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Fares Cachoux is both a committed artist and a profoundly free one. What distinguishes his work is the freedom with which he explores themes that concern us all, without offering ready-made answers or imposing a predetermined message. Instead, his art confronts us with reality and invites reflection.
For this reason, viewing Cachoux's works means accepting an invitation to look beyond appearances: beyond colour, beyond the veil, beyond immediate beauty. The title Beyond was chosen for this very reason. The exhibition unfolds as a journey of awareness, encouraging visitors to embrace change and recognise that every transformation begins with the courage to go beyond, to reach the essence of things, where art reveals itself as a bridge, a language and a universal refuge.
The exhibition is organised around a series of themes and environments that trace the evolution of Cachoux's artistic practice, a body of work that intertwines universal concerns with themes rooted in the Arab world. From The Syrian Revolution to the EYE to EYE series, and through works exploring the environment, identity and migration, the exhibition offers a broad and multifaceted view of the artist's creative universe. A central role is given to the female figure, who appears throughout the exhibition as a bearer of strength, resilience, dignity and transformation.
A striking contrast emerges in Cachoux's use of colour: vibrant, luminous and at times even joyful. This chromatic intensity becomes both a point of entry and a means of approaching subjects that are often painful and complex.
Fares Cachoux is a Franco-Syrian artist born in Homs, Syria. Active on the international art scene, he has exhibited at major institutions and artistic events across Europe and the Middle East. Among his most significant projects are the retrospective Figures Contemporaines at the Institut du monde arabe–Tourcoing in 2024 and his participation in Djerbahood in 2021, the renowned street art project that transformed the village of Erriadh, on the Tunisian island of Djerba, into an open-air museum. Following his first solo exhibition in Paris in 2015, his works were presented as part of Banksy's iconic Dismaland project.
His work has received international recognition and has been featured in publications including Le Monde, Libération, Courrier International, La Presse and The Huffington Post, as well as in volumes such as The Design of Dissent, dedicated to socially and politically engaged graphic design.
Today, his works form part of public and private collections across Europe, the Middle East and the Americas, confirming the significant place he has established within the contemporary art scene.