Exhibition: The Road to Peace: Paintings in Times of War, 1975-1991
Opening reception: Tuesday June 16, from 6pm to 9pmJune 17.09 – July 14.09
About the exhibition
The exhibition entitled The Road to Peace: Paintings in Times of War, 1975-1991, curated by Saleh Barakat, hopes to show several artistic experiences directly related to the traumatisms of the Lebanese civil war produced by Lebanese artists and executed between 1975 and 1991. The body of works, in different media and practices, reflects an art that has been seldom shown in galleries or public spaces because of its violence and despair. It was produced under pain and anger in a form of expiation, cleansing and apology from the hostility, brutality and cruelty of a mad environment. 19 artists will be exhibited to highlight a period of the Lebanese art scene that has been kept in the dark for a long time. A catalogue will be published for this occasion.
Artists:
Abdel Hamid Baalbaki
Jinane Bacho
Rafic Charaf
Fouad El Khoury
Laure Ghorayeb
Paul Guiragossian
Farid Haddad
Imad Issa
Ghada Jamal
Hassan Jouni
Samir Khaddage
Jean Khalifeh
Seta Manoukian
Theo Mansour
Odile Mazloum
Jamil Molaeb
Samia Osseirane Joumblat
Mohamad Rawas
Aref Rayess
Link: http://www.beirutartcenter.org/exhibitions.php?exhibid=34&statusid=2