Akram Zaatari
Artist / Photographer
Akram Zaatari has produced more than forty videos, a dozen books, and countless installations of photographic material.
All pursuing a range of interconnected themes, subjects, and practices related to excavation, political resistance, the lives of former militants, the legacy of an exhausted left, intimacies among men, the circulation of images in times of war, and the play of tenses inherent to various letters that have been lost, found, buried, discovered, or otherwise delayed in reaching their destinations.
Zaatari has played a critical role in developing the formal, intellectual, and institutional infrastructure of Beirut’s contemporary art scene.
He was one of a handful of young artists who emerged from the delirious but short-lived era of experimentation in Lebanon’s television industry, which was radically reorganized after the country’s civil war. As a co-founder of the Arab Image Foundation, a ground-breaking, artist driven organization devoted to the research and study of photography in the region, he has made invaluable and uncompromising contributions to the wider discourse on preservation and archival practice.
Akram Zaatari was part of Documenta 13 in 2012, and represented Lebanon at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
Akram Zaatari
Artist / Photographer
Akram Zaatari has produced more than forty videos, a dozen books, and countless installations of photographic material.
All pursuing a range of interconnected themes, subjects, and practices related to excavation, political resistance, the lives of former militants, the legacy of an exhausted left, intimacies among men, the circulation of images in times of war, and the play of tenses inherent to various letters that have been lost, found, buried, discovered, or otherwise delayed in reaching their destinations.
Zaatari has played a critical role in developing the formal, intellectual, and institutional infrastructure of Beirut’s contemporary art scene.
He was one of a handful of young artists who emerged from the delirious but short-lived era of experimentation in Lebanon’s television industry, which was radically reorganized after the country’s civil war. As a co-founder of the Arab Image Foundation, a ground-breaking, artist driven organization devoted to the research and study of photography in the region, he has made invaluable and uncompromising contributions to the wider discourse on preservation and archival practice.
Akram Zaatari was part of Documenta 13 in 2012, and represented Lebanon at the Venice Biennale in 2013.
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Fanatic HeartDec 10, 2022 – Feb 26, 2023Para Site is delighted to present the group exhibition Fanatic Heart, curated by Cusson Cheng, in search of an alternative approach to reimagine the political potential of celebrity culture through the lens of fandom. (more…)
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Jet Swan / MaterialPublicationA striking new photographic voice engages with street portraiture to create dark, interior psychological spaces exploring the relationship between public and private lives. (more…)
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Tina BerningARTIST / ILLUSTRATORTina Berning (b. 1969 / Braunschweig, Germany) is a Berlin based artist and illustrator. After working as a graphic designer for several years, she began to focus on drawing and Illustration. (more…)
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Sean ScullyArtistSean Scully is one of the most important painters of his generation. While known primarily for his large-scale abstract paintings, Scully also works in a variety of diverse media, including printmaking, sculpture, watercolor and pastel. (more…)
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Wallace StevensPoetMore than any other modern poet, Wallace Stevens was concerned with the transformative power of the imagination. (more…)
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Richard Frater / Off SeasonJan 28 – Apr 23, 2023Richard Frater develops his artworks departing from the built environment and the fragile nature inherent to the relations between organisms. For his first institutional solo exhibition in Europe (more…)
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Rencontres d’ArlesPhotography FestivalEvery summer since 1970, over the course of more than forty exhibitions at various of the city’s exceptional heritage sites, the Rencontres d’Arles has been a major influence in disseminating the best of world photography (more…)
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Fred SandbackLong-term viewUsing subtle methods and an economy of materials, Fred Sandback’s work creates striking perceptual effects in response to the surrounding architecture. (more…)
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Philippe Van Snick: Dynamic ProjectOct 22, 2022 – Mar 5, 2023Dynamic Project showcases the wide-ranging oeuvre of Philippe Van Snick (Ghent, 1946 – Brussels, 2019). The exhibition is structured around ten clusters, a reference to the decimal system (0-9) that is intrinsic to Philippe Van Snick’s work. (more…)
