Hold on
Emotional Dissonance 2024 – 2026
In motion
Introduction
I am honored to present this new series of sculptures that explores the intricate tapestry of modern relationships — their challenges, struggles, and transformative moments. While they say an image speaks a thousand words, a sculpture tells a thousand stories through its form and shadows. And when sculpture embraces motion, it becomes a living testament to our emotions, flowing endlessly through time and space, capturing the ever-changing dance of human connection in this contemporary world.
The series
Emotional Dissonance
When I stood a clear mirror before you,
Kahlil Gibran, Sand and Foam, 1926
you gazed into me, and saw your image.
Then you said, ‘I love you.’
But in truth you loved yourself in me.
I agree with Gibran. And I add one thing: the first relationship is the one with yourself. Everything else comes through it. If you don’t know the one who is looking, you will love the mirror and call it another person.
What are we? A gathering of emotions and experiences. That’s it. We can’t step out of them. We try to stand in someone else’s shoes, and it is still our perspective, in their shoes.
This series lives in the space between. Between two lovers. Between a people and the power that arranges their lives. Between a believer and the answer. The gesture is only the skin. I go under it: the fear, the need, the small lie, the second of trust.
I chose the material on purpose. Stainless steel: the same inside and out, nothing to hide. It resists. It stays. Like those who truly love this country, who resist everything, and stay.
The granite is recycled, and not only for the earth. It is permanence, rebirth, rebuilding: a stone that was something else, beginning again. One is bright, one is dark, and each answers the other.
I don’t judge. I don’t explain a sculpture first. Look, and tell me what you see.
— Elio Y. Haddad, Beirut, 2024–2026
Beyond sculpture
A practice across media.
Sculptor · NLP practitioner · Hypnotherapist
Before a sculpture is a form, it is a question about how people perceive, speak and relate. Elio is also a certified NLP practitioner and a certified hypnotherapist, and that second discipline gives the work its depth.
For galleries, curators & collectors
Catalogue, availability and studio visits.
The complete series is documented in a 37-page catalogue with dimensions for every work. Write for availability, a price list, loans or a visit to the Beirut studio.
