This exhibition is organized by Ashkal Alwan as part of the first chapter of Home Works 9: A Forum on Cultural Practices.
Intimate Garden Scene (in Beirut) revisits forms of critical artmaking in Lebanon from the 1990s onward. The title is a reference to Ashkal Alwan’s inaugural project, at Sanayeh Garden, Beirut (1995). The exhibition draws on lived experiences and acts of writing a subjective history and prompts us to consider what it means to tend to Lebanon’s recent woes from the vantage point of everyday life. An accompanying film program will run bi-weekly starting in January 2024.
Intimate Garden Scene (in Beirut) features works by Mohamad Abdouni, Bassel Abi-Chahine, Ziad Abillama, Etel Adnan, Haig Aivazian, Tamara Al-Samerraei, Mounira Al Solh, Omar Amiralay, Ziad Antar, Marwa Arsanios, Vartan Avakian, Monica Basbous and Charbel Alkhoury, Tony Chakar, Ali Cherri, Roy Dib, Fouad Elkoury, Simone Fattal, Sirine Fattouh, Raymond Gemayel, Daniele Genadry, Laure Ghorayeb, Ahmad Ghossein, Zakaria Jaber, Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige, Gilbert Hage, Charbel-Joseph H. Boutros. Ghassan Halwani, Hatem Imam, Amal Issa, Lamia Joreige, Rim El Jundi, Bassam Kahwaji, Mazen Kerbaj, Samir Khaddaje, Dalia Khamissy, Nesrine Khodr, Lina Majdalanie (Saneh), Raafat Majzoub, Alaa Mansour, Omar Mismar, Rabih Mroué, Hussein Nassereddine, Rawane Nassif, Nour Ouayda, Walid Raad, Kristen Scheid and Salwa Raouda Choucair (in absentia), Marwan Rechmaoui, Renoz, Bassem Saad, Stéphanie Saadé, Walid Sadek, Ghassan Salhab, Jayce Salloum, Rasha Salti, Roy Samaha, Hala Schoukair, Nada Sehnaoui, Corine Shawi, Mohamad Soueid, Rania Stephan, Rayyane Tabet, Jalal Toufic, Karine Wehbé, Paola Yacoub, Raed Yassin, Shawki Youssef, and Akram Zaatari.
Curated by Ashkal Alwan
Press release from Sursock Museum
Image: Installation view of Intimate Garden Scene (in Beirut) at Sursock Museum, Beirut, 2023. Image courtesy of Ashkal Alwan
