FAMILY PORTRAIT
signed in English and Arabic Mohannad ORABI and dated 2010 lower right; signed, inscribed and dated on the reverse
mixed media on canvas
160 x 180cm; 67 x 71in
(unframed)

Property from a Private Collection, London

Provenance
Acquired from Ayyam Gallery, Beirut in 2011 by the present owner

Orabi was born in Damascus and currently lives and works between Canada and Dubai. He graduated from the Faculty of Fine Arts in Damascus in 2000 and won first prize in The Syrian National Young Artists Exhibition. The concept of family and childhood form the main theme of the artist's work and the canvases are often dominated by energetic childlike figures. Many of his works are painted as self-portraits and ponder the evolution from childhood to an understanding of the world beyond.