Sfeir-Semler Gallery

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Sfeir-Semler Gallery

HAMBURG, GERMANY / Beirut, Lebanon

Samia Halaby, Tabbale, Yellow Awning, 2011, Acrylic on canvas, 107 x 122 cm

Courtesy: Artist and Sfeir-Semler Gallery Beirut/Hamburg

Sfeir-Semler Gallery, with spaces in Beirut, Lebanon and Hamburg, Germany, concentrates on international contemporary art with an emphasis on conceptual and minimal art. For the last eighteen years, the gallery has been at the cutting edge of art production in the Arab World, nurturing a unique cross-cultural link between Western and Middle Eastern contemporary art practices. It has taken on an integral roll in the establishment and development of key international artistsfrom the Arab world such as Walid Raad, Akram Zaatari, Wael Shawky, and Etel Adnan, launching pioneer solo exhibitions, gaining global exposure through participation in international biennials and exhibitions, and facilitating acquisitions by major museums around the world, simultaneously encouraging young emerging artists to expand the gallery’s program and continue it’s history of innovation.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS

Mounira Al Solh, born in 1978, Lebanon
Yto Barrada, born in 1971, Morocco/France
Taysir Batniji, born in 1966, Palestine
Aref El Rayess, born in 1928, Lebanon
Farid Haddad, born in 1945, Lebanon
Samia Halaby, born in 1936, Palestine
Tarik Kiswanson, born in 1986, Sweden
MARWAN, born in 1934, Syria
Khalil Rabah, born in 1961, Palestine
Wael Shawky, born in 1971, Egypt
Tala Worrell, born in 1991, USA

REPRESENTED ARTISTS

Lawrence Abu Hamdan
Youssef Abdelké
Etel Adnan
Mounira Al Solh
Yto Barrada
Robert Barry
Taysir Batniji
Dineo Seshee Bopape
Ian Hamilton Finlay
MARWAN Kassab Bachi
Rabih Mroué
Walid Raad
Rayyane Tabet
Akram Zaatari
Aref El Rayess
Khalil Rabah
Marwan Rechmaoui

Ania Soliman
Christine Streuli
Bert de Beul
Balthasar Burkhard
Elger Esser
Hans Haacke
Sol LeWitt
Günter Haese
Hiroyuki Masuyama
Jasmina Metwaly
Philip Rizk
Ulrich Rückriem
Sung Tieu
Barbara Camilla Tucholski
Tarik Kiswanson
Timo Nasseri
Wael Shawky
Samia Halaby