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Birth
1951 (Kamishli, Syria)
Death
Lived/Active
Syrian Arab Republic/France
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social satire genre and still life painting, etching, collages
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Youssef Abdelke is one of Syria’s leading artists. A respected engraver and master draftsman, he is a great
observer of living phenomena, and while he is precise and methodical in his approach, there is also a poetic
side to his work.
With an extensive oeuvre that has been decades in the making, his subject matter has ranged
from highly political social satire to meditative still lifes that are unassuming yet powerful.
As such his work
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