Daniele Genadry

Recent work and installation views

Slow Light
curated by Marie Muracciole
Beirut Art Center
July 25 - October 7, 2018
Exhibition View, from left to right: Divergence (green), oil on panel, 30 x 40 cm, 2018,
Divergence (grey), acrylic and oil on canvas, 215 x 290 cm, 2018
Exhibition View, from L to R: The Glow acrylic and oil on canvas, 205 x 315 cm, 2014,
The Fall acrylic and oil on canvas, 220 x 345 cm, 2015
Exhibition View: Slow Light, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Exhibition View: Slow Light, Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Exhibition View: Triptych: Purple Glade, Pink Gleam and White Clearing, acrylic and oil
on canvas, 215 x 290 cm, 2018
Exhibition View, from L to R: The Fall, acrylic and oil on canvas, 220 x 345 cm, 2015,
Divergence (grey), acrylic and oil on canvas, 215 x 290 cm), 2018, Still, acrylic and oil
on canvas, 142 x 215 cm, 2018, Quiet, acrylic and oil on canvas, 142 x 215 cm, 2018
Exhibition View: Divergence (Green) and Décalage (Train), Projection on a loop, 3’44’’, 2010-18
Exhibition View: Décalage (Train), Projection on a loop, 3’44’’, 2010-18
Exhibition View: Peripheral Vision I, II (Lightboxes), 2010 - 18
Exhibition view: Wall text, Drawings, Pencil on Mylar and on Paper, 2013 – Ongoing
Drawings, Pencil on Mylar and on Paper, 2013 – Ongoing
Drawings, Pencil on Mylar and on Paper, 2013 – Ongoing
The Glow, acrylic and oil on canvas, 205 x 315 cm, 2014
The Fall, acrylic and oil on canvas, 220 x 345 cm, 2015
Divergence (grey), acrylic and oil on canvas, 215 x 290 cm, 2018
Divergence (green), acrylic and oil on panel, 30 x 40 cm, 2018
Blindlight, acrylic and oil on canvas, 147 x 230 cm, 2017
Light Fall, acrylic and oil on canvas 211 x 286 cm, 2017
Lakelight, acrylic and oil on canvas, 149 x 204 cm, 2017
Quiet, acrylic and oil on canvas, 142 x 215 cm, 2018
Pink Gleam, acrylic and oil on canvas, 215 x 290 cm, 2018
Triptych: Purple Glade, Pink Gleam and White Clearing, acrylic and oil on canvas, 215 x 290 cm each, 2018
 ‫ضوء بطيء‬
Daniele genaDry
slow light
Slow Light, Daniele Genadry’s first major solo exhibition in the region, is ‫ وهو يتمحور‬،‫«ضوء بطيء» هو عنوان املعرض الفردي األول في املنطقة للفنّانة دانيال جنادري‬
dedicated to her concern with light movements and the animation of sight. Slow ‫ يشير مصطلح «ضوء بطيء» إلى العملية‬.‫الضوء وبتحريك الن ََّظر‬ َّ ‫حول اهتمامها بحركة‬
light is a term that refers both to the photographic process that propagates ‫ كما إلى النظرة القادرة على الوصول إلى حاالت‬،‫الفوتوغرافية التي تنثر ال َّذبذبات البصرية‬
optical pulses and to the gaze that is capable of accessing intermediary states
of perception. .‫وسيطة من اإلدراك‬

From drawing to silkscreen, light projections and painting, Genadry’s images ‫ص َور جنادري إلى‬
ُ ‫َخضع‬
ُ ّ ‫من الرسم إلى‬
‫ ت‬،‫الشاشة احلرير ّية واإلسقاطات الضوئ ّية وال َّرسم‬
undergo processes of migration from one medium to another. Images appear ‫ وبالتالي فهي‬،‫التوهج وال َعمى‬ ‫الص َور من بني حلظات‬
ُّ ُّ ‫ تظهر‬.‫وسيط إلى آخر‬ ٍ ‫نزوح من‬
ٍ ‫عملية‬
in between moments of glare and blindness, thus relating to the hazards of
‫تنتمي إلى عوائق الذاكرة ولكن أيض ًا إلى التّوترات الناجتة عن ما هو موجود وعن ما ندركه‬
sensitive awareness but also to tensions produced by what is there and what
we perceive. .‫ونعاينه‬

Often drawing from landscape imagery, the works aim to reveal light as both a ‫ إلى ال َكشف عن الضوء كق ّوة‬،‫ملناظر طبيع ّية‬
ٍ ‫تهدف األعمال التي غالب ًا ما ترتكز على تصويرات‬
material and a saturating force, as both a conveyor of visibility and as a blinder.
‫ تعيد لوحات جنادري التّصوير‬.‫وكحاجب له‬ٍ ‫للرؤية‬ ‫كناقل‬
ٍ ‫ أي‬،‫محسوسة وغامرة في الوقت نفسه‬
Genadry’s paintings relocate photography to its earliest stages, by capturing
light at a wide range of speeds. This capture of light is achieved through the ‫ يتم حتقيق‬.‫بسرعات متفاوتة‬
ٍ َّ
‫ وذلك من خالل التقاط الضوء‬،‫الفوتوغرافي إلى مراحله األولى‬
negation, blurring, disappearance, and unstable recognition of the painted ‫ ومن خالل اإلدراك املتقلِّب‬،‫َّغشية واالضمحالل‬ ِ ‫الضوء وضبطه من خالل اإلبطال والت‬ َّ ‫التقاط‬
world. .‫وغير املستقر للعالم املَرسوم‬

The spatial installation provides the necessary conditions for a slow sight
،‫الضوء‬ ُّ ‫يقوم التَّجهيز املكاني لألعمال في معرض «ضوء بطيء» بتوفير‬
َّ ‫الظروف الالزمة إلبطاء‬
and prepares the viewer to experience the different velocities of perception
when confronted with the painted surfaces. The acclimation of sight and the ‫ من‬.‫السرعات املختلفة لإلدراك عند النَّظر إلى األسطح املرسومة‬ ِّ
ّ ‫يحض ُر املتف ِّرج الختبار‬ ‫كما‬
progressive deciphering of the painted surface turns the inability to know what ٍ‫شأن تأقلم النَّظر وف َّك مغالق األسطح املل َّونة أن يح ّول العجز عن اإلحاطة مبا نراه إلى جتربة‬
.‫قائم بذاته‬ ٍ ‫للضوء َك ِق‬
ٍ ‫وام‬ َّ ‫إدراك ّية ومعرف ّية‬
is being seen into a cognitive and perceptive experience of light itself.

Curator • Marie Muracciole ‫تقييم • ماري موراكسيول‬ ‫بدعم من‬

Assistant Curator • Caline Matar ‫مق ّيمة مساعدة • كالني مطر‬ With the support of Marwan T. Assaf
Communication Manager • Bassem Saad ‫مدير اإلتصاالت • باسم سعد‬
Operation Manager • Samar Eido ‫املديرة اإلدارية • سمر عيدو‬
Special thanks to Baris Dogrusöz and Fares Chalabi ‫روروسز و فارس شلبي‬
ُ ‫شكر خاص لبارِ ش‬
www.danielegenadry.com

Images courtesy of Beirut Art Center and Saleh Barakat Gallery

Photo credits: Baris Dogrusöz and Agop Kanledjian