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Mohammad Rawas or Mohammad El Rawas (born in 1951 in Beirut, Lebanon) is a Lebanese painter and printmaker. He studied arts at the Lebanese University, then moved to London and studied Printmaking at the Slade School of Fine Art. He currently lives and work in Beirut, where he taught at the Lebanese University and the American University of Beirut.〔 〕 ==Life and Work== Rawas began his artistic career with the outbreak of the Lebanese Civil War. He left the country to Damascus, then to Morocco before returning to Lebanon and leaving again to pursue his studies in London. During the late 1970s and early 1980s he produced a body of prints related to the war and to violence in general. These works were presented at several exhibitions, including “The Road to Peace”, curated by Saleh Barakat at the Beirut Art Center. From the 1980s and 1990s, Rawas developed a painting practice based on constructions with balsa wood, aluminum and string meticulously built up over portions of canvas.〔 〕 His complex artworks widely use reference to popular culture (manga, comics) and old master paintings such as '' Las Meninas'' by Diego Velázquez.〔 〕 For the 2007 Alexandria Biennale, Rawas produced his first installation: ''Sit Down, Please''. The artwork is a multimedia device inspired by a quote from 8th century poet Abu Nuwas related to love and desire within Arab societies.〔 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mohammad Rawas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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