{"id":211261,"date":"2019-03-26T07:00:52","date_gmt":"2019-03-26T10:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/?p=211261"},"modified":"2019-06-30T16:31:35","modified_gmt":"2019-06-30T19:31:35","slug":"french-algerian-will-be-in-brazil-for-show-taswir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/anba.com.br\/en\/french-algerian-will-be-in-brazil-for-show-taswir\/","title":{"rendered":"French-Algerian will be in Brazil for show ‘Taswir’"},"content":{"rendered":"

S\u00e3o Paulo \u2013 The Algeria-born French photographer Lazare Mohamed Djeddaoui<\/a> goes where the war is to unravel the culture hidden beneath its daily routine throuh the images he registers. Lazare will be in Brazil in the next few days because his work will be part of the exhibition \u201cTaswir, a fotografia \u00e1rabe contempor\u00e2nea<\/a>\u201d (Taswir, Contemporary Arab Photography), which will run from this Thursday (28) to April 28 at Instituto Tomie Ohtake<\/a> in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy work is all about culture from the Arab (Muslim) world. I work on places where the image of the country is linked to war or terrorism and I focus on what is hidden beneath the events, the culture,\u201d he told in an email interview to ANBA. Lazare says he takes inspiration from the local culture and history and tries to picture a contemporary representation of it through his art. This is why he has been in Syria, Afghanistan, Mali and Russia.<\/p>\n

In the exhibition at Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Lazare will show his work \u201cContes de Syrie\u201d (Syrian Tales), photographs he took in 2014 and 2015 in Aleppo. The images were inspired by tales from that country and others in the Levant region in order to offer a different representation of Syria that was only referred then as a place of death and war. \u201cThe journalist work is to show what is happening, he is a witness of the truth. My work as an artist is trying to make people remember about what’s good without hiding the bad,” he said to ANBA.<\/p>\n

The exhibition is promoted by the Arab Brazilian Chamber of Commerce<\/a><\/strong> and the Arab World Institute (AWI)<\/a>. Besides celebrating the Brazilian Day of the Arab Community, which is March 25, the show also celebrates the 74 years of the Arab League<\/a>. It is a reissue of an exhibition of young photographers about the Arab civilization held by AWI in 2017, reissued in the following year for a show on Eastern Christians. Lazare will be in Brazil for the exhibition opening, which occurs this Thursday night, at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n

It will be Lazare first show outside France and his first time in Brazil. \u201cIt’s something I’ve always wanted to do, but I\u2019d imagined my first encounter with the American continent would be the USA. You never know what’s going to happen and that’s a good thing,\u201d commemorates the photographers. The artist says he knows Brazil is a cosmopolitan country with a great history and culture. \u201cI hope people will see this work as a way to connect themselves to the Arab world culture and history\u201d, he says.<\/p>\n

He finds it hard to say more about Brazil without having seen it or lived in it. \u201cOf course I know about the great football team, the famous carnaval and the wonders of the nature and I hope I get the chance to see all this country has to offer,\u201d he said in interview to ANBA. He doesn\u2019t know, however, if this will be possible during this trip since he has only one week to stay in Brazil. \u201cI wish to come back,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Algerian\u2019s son, Lazare was born in Puteaux, French. He studied at the Villa Arson of Nice, the Haute Ecole of Art and Design of Geneva, and the Beaux Arts of Paris Cergy (ENSAPC) from which he got a Master degree in Art around four years ago. He\u2019s been a full-time artist since then. He used to work with installation and performance before switching to photography. \u201cI saw in photography a different way of talking about space and people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Lazare says the work he did in Syria was what helped him rise from the dark. For him, the most important photograph in his career is \u201cLa fille de l’Ogre\u201d in which we see a girl looking at bird cages in her uncle\u2019s house. \u201cThis picture refers to the tale ‘The Ogre’s Daughter’ and I see something poetic in this situation,” he says. \u201cThe Ogre\u2019s Daughter\u201d is a Lebanese tale and the photo is part of \u201cSyrian Tales,\u201d a Lazare\u2019s series that will be at the show in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n

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

Exhibition:\u00a0Taswir, 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 \u2013 Yellow
\nPhone: 55 (11) 2245-1900
\nWebsite: http:\/\/www.institutotomieohtake.org.br\/en\/<\/p>\n

Translated by Guilherme Miranda<\/strong><\/p>\n

Fahd Ben Ghorbal<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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