The Archeological Gesture: Akram Zaatari in the Photographic Archive of the Studio Shehrazade

Authors

  • Zofia Chojnacka Instytut Sztuki PAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24425/rhs.2023.147049

Keywords:

Akram Zaatari, sztuka współczesna, zwrot kulturowy, archiwum, gest artystyczny

Abstract

Remarkable contemporary Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari reveals a complicated post-war situation of multicultural society of the Middle East in the context of the Ottoman Empire. He compares his conceptual artistic practice to the work of the archaeologist on excavations. Being the artist-as-archivist, he recalls the European humanism in the heroic version of existentialism.

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Published

2023-03-30

Issue

Vol. 48 No. 48 (2023)

Section

Articles

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