{"id":211137,"date":"2019-03-25T07:00:13","date_gmt":"2019-03-25T10:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=211137"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:31:37","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:31:37","slug":"mostra-em-sao-paulo-traz-fotografia-arabe-contemporanea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/mostra-em-sao-paulo-traz-fotografia-arabe-contemporanea\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Arab photography on show in S\u00e3o Paulo"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The\u00a0Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/strong><\/a> and the Arab World Institute (AWI<\/a>) in Paris are hosting the exhibit the exhibition \u201cTaswir, a fotografia \u00e1rabe contempor\u00e2nea,\u201d (Taswir, Contemporary Arab Photography) at Instituto Tomie Ohtake in S\u00e3o Paulo starting March 28. The show celebrates March 25 \u2013 which is Arab Community Day in Brazil \u2013 and the 74th<\/sup> anniversary of the Arab League.<\/p>\n

Arab Brazilian Chamber president Rubens Hannun said the event is the result of a memorandum of understanding entered into with the AWI. \u201cThis is the first exhibit in this context, and the institute is ascribing great importance to it,\u201d said Hannun. He also said a purposely-made video featuring AWI president and former French minister of Culture Jack Lang will be shown during the exhibition launch.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis show kicks off our partnership with the AWI and signifies that we now play a major role when it comes to spreading Arab culture in Brazil and showing the growing contribution of Arabs to the world through culture,\u201d said Hannun. He went on to reveal that the show will later travel to Bras\u00edlia and then Porto Alegre.<\/p>\n

Hannun also asserted that the event marks the Chamber\u2019s partnership with the Arab League. According to him, the League\u2019s ambassador in, Quais Shqair, will attend the exhibit\u2019s opening. \u201cOur partnership is important, we represent the League commercially in Brazil,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cross-section<\/strong><\/p>\n

The show will feature 78 pictures by 14 photographers from 12 different countries. It\u2019s a reissue of two former AWI exhibits \u2013 one held during the 2nd<\/sup> Biennial of Photography in Paris, in 2017, the other one being Oriental Christians: 2,000 Years of History<\/em>. \u201cIt\u2019s a cross-section of two exhibitions,\u201d Arab Chamber cultural director and the show\u2019s curator Silvia Antibas said.<\/p>\n

She noted that all three major regions of the Arab world are portrayed \u2013 Gulf, Middle East and North Africa. \u201cThere are many photos of everyday life, so the exhibit provides a different take on the Arab world by focusing on day-to-day living,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Riyadh-Mecca Road, by Roger Grasas<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThe images are different from those that are usually present in the media,\u201d according to Antibas. \u201cThe artists go back in time and space, distancing themselves from the current turmoil to draw a picture of the Arab world that is also so real in all its humanity, diversity and complexity,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n

The word from the exhibition\u2019s title, \u201ctaswir,\u201d means \u201cto photograph\u201d in Arabic, according to Antibas. The show highlights the vision of each photographer. \u201cIt is a vision from the inside out, since most photographers were born in Arab countries; but also, in the reverse direction, in the case of photographers born in Europe. Their images portray their awe with this world,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The intention is to show a diverse Arab world free of stereotypes. The images chosen by the curator show the discoveries of each photographer and challenge how the West views this region.<\/p>\n

Antibas adds that the exhibition pays homage to the home countries of Arabs who migrated to Brazil starting in the second half of the 19th century, and that it celebrates the contributions from this community to Brazilian society. The show runs until April 28.<\/p>\n

Check out the featured photographers:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahmad El-Abi<\/strong>. Born in Cairo, Egypt, 1984, where he lives and works. He studied Medicine but devotes himself to conceptual photography and art direction.<\/p>\n

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The Nyan Duckship, by Ahmad El-Abi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Jaber Al Azmeh<\/strong>. Born in Damascus, Syria, 1973, where he lives and works. The holder of a Fine Arts degree, he has been a professor at the International University for Science and Technology in Damascus since 2006.<\/p>\n

