A Manifesto of the Space-Realist Metaphysical Portrait “[…] I paint a relative, multidimensional, space-time using the humanitarian principle, hence the interest in the portraiture. This is a two-fold challenge: understanding the structure of the space we are affecting by our presence in it, and surviving inside this spatial structure that we built. This definitely goes far beyond the simplicity of cubism. Some of my portraits went even further by challenging the framework of the space boundary. This develops a new view of the being’s personal universe, especially after the inconsistencies revealed by the Gödel’s incompleteness theorems. Self-portraits deal with my personal understanding of the external world. The point of view of the observer applies to a wide spectrum of scientific disciplines, from physics to biology, ethology, etc.” Ali T. Haidar, September 2014. Ali T. Haidar was born on July 7th, 1963. He is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Geology, and a self-taught artist. He uses portrait as a mean to express his personal philosophical approach to scientific theories. He started his artistic career by participating in the Fine Art Exhibition held in occasion of “Beirut Capital of Culture of the Arab World” at STARCO Center, Beirut in 1999. In 2014, he participated, together with a group of artists, in the “Fine Art Exhibition from Baalbek” held in the Glassy Room of the Lebanese Ministry of Tourism.