DÉTAIL DE L'OEUVRE ORIGINALE
- Artiste : Tom Young - (signature en bas à droite) (intervention de Claudette)
- Oeuvre : Huile sur toile
- Titre : Interior spectrum-Holiday Inn
- Dimension : 75 x 120 cm
- Collection Banque BEMO
Tom Young
Tom Young paints the changing nature of Beirut, the city which has been his home since 2009. Influenced by his architectural training, he depicts the city’s chaotic architecture and public spaces, exploring how they embody emotion and political change.
Through painting and installations in iconic places such as La Maison Rose (2014-15), the Grand Hotel Sofar (2018- 19), and his current exhibition at Hammam Al Jadeed in Saida Old Souq (2020-21), he explores themes of memory, transformation and coexistence. Whilst expressing the vulnerability of urban heritage in the face of modern development and sudden trauma, he creates a transcendent feeling of light and space.
Young combines his painting practice with architectural activism and art therapy for children- transforming disused heritage buildings into living centers of culture and
education. He feels that art should contribute positively to a wider society. He has collaborated with children through several Orphanage, Refugee and Cancer Treatment Institutions in Lebanon.
Education
1992-5: BA(Hons) Architectural Studies, Newcastle University (time spent studying at Istanbul School of Design and Technology as part of the degree)
1991-2: Foundation Studies in Art and Design, Norwich School of Art
1973: DOB, England