Lamia Joreige: Under-Writing Beirut
Research about the area around the National Museum, at the former Green Line, which divided Beirut throughout the Lebanese Wars.
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All the Objects from the National Museum of Beirut is also partly inspired by inaccessibility, and in particular by the inaccessibility of the museum storage. Instead, it dwells by default on the only part of the collection that is visible, the entirety of the display on December 15, 2012. By reproducing every caption identifying the objects on view, the work ironically and vainly attempts to represent the museum's holdings in one image, uncovering the politics of historiography and questioning the museum as a foundation for national identity.
(From the project's booklet)
Lamia Joreige:
Under-Writing Beirut - Mathaf, 2013
Mixed media installation
Commissioned by Sharjah Art Foundation
Presentation at Sharjah Biennial 11
13 March - 13 May 2013
Building of the Sharjah Islamic Bank
© Photo: Haupt & Binder
Research about the area around the National Museum, at the former Green Line, which divided Beirut throughout the Lebanese Wars.