#simone fattal

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Simone Fattal, Der Spaziergang (The Walk) I, (oil on canvas), 2020 [Galerie Hubert Winter, Wien. © Simone Fattal]

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Simone Fattal, “House” (2012), clay, 33 x 57 x 35 cm (image courtesy Hubert Fattal Collection)

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simone fattal, "autoportrait, 1972-2012," 2012, video

Simone Fattal’s (born in 1942, SY) Autoportrait is an attempt at a cinematic self-portrait as well as an extensive monologue, interspersed with conversational fragments of Fattal and her friends or parents. “I wanted to do my self-portrait,” says Fattal in the video, “although I’m a painter, I called upon two friends to make a film because I thought the language of cinema was much richer, and allowed for a longer-lasting vision.” It was not until 2012 that Simone Fattal edited these hour-long soliloquies into the 46-minutes long video work Autoportrait. The filmic material enfolds neither linear nor logic—on the contrary, Fattal’s autobiographic project appears to become more fragmented, closer to the means of which film operates but also those of memory, confessions, and seduction.x

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Simone Fattal (Syrian, b. 1942), Celestial Forms, 1973. Oil on canvas, 65.5 × 81 cm

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Simone Fattal, The Lion, 2008, stoneware cooked over a high fire, 42 x 65 x 40 cm

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“The first lockdown was great. We had our time, there were no airplanes, no appointments, no deadlines. We spent the day quite freely, working, and in the evenings, we had the cinematheque – every evening at 6pm. We watched all the Antonionis, the Viscontis, all the great films.”

Simone Fattal on locking down with life partner Etel Adnan. They lived together for 48 years. What can I say? I love them. I love the thought of old ladies, exiles in life and love, binging Antonioni. There’s a hole in the world the shape of Etel, a hole with arms raised.

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Simone Fattal

Gender: Female

Sexuality: Lesbian

DOB: Born 1942

Ethnicity: Syrian

Occupation: Artist, sculptor 

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Simone Fattal at Karma International