Hannibal Srouji: The Canvas as Skin
Video from Dalloul Artist Collective
Hannibal Srouji: The Canvas as Skin
"Lebanese artist Hannibal Srouji approaches art as research: a continuous exploration of memory, place, displacement and healing.
Born in Beirut and raised in Saida, Srouji recalls a childhood between the sea, citrus orchards and the white stone hills surrounding his school. Years later, war transformed those familiar streets and forced his family to leave Lebanon by sea.
Those experiences continue to surface in his practice. Srouji burns, pierces and repairs his canvases, treating the surface almost like skin. “I still burn the canvas, but I cover it up. I patch it. It’s like you have a wound and you try to patch it. It’s about healing.”
In this Artist Highlight, Srouji reflects on leaving Lebanon, belonging between cultures, the recurring question of where we stand, and the need to confront a past that remains unresolved." from the video introduction
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