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Les Inquiets

Yael Bartana, Omer Fast, Rabih Mroué, Ahlam Shibli, Akram Zaatari - 5 artists under the pressure of war

  • 13 Feb 08 11>19 May 08 21
    Centre Pompidou | Place Georges Pompidou, Paris (view on map) | T +33 (0)1 44 78 12 33 |
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    Three Posters (Trois Affiches). 2000. Video-performance. Produced by Ayloul Festival – Beirut
    © Photo: Rabih Mroué and Elias Khoury

This exhibition features five artists who share a feeling of personal involvement with the war in the Middle East. They epitomise a young generation of artists that can translate conflict and oppression using a different language, analysing its causes and geneses, while probing representation methods themselves.

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