ZIAD ANTAR – UNTITLED LIMITS
2015-02-02In the face of the porosity of boundaries, his discourse aims to inscribe itself in a dynamic interaction of places, cultures, memories and disciplines. These boundaries are always present in his photographs, videos and sculptures, yet how does he manage to address, through multiple back-and-forth movements, the outside space (public space) and the inside space (private space), past and present, otherness and identity? It is through this interaction that boundaries are opened up, that all identity processes turn towards the unsettling of national and regional boundaries, that governing bodies crumble before the dissemination of signs and artistic discourse.
In addition to new and never before exhibited works from the series ‘Cactus’, ‘Intensive Beirut’ and ‘Lebanese Policemen’, the show will include the videos ‘WA’ (2004), ‘Des Oliviers’ (2013) and ‘Saïda’ (2013) as well as works from previous series entitled ‘Beirut Bereft’, ‘Portrait of a territory’ and ‘Expired’.
Opposite – Mirador Beach Hotel, Khaldé, 1963, 2009
Exhibition runs through to February 28th, 2015
Almine Rech Gallery
20 Rue de l’Abbaye
1050 Brussels
Belgium
