241 - ANDRÉ ASSAD ARABIS (Damascus, 1941) and LEONARDO CREMONINI (Bologna, 1925 - Paris, 2010).

ANDRÉ ASSAD ARABIS (Damascus, 1941) and LEONARDO CREMONINI (Bologna, 1925 - Paris, 2010). Untitled, 1992, from the "Suite Olympic Centennial". Pair of lithographs on Vélin d'Arches 270 gsm paper, copies 203/250. Signed and justified by hand. Measurements: 63 x 90 cm. The Olympic Suite is composed of 50 lithographs and serigraphs chosen to represent various contemporary artistic trends. It was published to commemorate the first centenary of modern Olympism. The artists chosen work in very diverse movements and styles, from the hyperrealism of Antonio López to the abstraction of Sol Lewitt, including abstract expressionism, the geometrism of Arden Quin, conceptual art, pop art, the new realism of Baldaccini and Rotella, and the new fauvism of Dokoupil, among others. Among the artists represented are creators of great international renown, widely recognised by the critics. André Arabis trained at the art college in Damascus, graduating in 1966. He later completed his training at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he graduated in 1982. In 1987 he received his doctorate for his research on the comparative aesthetics between art with Islamic roots and Kinetic/Op-Art. His plastic work has always been abstract, based on geometry. Trained at the Academy of Fine Arts in Bologna and at the Brera Academy in Milan, Leonardo Cremonini developed a style based on the fragmentation of figuration. He continued his artistic career thanks to a scholarship to study in Paris, developing a lyrical and metaphysical style, full of daring. Throughout his career he held numerous exhibitions, not only nationally but also internationally: Paris, New York and London.