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Artwork note:
The city scene is made of rhythmically
repetitive elements arranged in a flat
pictorial space. A cloudless
Mediterranean sky lightens dramatically
towards the horizon, a landscape of red
and gray mountains. At any moment now,
night will prevail. By contrast, the
twilight world that surrounds it
possesses no such visual logic. Although
things are precisely delineated, they
are without weight. Objects that have no
clear identity or purpose seem to stand
without any apparent means of support.
It is a world that teeters on the edge
of diagram.
This is a picture full of mystery. The
greatest mystery, however, is the
transfigured house, which seems
illuminated by a shimmering light coming
through a tiny window, only to be
engulfed by dark earthy colors of
melancholy and despair. The artist is
taking on an existence somehow removed
from everyday life. It is believed that
this city is a representation of the
slums of Beirut, where Guiragossian once
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