Rida Abdallah - Poussières (Dust) series
I am a French-Lebanese visual artist based in France. My practice explores memory, disappearance, destruction and the persistence of traces through drawing and material experimentation. Working primarily with ink, water and charcoal powder, I develop images through processes of deposition, diffusion, erosion and transformation. Rather than simply representing a subject, I allow materials to actively shape the image, balancing deliberate gestures with unpredictable phenomena.
In the Poussières series, black powder derived from combustion becomes more than a drawing material: it establishes a direct relationship between the substance of the work and the ruins it depicts. Born of burning, the powder carries an intrinsic resonance with destruction, while its accumulation and dispersion evoke the fragile persistence of matter after collapse. Architecture emerges from this dark residue, caught between reconstruction and erasure. Through this process, drawing becomes a way of making absence visible and exploring how destruction leaves traces that continue to hold memory.
My Portfolio
Poussières 9
Unlike most works in the Poussières series, this drawing retains a distinct chromatic presence. Sandy tones, a clear blue sky and warm...
Poussières 4
In this work from the Poussières series, the ruins emerge from the darkness under a harsh, concentrated light. Like a full moon or a...
Poussières 7
In this work from the Poussières series, ruined buildings emerge as a dense, fragmented mass beneath a vast, pale sky. The contrast between...
Poussières
In this work from the Poussières series, the ruins form a fragmented landscape in which buildings, rubble and ground seem to merge into a...
Poussières 1
In this work from the Poussières series, the building appears almost flattened into a frontal plane. Its architectural structure remains...
Poussières 8
In this work from the Poussières series, the image evokes the spectral residue of a crowd. Human presences seem to emerge from the dark...