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Alia El-Bermani,
Perceptions, oil on
aluminum panel,
36 x 60"
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Pete Sack, Wherever
I go, you still follow,
oil, watercolor and
image transfer on
paper, 36 x 36"
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Alia El-Bermani,
Single Thread, oil on
aluminum panel,
24 x 24"UPCOMING SHOW PREVIEW / THE MAHLER FINE ART
3/6-4/4 Raleigh, NCT
he Mahler Fine Art in Raleigh, North
Carolina, will present the exhibition
Common Threads March 6 through April 4.
Featuring the paintings of Alia El-Bermani
and Pete Sack, two North Carolina artists,
the exhibition explores how “the artists use
the portrait to reveal introspective stories
about the complexity of what it is to be
human, as well as to try to fully understand
and deeply connect with another.”
Although they paint in different styles,
each artist explores how our perceptions
of others are often cloudy. Sack says, “The
masking or obscuring of faces stems from
my belief that we never 100 percent know
someone or what they are thinking. This
includes our own selves and isn’t necessarily
devious or a bad thing. So a true portrait of
someone has to be obscured in order to
reveal the true nature of self.” El-Bermani
comments on the windows in her painting
Perceptions. She says, “I became fascinatedALIA EL-BERMANI & PETE SACKCommon Threads
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