Roger Grasas<\/strong>. Born in Barcelona, Sapin, 1970. He lives and works in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. He holds degrees in Photography, Philosophy and a master\u2019s in Aesthetics and Art Theory from the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB, acronym in Spanish).<\/p>\n

Laila Hida<\/strong>. Born in Casablanca, Morocco, 1983. She lives and works in Marrakech, Morocco. Self-learned, she has been a photographer since 2012 and is one of the founders of the cultural facility Le 18 Derb El Ferrane in Marrakech.<\/p>\n

Rania Matar<\/strong>. Born in Beirut, Lebanon, in 1984. She lives and works in the United States. She studied Architecture and Photography. She was awarded a Guggenheim scholarship in 2018.<\/p>\n

Zied Ben Romdhane<\/strong>. Born in Tunis, Tunisia, 1981, where he lives and works. He started his career as a commercial photographer, but in 2011 made his way into documentaries and photojournalism.<\/p>\n

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Hidden Portrait, by H\u00e9la Ammar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Stephan Zaubitzer<\/strong>. Born in Munich, Germany, 1966. He lives and works in Paris. Zaubitzer photographs historical cinemas, most of them on the Southern Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n

Tasneem Alsultan<\/strong>. Born in Tucson, United States, 1985. Lives and works in Saudi Arabia. Raised in the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia, she photographs mainly for the New York Times and National Geographic.<\/p>\n

H\u00e9la Ammar<\/strong>. Born in Tunis, 1969, where she lives and works. Besides being an artist, she is also a Doctor of Law. She wrote the book \u201cCorridors\u201d (2014) and co-wrote the research \u201cSiliana Syndrome\u201d (2013), about the death penalty in her country.<\/p>\n

Mohamed Abusal<\/strong>. Born in Palestine, 1976. Lives and wrote in Gaza. Founding member of the art group Etilqa, created in 2002.<\/p>\n

Lazare Mohamed Djeddaoui.<\/strong> Born in Puteaux, France, 1987. Lives and works mostly in the Middle East and North Africa. He has worked for institutions such as the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF).<\/p>\n

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Salem, by Douraid Souissi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Tanya Habjouqa<\/strong>. Born in Jordan, 1975. Lives and works in the West Jerusalem. She studied in the United States. Her works are in permanent collections of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, AWI, and Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, USA.<\/p>\n

Douraid Souissi<\/strong>. Born in Tunis, 1970. Lives and works between France and Tunisia. His photos of post-Arab Spring Tunisia evoke social discrimination, spirituality and the role of images.<\/p>\n

Michele Borzoni<\/strong>. Born in Florence, Italy, 1979, where she lives and works. He graduated in Photojournalism and Documental Photography at the International Center of Photography in New York. From 2011 to 2014, he researched Middle Eastern Christian communities in countries including Egypt, Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Jordan and Turkey.<\/p>\n

Quick Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n

Exhibition: Taswir, a fotografia \u00e1rabe contempor\u00e2nea
\n<\/em>Opening: March 28, 8pm
\nRuns until April 28, 2019, from Tuesday to Sunday, from 11am to 8pm
\nFree Admission<\/p>\n

Instituto Tomie Ohtake
\nAv. Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 201, Complexo Ach\u00e9 Cultural
\nEntrance on Rua Corop\u00e9s, 88, Pinheiros, S\u00e3o Paulo, SP, Brazil
\nNearest subway station: Faria Lima, Line 4 – Yellow
\nPhone: 55 (11) 2245-1900
\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.institutotomieohtake.org.br\/en\/<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda & Gabriel Pomerancblum<\/strong><\/p>\n

Roger Grasas<\/div>\n
Ahmad El-Abi<\/div>\n
H\u00e9la Ammar<\/div>\n
Douraid Souissi<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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