Beach (4), 2011

In Serge Hamad's Relax series, sunbathers frolic on the soft sands of Venice Beach while seagulls fly overhead. Exploring themes of solitude, repose, and recreation, Hamad's photographs emphasize the vastness of sea and sky, allowing the viewer to relax into the scenes.

Since the mid-eighties, Serge Hamad has created documentary work that focuses on war crimes and human rights issues. Incorporating both video and photography, Hamad’s wide range of work captures and informs sociopolitical situations in regions such as the Middle East and the Balkans. He feels that "an artwork is successful when it is injected into the communication channels and manages to awaken a dialogue."

Hamad’s more abstract photographic series, such as Temporal Perception combine images of landscapes and digital rendering of soft hues and color gradients. Based in New York, Serge Hamad is a French-Algerian artist whose work has been exhibited in galleries throughout the US and abroad. His work has also appeared in auctions including Paddle 8, Artsy, Christie’s London, Sotheby’s, and the Water Mill Foundation.

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