Rania Matar Tara, Beirut, Lebanon 2023 - Courtesy of the artist and Galerie Tanit.
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Poetic Landscapes
11/06/2026 - 09/07/2026
Galerie Tanit -Beyrouth
East Village Bldg - Armenia Street
Mar Mikhael
- Beyrouth
www.galerietanit.com
Since the dawn of Romanticism, our relationship with nature has been fundamentally rewritten. To the casual eye, a landscape may pass as unremarkable. However, when seen with emotional intensity, it awakens the sublime, that strange fusion of dread and wonder stirred by vast, untamed places. Romanticist poets knew this well. They turned landscapes into living verse, finding in nature not just beauty but a catalyst for the creative spirit. The humbling scale of a landscape fuels creativity, whether in literature or visual art.
This exhibition was born from the wake of political turmoil and the growing threat to landmass. It speaks to the sense of belonging to a place, and how that bond fades under the pressure of a fast paced lifestyle. The environment becomes overlooked, not out of malice, but by the seduction of the modern world, offering fleeting pleasures that leave little room for meditation upon the natural realm.
11/06/2026 - 09/07/2026
Galerie Tanit -Beyrouth
East Village Bldg - Armenia Street
Mar Mikhael
- Beyrouth
www.galerietanit.com
Since the dawn of Romanticism, our relationship with nature has been fundamentally rewritten. To the casual eye, a landscape may pass as unremarkable. However, when seen with emotional intensity, it awakens the sublime, that strange fusion of dread and wonder stirred by vast, untamed places. Romanticist poets knew this well. They turned landscapes into living verse, finding in nature not just beauty but a catalyst for the creative spirit. The humbling scale of a landscape fuels creativity, whether in literature or visual art.
This exhibition was born from the wake of political turmoil and the growing threat to landmass. It speaks to the sense of belonging to a place, and how that bond fades under the pressure of a fast paced lifestyle. The environment becomes overlooked, not out of malice, but by the seduction of the modern world, offering fleeting pleasures that leave little room for meditation upon the natural realm.