Earth of endless secrets

Earth of endless secrets
Author: Akram Zaatari
Publisher: Portikus, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Beirut Art Center
Language: english
Pages: 382
Size: 25 x 29 cm
Weight: 1.2000 kg
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 3-928071-72-6
Availability: In stock
Price: €49.50
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Beirut Art Center is organizing a major solo exhibition of the work of Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari in collaboration with Sfeir-Semler Gallery (Beirut). The exhibition is divided into two parts that are being shown simultaneously at Sfeir-Semler Gallery and Beirut Art Center.

At Beirut Art Center, Zaatari will present work that is based on the letters and photographs of a former Lebanese prisoner in Israel named Nabih Awada. Born in Aytaroun, Lebanon, in 1972, Nabih Awada joined the Lebanese resistance as a member of the Communist Party in 1986, and took part in several military operations against the Israeli army in Southern Lebanon before he was captured in September 1988. He was taken to a prison in Israel but could not be sentenced until two years later, when he turned eighteen. Nabih spent most of his sentence in Askalan Prison and was released in 1998.

Zaatari’s installation at Beirut Art Center includes the works Neruda’s Garden, a set of photographs of documents, and Untold, an installation of photographs and videos.