Ziad Antar

Ziad Antar (born 1978 in Saida, Lebanon) is a Lebanese filmmaker and photographer. He studied Agricultural Engineering at the American University of Beirut before turning to video and arts with a residency at the Palais de Tokyo in Paris and a post-diploma of the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris,[1]

Life and Work

Ziad Antar’s short films evoke a world in conflict through a playful tone.[2] In the Aftermath of the 2006 Lebanon War, Ziad Antar produced a short film entitled La Marche Turque. The image shows the hands of a pianist playing Mozart’s partition, while the sound is hammered, reminding the one of bombings.[3] In 2002, Antar had directed a documentary film devoted to his mentor, the photographer Jean-Luc Moulène.[4]

In 2000, he acquired a 1948 Kodak Reflex and 10 rolls of black-and-white film that had expired in 1976. He began using this outdated material, producing a blurred and almost abstract effect on his photographs.[5] One of the photographs depict Walid Jumblatt and supposedly evokes the danger the Lebanese Druze leader faces after having criticized Hezbollah and the Syrian government.[6]

Filmography

Publications

Selected Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions

Group Exhibitions

References

  1. "Ziad Antar". Transmediale. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  2. "Ziad Antar". Nadour Collection. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  3. "G:Class". New Museum of Contemporary Art. 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  4. "L'Agenda". L'Agenda. March 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  5. Coline Milliard (April 14, 2011). "Ziad Antar". ArtInfo. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  6. Andrew Pulver (9 March 2011). "Photographer Ziad Antar's best shot". The Guardian. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  7. "ZIAD ANTAR: EXPIRED". Selma Feriani Gallery. 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  8. "Sharjah Art Foundation - Portrait of a Territory". Sharjah Art Foundation. 2012. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  9. "HOMEWORKS IV". Sfeir Semler. 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  10. "2008TaipeiBiennial Artist By Name". TaipeiBiennial. 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  11. "Art Now in Lebanon. Curated by Andree Sfeir Semler". Darat Al Funun. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  12. "Participating Artists". Sharjah Art Foundation. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  13. "America". Beirut Art Center. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  14. "21 Shortlisted Artists of the Future Generation Art Prize Group Exhibition". The Victor Pinchuk Foundation. 30 October 2010. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  15. "The Future of a Promise: Artists". 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  16. "The Mediterranean Approach". 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2012.
  17. "Villa Empain - Boghossian Foundation, Brussels". Villa Empain - Boghossian Foundation, Brussels. Retrieved 29 March 2012.

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