2024

Chasing the Sun, Sfeir-Semler Gallery Downtown, Beirut, Lebanon

Marwan Rechmaoui introduces a fresh body of work centered around the concept of play. Musing down memory lane, he examines the streets of Beirut through the lens of childhood games, prompting in the process multifold questions about the influence of toys on shaping societies. 
The innocuous feel of Rechmaoui's playful installations is reinforced by the works hanging on the walls: poetic representations of pine trees, flowers, cotton candy, ice cream sticks or clouds made with molten beeswax, mixed with colour pigments, and embedded in concrete. 
Through innocent play, he offers a new perspective on power dynamics, inviting viewers to reconsider the intersection of childhood ingenuity and societal complexity.