Tammam Azzam (Syrian, b. 1980)

Often experimenting with the application of various media on his canvases, Syrian artist Tammam Azzam, is known for this ability to create depth, texture and space. With the use of components such as rope, clothes pins and other found objects, he achieves a striking balance between these objects and the terrain he evokes - which multiplies and develops as it forms.
In Conscript, an example of his recent work implementing the use of digital media, Azzam examines and interprets the ongoing political and social upheaval in Syria. Simultaneously disgusted yet inspired by these cycles of violence and destruction, the present work shows the map of the world whereby the Arab countries, particularly Syria, are fractured.