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Venue:
Former Birreria Deher
Giudecca Island
Access from Fondamenta S. Biágio

Foreword

Artists:

Fouad Elkoury
* 1952 Paris, France; Lebanese parents. Lives between Paris, Beirut (Lebanon) and Istanbul (Turkey).

Lamia Joreige
* 1972 Beirut, Lebanon; lives there.

Walid Sadek
* 1966 Beirut, Lebanon; lives there.

Mounira Al Solh
* 1978 Beirut, Lebanon. Lives in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Akram Zaatari
* 1966 Saida, Lebanon. Lives in Beirut, Lebanon.

Commissioners: Saleh Barakat, Sandra Dagher, Vittorio Urbani
Curators: Saleh Barakat & Sandra Dagher

The exhibition "Foreword", the first-ever Pavilion of Lebanon, gathers five artists, whose work covers a number of artistic practices: personal narratives, acts of bearing witness, collecting testimonies, and cutting through the skin of political turmoil and historical events to hit the bone of intimate expression.

>> Press release  [eng]
With biographies of the artists and curators

Management in Venice:
Nuova Icona associazione culturale per le arti, Venice

Website: www.lebanonvenicebiennale.com

See also in Universes in Universe:

Fouad Elkoury

Lamia Joreige

Walid Sadek

Mounira Al Solh

Akram Zaatari

Archive: Lebanon
Articles on Lebanon in Nafas Art Magazine, with artists' directory.

Giudecca, Birreria Deher

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