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COASTAL PROMENADE | CAMILLE ZAKHARIA

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  • Artists : CAMILLE ZAKHARIA 
  • Venue : ARTSAWA | ALQUOZ
  • Preview : 22 February 2011
  • Start Date : 22 February 2011 Time : 10:00 AM
  • End Date : 22 March 2011 Time : 11:00 PM

    • BOURI & NABIL SALEH - DOUBLE VIEW_2008-4-8_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_52x 01 cm

    • BOURI 4 - DISTORTED MEMORIES_2005-6-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag paper_30.1x60.9 cm

    • CIRCLES 2 DOUBLE VUE_2008-6-25_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_30x61 cm

    • BOURI 2 F_2005-5-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag_58.9x30.5 cm

    • BOURI 3 - DISTORTED MEMORIES_2005-6-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag paper_58.9x30.5 cm

    • DUMISTAN- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20 printed on 22x22 cm

    • AFTER THE RAIN_2008-7-25_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_61x61 cm

    • BUDAIYA- COASTAL PROMENADE_ 2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20 printed on 22x22 cm

    • CIRCLES -DOUBLE VUE_2008-4-8_composite image, inkjet print in rag paper_100x100 cm

    • CYG- STUDY BOOK_1998_25 pieces photocollage on gold_25x20 cm

    • CYG -STUDY PAINTING_F_1998_1 photocollage on arches paper_76.2x106.7 cm

    • DAR KULAB 2 - DISTORTED MEMORIES_2006-10-25_photo montage, inkjet print on rag paper_30.5x57.1 cm

    • DUMISTAN II - COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20 printed on 22x22 cm

    • HIDD II- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x 20 printed on 22x 22 cm

    • HIDD- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-1-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x 20printed on 22x22 cm

    • HUT 4 SEEF- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-3-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20printed on 22x22 cm

    • HUT 6 HIDD- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-3-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x20printed on 22x22 cm

    • HUT 9 SAMAHEEJ- COASTAL PROMENADE_2010-3-3_Archival inkjet print on hahnemuhle fine art paper_20x 20 printed on 22x22

    • FIFTY_1997-4-8_composite image, inkjet print on rag paper_3-8_100x100 cm

    • EL JEBEL AL AKHDAR AL BILAD_2007-4-8_photomontage, inkjet print on rag paper_50x50 cm

    COASTAL PROMENADE

    “Coastal Promenade” is Camille Zakharia’s latest photographic essay and part of the Reclaim project which won Bahrain the Golden Lion award at the Venice Biennale for Architecture 2010. Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture, and curated by Noura Al-Sayeh, the “Coastal Promenade” portfolio illustrates the diversity of the coastal landscape along the shores of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The images range from the more somber themes of the ecological effects of land reclamation to a lighter look at the way in which their users are appropriating these coastal areas.

    Candid in his approach, Camille Zakharia attempts to paint the true color of the place and its people during a time of dramatic change.

    Camille Zakharia was born in 1962 in Tripoli, Lebanon and currently lives and works in Manama, Bahrain. Zakharia uses his camera as a tool for the documentation of the journey that he has embarked on since his departure from Lebanon in 1985 in the wake of the civil war. 

    In his work, Zakharia explores segments of his daily life activities while reflecting on the broader issues related to the notions of home, identity and belonging in the context of the globalized condition. The outcome is thousands of individual images constituting blocks that construct larger subjects; people and places, transformed urban settings, architecture and interiors. In this sense, his work goes beyond mere autobiographical documentation to reflect upon the human condition in today’s world.

    On October 20, 2010, in his first public presentation in Dubai, organized by the British Council and artsawa, Camille Zakharia walked the audience through a captivating visual journey, discussing major projects completed in the last 15 years reflecting on issues related to the sense of self and belonging. 

    Camille Zakharia has exhibited prolifically at prestigious venues in North America, Europe and the Middle East.

    artsawa will be proudly showing “Coastal Promenade” and has a wide variety of Camille Zakharia’s works, ranging from his landmark photo collages and artist books, to photomontages and straight photography.

     

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