Young Collectors Auction - exhibit-E

FadiYAZIGI1966Lot 028'Abou Al Nour' Signed, Dated, NumeratedH28 X W22 X D18 cm. Bronze Sculpture (1/8) 2007Estimate (US$ 4,000 - 6,000)Born in Lattakia, Syria in 1966, Fadi Yazigi studied sculpture at the Faculty of Fine Arts inDamascus. Since his graduating in 1988, Yazigi has built a celebrated oeuvre that consistsof two strands of creativity, not solely in medium but in subject matter, direction and mood.His playful robust sculptures of smiling figures are at once whimsical and enchanting,yet his darker works on canvas suggest a more pensive, graver outlook on life and anarresting sense of foreboding.It is with immense discipline that he creates these paintings and sculptures, as he worksin his studio for hours upon end, everyday of the week. As such he has explored varioustechniques and mediums, from using newspapers as canvases to creating two-dimensionalreliefs. In addition to participating in numerous exhibitions and art fairs in the Middle East,Europe and the US, attracting collectors from all over the world, Yazigi’s paintings andsculptures have been sold in London and Dubai, in Christie's and Sotheby's auctions ofMiddle Eastern art.