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New Haven painter Fethi Meghelli’s exhibition, “Another Way of Looking,” currently showing in the main dining room and bar, reflects the creativity of an intellectually restless and multi-dimensional artist comfortable working in a variety of different media including oil, acrylics, woodcuts, printmaking, pencil, charcoal, pastel and collage. His themes are as diverse as his media, ranging from scenes of immigrants, musicians, brides, large crowds and ancient civilizations to quiet vignettes of flowers and birds, cloud-dappled mountains and ships at sea.
“Political and social contradictions, tragedies and hopes, dreams and realities, emotions, intuitions, and perceptions all are elements that inspire, shape and guide my artistic work,” he says. “To express these realities, I have chosen the visual representation of the human figure. My imagery draws upon childhood memories, music, movies, past and current news stories, folk tales and art history. I use these elements as models to interrogate, reconstitute, change, build and develop.”
Born in the North African nation of Algeria, Meghelli pursued art studies both in his native country and in France, earning a master’s degree in fine arts in 1974 from the Ecole Superieure des Beaux Arts in Paris. He completed advanced studies in printmaking with Robert Blackburn in New York City and at Southern Connecticut State University. He now resides in New Haven.
His art works have been exhibited in solo shows staged at various galleries and academic sites in Connecticut, as well as in Washington, DC, and St. Germain-en-Laye, France. Selections have also been featured in group exhibitions over more than three decades in France, Germany, Austria, Algeria, Japan, and several East European countries, as well as at numerous East coast locations from New York to Boston. His sensitive and expressive works have become part of many private, corporate, institutional, and gallery collections worldwide.
The current show marks Meghelli’s second appearance as a featured artist at the Good News Café and Gallery. He recently completed exhibition in a group show staged at the Seton Gallery at the University of New Haven.
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