Mazen khaddaj

I end to begin

What is behind closed curtains? It is the unknown and the endless questions of “what if” that challenge my mind. It is the connection of the human existence with the rest of the universe that excites my creativity.

In this collection I try to peak behind the curtain of death. I paint possibilities and confront death from a spiritual, social, and existential perspective. With every brushstroke I start a new quest for answers.

Even There, I am not Alone

2018, mixed media, 200x80cm

Death Bed

2017, mixed media, 150x100cm

Souls in the sky

2018, mixed media, 100x160cm

The Loop

Loop
2018, mixed media, 100x100cm

Floating on Water

2018, mixed media, 100x160cm

Lost in Time

2018, mixed media, 180x100cm

That Also Happens

2018, mixed media, 100x240cm

The Awakening

2018, mixed media, 120 x 100cm

That’s how I Imagine it

2018, mixed media, 100x120cm

The Washing Machine

2017, mixed media, 120 x 100cm

The Beginning of Love

2018, mixed media, 80x100cm

Out From The Dark

2017, mixed media, 80 x 100cm

Sneak Peak

2017, mixed media, 150x100cm

I Am

2018, mixed media, 80x100cm

Forming Love

2018, mixed media, 130 x 100cm

Taking Form

2018, mixed media, 100x120cm

I AM A FOREIGNER

“I am a Foreigner” is a series of paintings and video performances that express my journey from Lebanon to Germany. They depict my feelings between attachment and detachment. It also portrays my disoriented emotions that sway my existence between my homeland and my new life here in Leipzig.

It is tough to “be” in a setting where I am also dissimilar. With every painting or performance, I root myself in this new soil. I want to continue here what I was before.

“I am a Foreigner” is the extensions and the delays; it is the shouts and the whispers. It is what was and what will be.

I trust my way, step by step. My faith grounds me and my hope lifts me high.

I am walking...

Aligned

2017, acrylic on canvas, 70x100cm

Behind The Scene

2017, acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm

Head Over Heels

2017, acrylic on canvas, 70x100cm

I Pray Sometimes

2017, acrylic on canvas, 70x100cm

Just Landed

2017, acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm

Magnifying Loop

2017, acrylic on canvas, 80x100cm

Still Walking

2017, acrylic on canvas, 90x90cm

The Gathering

2017, acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm

Uprizing

2017, acrylic on canvas, 70x100cm

A Long Way Ahead

2017, acrylic on canvas, 80x200cm

Video performances “I Am A foreigner ” 2017

Ground Me

ICH BIN FREMD promo

Spot The Foreigner

Emotion in Motion

New forms of collectivity began to emerge as I glided through a world of dimmed colors and swaying blurry figures. each figure is a story and each gathering a statement written by multiple bodies, forming and reforming themselves singularly and in groups. i did not see any faces but i absorbed the gestures and signals that each one emitted. these collective movements and individuals expressions became the basis of my work.

The Celebration

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x260cm

Surprised by Love

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x150cm

Each His Own

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x230cm

Swimming Pool

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x150cm

In Contact

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x120cm

Escape

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x210cm

I Have Something to Say

2016, acrylic on canvas, 120x200cm

High

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x130cm

Trapped

2016, acrylic on canvas, 130x100cm

What's Behind

2015, acrylic on canvas, 100x100cm

Sunset

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x125cm

Afloat

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x230cm

Streaming

2016, acrylic on canvas, 60x120cm

The Circle

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x140cm

The First Date

2016, acrylic on canvas, 100x130cm

Over and Over

2015, acrylic on canvas, 130x100cm

Video performances “Emotion in Motion” 2016

PLAYTIME

'Emotion In Motion' promo by Mazen Khaddaj

A Series of Nightmares

Making Grey

The Middle State

The concept of these works mirrors the mixed feelings that Lebanese people have towards their recent state. It is a war between extremes. In this exhibition I showcases these extremes leaving you to figure out your own middle state and draw your own red line, and it does not have to be red!