Homs-Sana
The plastic artist Mazen Mansour was influenced by the beauty of the nature of his dormant mountain village on the slopes of the western Homs countryside.
Regarding his experience in the field of plastic art, Mansour explained in an interview with SANA that he took the path of art at the age of twenty, and he is a law student at Damascus University, where his curiosity led him to visit the College of Fine Arts and see the artists’ productions in it, which awakened his artistic sense, so he began to study art academically in the free creative studio at the center. Russian cultural center in Damascus.
Mansour's first teacher was the plastic artist Ahmed Ibrahim, who encouraged and trained him in oil painting techniques, how to create painting and the boldness of using the brush, as he was influenced by his realistic works of impressionist style that simulates nature and its details with its colors.
Mansour explains that he was affected by the nature of his village, the basement, so the view of the herbs, flowers, and surrounding rocks was a material to store what he could of this beauty in his paintings, which the female also had a great share in its composition because of its connotations and symbols, through which the artist can communicate the ideas he wants to highlight such as goodness, giving, fertility, tenderness, beauty and others .
Mansour prefers to stay away from the noise in his paintings, as he always focuses on a character or an element that is the center of the work and the idea revolves around it, while the rest of the elements are complementary.
And about the reason for his preference for oil or acrylic colors, he points out that they are slow-drying, which gives him more room to combine colors and discover new ones and get the most accurate details during the color experiment.
Mansour's paintings, most of which were produced during the war on our country, tried to take the viewer through them to a space of hope and optimism by drawing beauty in all its forms.
Mansour finds that the advancement of the artistic movement is not based on a single artist or a concerned group, but rather is the product of the experiences, work and diligence of all Syrian plastic artists and attention to reality, leading to contributing to building a sound society educationally, culturally and economically.
And about his message as an artist, Mansour points out that, through his works, he seeks to spread peace and brotherhood among people and spread hope, which we have missed a large part of in our lives.
It should be noted that the artist Mansour, born in 1983, participated in many individual and group exhibitions in various governorates and won several honors for his works on various occasions.
Hanan Sweid
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