adnan |
She was born in Damascus and was educated in Beirut and Paris, studying philosophy at the Sorbonne. She returned to Beirut in 1969, where she began a career as a painter.[1] She began working in clay at The Art Institute of California, later working in Grasse with ceramic artist Hans Spinner.[2]
She lived with poet and artist Etel Adnan, until Adnan's death in November 2021. The couple left Lebanon for Sausalito, California in 1980. There, Fattal established a publishing house Post-Apollo Press. She returned to the visual arts in 1988, producing sculpture, watercolors, paintings and collage.[1] She later moved to Paris.[3]
In 2017, she was nominated for a AWARE prize for women artists.[2]
In 2019, a retrospective of her work "Works and Days" was presented at the Museum of Modern Art's MoMA PS1.[1] Her work has also been exhibited at the Yves Saint Laurent Museum in Marrakesh, at the Rochechouart Museum of Contemporary Art and at the Sharjah Art Foundation.[3]
In April 2021, Fattal assisted an exhibition with Serhan Ada at the Pera Museum in Istanbul of Etel Adnan's work.[4]
'Finding a Way', commissioned by the Whitechapel Gallery, was on view in London between 21 Sep 2021 – 15 May 2022.[5]
References edit
- ^ a b c "Simone Fattal, Works and Days". The White Review. May 2019.
- ^ a b "Simone Fattal". Archives of Women Artists & Exhibitions.
- ^ a b "Simone Fattal, Works and Days". Museum of Modern Art.
- ^ SABAH, DAILY (2021-04-08). "Istanbul retrospective of Etel Adnan reveals Ottoman, Greek roots". Daily Sabah. Retrieved 2021-04-29.
- ^ "Simone Fattal: Finding a Way". Whitechapel Gallery. Retrieved 2021-11-14.
Further reading edit
- Katrib, Ruba (2019). Simone Fattal: Works and Days. Long Island City: MoMA PS1. ISBN 978-0-9968930-7-7.
- Obrist, Hans Ulrich (2017). Simone Fattal: Watercolours. London: HENI. ISBN 978-1-912122-00-4.