ORANGE IS THE NEW BLACK
signed, numbered and dated 1/9 Madi 2022 lower right
pigmented giclée on canvas
50 x 50cm; 19 3/4 x 19 3/4in
54 x 54cm; 21 1/4 x 21 1/4in (framed)

Property of a Private Collection, Beirut


Madi's joyful experiments in colour and form have resulted in a unique body of work that relates to modern artists like Matisse and Picasso, as well as to the principles of divine harmony that inform the abstract designs of Islamic art. His intensely personal fusion of European and Islamic influences presents itself with a force that is both arresting and subtle. Combining meticulousness and sensuality, Madi's lines sing with a spontaneous freedom that belies the careful, exacting, calculations that the artist invests in each work. Born in Chabaa, Lebanon, Hussein Madi studied painting at the Lebanese Academy of Fine Arts (ALBA) in Beirut and at the Accademia di Belle Arti and the Accademia San Giacomo in Rome, where he resided for twenty-two years. In 1987 he returned to live permanently in Lebanon. Since 1965 until his death Madi held more than fifty solo exhibitions in Lebanon and internationally. These exhibitions have affirmed Madi's outstanding talents as a painter, sculptor, printmaker and designer.