Thameur Mejri: Before You Split the Ground
Jack Bell Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by contemporary artist Thameur Mejri.
Mejri鈥檚 paintings deal with brutality, bestiality, war, bigotry, intolerance and communication breakdown. In his work we are given glimpses of guns, skulls, torn feet, mutilated bodies, masks, knives, batons and various creatures, all mute spectators of violent disasters. Ambivalent characters come in and out of focus as disarticulated figures and objects overlap and converge.
The body is central to Mejri鈥檚 practice and is a means to address topics that may be considered taboo. His deconstructed portraits question sexuality, the sacred and the profane, nudity and religious dogma. As the image of the body is destroyed and re-defined in new hybrid forms, the artist enacts an exorcism of contempt and hatred. Mejri achieves a careful balance between his chaotic execution and the sensitive treatment of his subject matter.
Jack Bell Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition of new paintings by contemporary artist Thameur Mejri.
Mejri鈥檚 paintings deal with brutality, bestiality, war, bigotry, intolerance and communication breakdown. In his work we are given glimpses of guns, skulls, torn feet, mutilated bodies, masks, knives, batons and various creatures, all mute spectators of violent disasters. Ambivalent characters come in and out of focus as disarticulated figures and objects overlap and converge.
The body is central to Mejri鈥檚 practice and is a means to address topics that may be considered taboo. His deconstructed portraits question sexuality, the sacred and the profane, nudity and religious dogma. As the image of the body is destroyed and re-defined in new hybrid forms, the artist enacts an exorcism of contempt and hatred. Mejri achieves a careful balance between his chaotic execution and the sensitive treatment of his subject matter.
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