The solo exhibition Interference Green by Syrian-British artist Sara Shamma is on view at Mark Hachem Gallery in Beirut from 12 to 26 June 2025. Presenting 20 recent and previously unseen paintings, the exhibition explores the colour green as both subject and structure unfolding through Shamma’s distinctive technique of layered, dimensional brushwork.
Shamma approaches green not as a singular tone, but as a field of interference, at once regenerative and unstable, luminous and opaque. Across the canvases, translucent veils of paint collide with dense, textured marks, producing a surface that resists stillness. Green becomes spatial, sculptural, almost sonic. Viewers are drawn into motion, tracing the changing character of the works as light and position shift.
While Shamma’s practice has long been associated with psychological intensity and existential themes, Interference Green marks a subtle reorientation. Here, the emotional and metaphysical are folded into chromatic experience. Green becomes a way to think through life, decay, and renewal without fixing meaning, allowing presence to hover in ambiguity.
A new virtual reality experience, Inside the Mind of Sara Shamma, developed in collaboration with AVR-London, runs parallel to the exhibition. The immersive environment extends her exploration of perception, offering a nonlinear encounter with the visual and emotional architectures of her work.
Sara Shamma lives and works between London and Damascus. Over the past three decades, she has exhibited widely across Europe, the Arab world, and the UK. In Interference Green, she offers not a study of colour, but an invitation to inhabit it.
Location: Mark Hachem Gallery, Beirut
Date: 12 to 26 June 2025