The auction is over. We are happy to announce that the entire proceeds of € 1000,- have been donated to ACT FOR LEBANON.
Images 1/3: It is…
(it is twelve ‘o clock, first English version: from 12:00 to 1:00)
2024 – ongoing, permanent ink on cardboard, 173 x 107 cm including frame
/ Each of the sixty minutes in an hour is written out in words by hand, based on its position on
an analog clock.
Image 4: Filter
2023, filter papers from Lucky Strike cigarettes, glue, cardboard,watercolour, 30 x 24 cm including frame
/ The filter papers of cigarettes smoked by the artist are collected and assembled.
The auction was made possible by the generous support of Mertens Frames
ACT FOR LEBANON is an independent collective with no political affiliation. They are composed of artists, filmmakers, researchers, and cultural actors, formed in response to the urgent situation in Lebanon. Together, they are exploring concrete ways to raise public awareness and collect funds to support local associations helping displaced civilians, victims of the Israeli army’s bombings, in the face of the complete inaction of the Lebanese government. Your donations allow them to continue supporting associations in Lebanon, while organizing artistic and cultural actions in France.
Stéphanie Saadé was born in 1983 in Lebanon. Saadé lives and works between Beirut, Paris and Amsterdam. Saadé graduated in Fine Arts from the École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris, France and attended a post-graduate program at the China Academy of Arts, Hangzhou, China. She was an artist in residence at the Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, (2014-15), and the Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, (2015). In 2023 she was selected for the residency program Accélérations at Centre Pompidou, Paris, curated by Michel Gauthier. The works produced were acquired by Centre Pompidou and exhibited in the permanent collection.
Saadé’s work has been presented in a duo show at Marres, Maastricht and solo exhibitions at Museum van Loon, Amsterdam; Kunsthaus Centre d’art Pasquart, Biel; Parc Saint Léger, Pougues-les-Eaux and Maison Salvan, Labège. She featured in group exhibitions at Centre Pompidou, Paris; Het Noordbrabants Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch; LLS Paleis, Antwerp; Poush Aubervilliers; Villa Empain, Brussels; Fondation Pernod Ricard, Paris; Jameel Art Center, Dubai; Museum Rijswijk; Moca Toronto; Punta Della Dogana, Venice; MUCEM, Marseille; Hessel Museum, New York; Sharjah Biennal 13; Beirut Art Center; MuHKA, Antwerp, BE.
Saadé’s first monograph Building A Home With Time was published following her solo exhibition at Kunsthaus Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland.
Her works are in the collection of Centre Pompidou Paris; Centraal Museum, Utrecht; CNAP (Centre National des Arts Plastiques), Paris; Fond d’Art Contemporain de la Ville de Paris; Museo MAXXI Rome; Barjeel Foundation, Sharjah; Saradar Collection, Beirut.
