[1] Born the year the civil war started in Lebanon, Ayman Baalbaki draws most of his inspiration from these events.
[2] His paintings often depict destroyed buildings, sometimes occupied by refugees who were forced to leave their homes during the combats.
After the 2006 Lebanon War he drew series of scattered structures related to the demolitions consecutive to the bombings of Beirut's southern suburbs.
While at École nationale supérieure des arts décoratifs, he presented Les Frigos (2001) a container enclosing a luggage.
Destination X is an old Mercedes-Benz red car, reminding Lebanon’s antique taxis service, loaded with a mountain of luggage as a symbol of the upheaval caused by the war.