Beirut Printmaking Studio

Shams Safieddine | Curfew, 2025

30 x 42 cm

4-color mezzotint on copper plate printed on cotton paper. Edition of 8 +AP.

Curfew reflects a personal memory from the 2006 Lebanese-Israeli war, when towns in the South lived under curfew and danger was hidden in the ordinary. As a child, I experienced this time with innocence, joy, and a playful mindset, unaware of the violence surrounding me. Looking back as an adult, I see the tension between preserving that purity and confronting the reality of danger. Through this work, I revisit childhood games that subliminally normalized violence, exposing how play became a shield for innocence while masking the larger game of war imposed on us.

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Shams Safieddine | Curfew Figures - 2025

30 x 42 cm

4-color mezzotint on copper plate printed on cotton paper. Edition of 8 +AP.

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