The Woman Behind the Walls

Posing with her piece of the reconstruction recently, the artist wore a lose white cotton outfit splattered from tee-shirt to the tips of her tennis shoes with all colors of paint and an occasional "Beyrouth." She said that she doesn't wear her wedding ring when she is working because it's not practical when she often finds herself hanging from scaffolding several stories above the ground. As she stood before one of her creations, a whimsical facade that incorporated architecture from the completed reconstruction around it, Succar couldn't keep herself from laughing. She squinted and clowned, then ran a finger through some painted foliage, wiping away the dust from its genuine palm neighbor. Her work is almost childishly simple, which is the look her sponsor was after. Solidere wanted her work to be "relaxing and green" according to Diab Ayoub, Property & Services Management Division Manager. Relaxing and green enough to show that Beirut is back on track. Succar was hired by the real estate company a year and a half ago because she was known for her realistic murals. "Some owners of the buildings in the Solidere area simply wanted the murals to show how the reconstructed buildings will look like," said Ayoub. Succar's trompe l'oeil technique is meant to give the illusion of three dimensions. "I wanted people to have the sensation that everything was finished," said Succar. Next Page Previous Page

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