Beyond Dimension Vol 1_ 2023

BEYOND DIMENSION

FAYEZ BARAKAT

FAYEZ BARAKAT BEYOND DIMENSION

INTRODUCTION

Fayez Barakat (b.1949), one of the world’s most distinguished and prominent collectors of ancient art, was educated in the USA. He is currently the CEO of Barakat Inc. and manages to distribute his time between his galleries in London, LA, Hong Kong, Seoul, Marrakesh and Jordan, and works on his great passion, painting.

Fayez Barakat’s paintings are explosive variations of colours and forms, independent from the conventions of specific cultures, historic periods and trends, charged with a bold energy that openly and without any hesitation embraces and promotes an aesthetic identity through a unique artistic diversity. Being a prolific artist, a vast quantity of his paintings adopt multiple and various techniques rather than sticking to one specific style, his work has the nature of a disciplined practice that drives him as an artist beyond his own limits. Fayez has repeatedly stated that the presence of external forces motivates him to paint, and believes that his paintings are created through his immersion in an unconscious ‘space of energy’, and that viewers of his artworks are also influenced, moved, driven and transported by the power of this energy.

A combination of the artist’s experiences in various phases of his life, through different religions and cultures, Fayez’s aesthetic world leads us to a place beyond the orthodox educational and institutional discussions, to a world that can only be reached by virtue of meditating through the body and its senses. Having created a prestigious reputation and dominated the ancient art market with his professional acumen, Fayez Barakat is presently actively captivated by his paintings. We confidently anticipate that his rich oeuvre will expand our sensorial awareness and expose us to new aesthetic levels of consciousness.

ARTIST STATEMENT

‘Beyond Dimension’ is inspired by the concept of destiny. None of us have any control over the day of our birth or the day of our death, and we all face physical limitations for our lives and what we are able to contribute to the world. Throughout our time on this planet, every one of us will face different challenges and experience different dreams, which can materialise in unexpected ways. These paintings are physical extensions of my own perception of the reality of my destiny and how it affects my daily life. They represent life’s experience as a maze of complicated intricacies affected by our actions, our movements, our power. Within them is bound up a sense of eternity and infinity, a manifestation of all the different possibilities that are open to each one of us. The depth created by the layers of colours and geometric shapes is a reflection of the magnetism of our bodies, and the minerals that are our building blocks. The overlapping intersections of the motifs suggest the way in which our own fate is tied to those of the people that surround us. This series invites you to question how you respond to the dimensions of your own destiny and how much power we have over the paths that our lives take. The purpose of this series that I have created is to allow one to ponder one’s destiny, but yet meditate and transcend to a higher realm of realising and understanding one’s sanctity and relationship to the universe.

BEYOND

DIMENSION