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Thermal I

Anis Nabil Harbaoui

  • Year : 2024
  • Medium : Oil
  • Support : Canvas
  • Signature : Signed and dated by artist
  • Movement : Hyperrealism
  • Dimensions : 60 x 80 cm

His photorealistic treatment and smooth brushwork serve to heighten the sense of unease when he presents scenes of Paris under attack, targeted by missiles. His compositions focus on the luminous effects of nighttime bombings and explosions, rather than on ruined buildings or wounded bodies—as if to emphasize how accustomed we’ve become to a spectacular portrayal of war, shaped by video games like GTA or by cinema.

Like Gérôme, his painting seeks the moment just before or after the action—the instant when the eyes are adjusting, as in Infrarouge, which immerses us in a nocturnal reconnaissance. Anis Nabil Harbaoui’s painting is that of a war at a distance.

Henri Guette

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