The Lebanese Readers Association and the Art Forum Association called for a discussion of the book “The Lost Page in the History of Lost Art – The Disintegrated Arts” by Dr. Hussein Hussein at the Tyre Cultural Forum. It was followed by the great spoilers of art in the twentieth century, as the authenticity of their works would be questioned.The purpose of this scientific research will not be to prove that the artists of modernism painted works inspired by the disintegrators, but rather to elevate their status to the rank of artists.
The author takes us back to the year 1882, when Jules Levy organized rebellious activities, indicating that the disjointed arts trend (Les Arts Incohérents), which was ephemeral, would not appear until a century later, through Catherine Charbelin and then Ponchonet.
The book stops at Tristan Tzara, who gathered artists in Voltaire’s Cabaret, just as Levy did in “The Black Cat”. When Tzara chose the term “Dada”, Levy directed towards the term “disintegrating arts”.
It is noteworthy that the Dada production was ironic and provocative, like the production of “Les Incohérents”, but the critics still ignore the disintegrators, perhaps because all of their works disappeared, noting that after a while, it became clear that the term “Dada”, which is disputed among the members of the Dada group, It was used by the asymmetrical, and thus, it turns out that counter-art really arose long before the birth of Dada.
Finally, we point out that Hussein was born in 1970 in southern Lebanon, spent his childhood in Senegal and returned to his homeland in 1983, where he finished his studies in electronics in 1992, then joined the Faculty of Pharmacy at the St. Petersburg Academy in Russia, a city that shaped his cultural character. He obtained his master’s degree in pharmacy in 1998.
He joined the University of Beirut to obtain a diploma in Fine Arts in 2007, from the Lebanese University of Fine Arts – Branch 1. He received a scholarship to Paris, then in 2012 he completed his master’s degree, and in 2017 he obtained a doctorate in art and art sciences from the Doctoral School of Letters, Humanities and Social Sciences. He has many solo exhibitions and has participated in several group exhibitions.
