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In an Empty Plot of Land, 2012, Oil paint, ink, gold leaf and print on canvas, 200 x 200 cm ●
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The Art of Forgetting, 2012, Oil paint, ink, gold leaf and print on canvas, 200 x 200 cm
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Blood Line, 2012, Oil paint, ink, gold leaf and print on canvas, 200 x 200 cm ●
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From the Ruins, 2012, Oil paint, ink, gold leaf and print on canvas, 200 x 200 cm
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The Lust of the Eye, 2012, Oil paint, ink, gold leaf and print on canvas, 200 x 200 cm
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Untitled, 2012, Oil paint, ink, gold leaf and print on canvas, 200 x 200 cm
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Hail the Patron, 2012, Oil paint, ink, gold leaf and print on canvas, 200 x 200 cm
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Study for a Mass Grave, 2011, Clay, 35 x 34 x 21 cm
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Study for a Mass Grave, 2011, Clay, 35 x 34 x 21 cm
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Love Nest, Wishful Beginnings project, 2011, Digital collage pigment print, 150 x 150 cm, Edition 3/5
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Tunnels, Wishful Beginnings project, 2011, Digital collage pigment print, 150 x 150 cm, Edition 3/5
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Scheme for a Permanent Memorial, 2012, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition 1/5
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Scheme for a Permanent Memorial, 2012, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition 1/5
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Scheme for a Permanent Memorial, 2012, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition 1/5
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Scheme for a Permanent Memorial, 2012, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition 1/5
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Scheme for a Permanent Memorial, 2012, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition 1/5
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1LL (Arabic), 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 APs ●
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5LL (Arabic), A Nation's Inflation series, 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 APs ●
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10LL (French), A Nation's Inflation series, 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 APs ●
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10LL (Arabic), A Nation's Inflation series, 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition 3/3
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50LL (Arabic), A Nation's Inflation series, 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 APs ●
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100LL (Arabic), A Nation's Inflation series, 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 APs ●
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100LL (French), A Nation's Inflation series, 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 APs ●
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250LL (Arabic), 2010, Digital collage pigment print, 100 x 100 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 APs ●
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Study for a Mass Grave, 2011, Clay, 35 x 34 x 21 cm
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Study for a Mass Grave, 2011, Clay, 35 x 34 x 21 cm
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The Golden Age of American Defeats, 2011, Digital collage pigment print, Triptych 100 x 100 cm each, Edition 1/5
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Ya Zalimni, 2011, Digital collage pigment print, 150 x 150 cm, Edition 1/5
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Hishik Bishik, 2009, Mixed media on paper, 70 x 100 cm ●
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147 Ways to Die, 2009, Mixed media on paper, 70 x 100 cm ●
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You're young and you'll forget, 2009, Mixed media on paper, 70 x 100 cm ●
Born 1980, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tarazi studied graphic design at the American University of Beirut graduating in 2004. His work revolves around the memory of the civil war and positioning himself as an instigator to try and mend, understand and reconnect with a time that blacked out Lebanon. The traumatic post-war Lebanon raised his awareness about the intensity and dimension that the war took on the country, and is translated in his work through altered perceptions of the post-war period on political, geographical and social levels. This dismay is often found in his visually stimulating digital collages through super-positions of pre- and post-war Lebanon, where past situations are re-enacted, revealing uncanny circumstances. The viewer is set in a position of the witness, where recollection is inevitable.
Tarazi's work explores a broad spectrum of mediums, from prints to digital collages, sculpture and installation.
read more...Born 1980, Beirut, Lebanon.
Tarazi studied graphic design at the American University of Beirut graduating in 2004. His work revolves around the memory of the civil war and positioning himself as an instigator to try and mend, understand and reconnect with a time that blacked out Lebanon. The traumatic post-war Lebanon raised his awareness about the intensity and dimension that the war took on the country, and is translated in his work through altered perceptions of the post-war period on political, geographical and social levels. This dismay is often found in his visually stimulating digital collages through super-positions of pre- and post-war Lebanon, where past situations are re-enacted, revealing uncanny circumstances. The viewer is set in a position of the witness, where recollection is inevitable.
Tarazi's work explores a broad spectrum of mediums, from prints to digital collages, sculpture and installation.
He is a Member of Atelier Hapsitus, a multi-disciplinary group founded and led by architect Nadim Karam and an instigator of The Feel Collective operating from Beirut, a group of cultural activists who aim to provoke and infuse their social environment with new thinking patterns.
EXHIBITIONS
2012
The Oath, solo exhibition at The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2011
Slick Art Fair with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Paris, France
Participation at Art Dubai 2011 with Krinzinger Gallery
Residency and exhibition at Krinzinger Gallery, Krinzinger Projecte, Vienna, Austria
In The Trenches, group exhibition at The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
2010
Slick Art Fair with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
In a Sea of Oblivion, Beirut City Center "The Dome", Beirut, Lebanon
Bastakiya Art Fair with The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Dubai, UAE
Contemporabia: Contemporary Art from Lebanon, group exhibition through The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut City Center "The Dome", Beirut, Lebanon. Curated by Janine Maamari.
2009
The Quixote Project, Dar Al Funoon, Kuwait
Blank to Basics, The Running Horse Contemporary Art Space, Beirut, Lebanon
Silent Square Intervention, Beirut, Lebanon
The Sky Ever So Blue, Bastakiya Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
Manpower, Lisboa, Portugal. Curated by Cosmicmegabrain.
2008
Spiritual Promises from Lost Prophets, Cordy House, London, UK. Curated by Cosmicmegabrain.
Memoirs of the War for the New Middle East, Beirut, Lebanon
Grounded (Silent Square Cycle), Creek Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
The Sky Ever So Blue, Sursok Museum, Beirut, Lebanon
An Endless Breath Away (Silent Square Cycle), Creek Art Fair, Dubai
The Cloud (Atelier Hapsitus), Creek Art Fair, Dubai, UAE
The City Of Beirut Welcomes All Participants To The War For The New Middle East, Art Lounge, Beirut, Lebanon
2007
Lecture: URBAN TOYS, Thinking Metropolis 3, Copenhagen International Theatre, University Of Copenhagen, Danemark
The Cloud, the Desert, and the Arabian Breeze (Atelier Hapsitus), presentation, International Design Forum, Dubai, UAE
2006
Transients (Atelier Hapsitus), urban art installation, Gulf Art FAir, Dubai, UAE
Split Cities, animation Espace SD, Masrah El Madina, Beirut, Lebanon
Terrorism Is Real, Intervention, Beirut, Lebanon
2004
Fragments for a Silent FIlm, Installation, American University Of Beirut, Lebanon
2003
The Return Of The Fire Whitch, animation, Festival De La BD, Beirut, Lebanon
2002
Taxi News, Mob-Lab, The Open Biennale of the International Architecture Biennale, Rotterdam, Netherlands
2000
Wishful Beginnings, American University Of Beirut, Lebanon
Rhythm of Union, Installation on the Croniche, Beirut, Lebanon
P UB L I C A T I O N S
2008 Beirut: City Tags, published with Amazelab and Heinrich Boell Foundation
2007 The Cloud, the Desert and the Arabian Breeze, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London
2006 Urban Toys, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London
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