The bright colors of the Arab Spring have vanished, to be replaced by a scream and by an ache that has become a characteristic of the Arab citizen's concerns, dreams and anxieties in the last couple of years. This scream was embodied in paintings, the colors of which seem to articulate the pain inscribed in the features, senses and faces of the Arabs.
The Artist Haytham El Masri has drawn 45 paintings inspired by the painful Arab reality, presenting them in an exhibition entitled "Scream". The exhibition was hosted by Beirut Arab University on the 8th of May, 2013, and was attended by Prof. Dr. Amr Galal El Adawi, President of BAU, Mr. Issam Houry, BAU Secretary General, Captain Charbel Noaime, Head of the Artists' Order in the North, the deans and directors of the University, Mrs. Zina Ariss, Director of Public Relations Administration , in addition to, as well as a crowd of artists and interested people.
The paintings embodied the screams of the Arabs and the features of pain that accompany the various stages of anger, rebellion, breaking the shackles of injustice and abuse, in such a way as to demonstrate a diary of the revolutions, in colors that seem to bustle with the arising voices of the revolutionaries all around the Arab World.
After the Lebanese National Anthem and the BAU anthem were played, the President of BAU, Prof. Dr. Amr Galal El Adawi spoke, hailing the aesthetics of El Masri's paintings, announcing the closure of the cultural season that had been rich in activities and events that supplemented the educational process at the University.
Captain Charbel Noaime, then, introduced El Masri in a moving speech, describing him as an artist with a brush that draws screams through colors and movements. He stressed the fact that the meanings, aspects of resistance, and liberation expressed in the paintings will soon be realized.
In his speech, Haytham El Masri declared that he was better able to express himself through art and painting, rather than through speech, allowing the guests to read his thoughts in the exhibited paintings.
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