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Francophonie 2009: Art Exhibit - Rania Matar
Lebanon: Photographs of ordinary people in an extraordinary country by Rania Matar. This event is presented in English and French.
This event ended 31 Mar 2009.
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An official FAB event
Starts 2 Mar 2009 and continues until 31 Mar 2009
Location: The FAB maps/directions
In celebration of La Semaine de la Francophonie, the FAB is proud to feature Rania Matar, a Lebanese/American artist, for the month of March.
Journey through Lebanon with Rania Matar’s exhibit, Ordinary Lives, featuring a selection from four interrelated bodies of work: The Aftermath of War, a photographic essay of life in Lebanon after the numerous wars the country has gone through; The Veil: Modesty, Fashion, Devotion or Statement, studying the relatively recent spread of the veil and its meanings among Muslim women in Lebanon; The Forgotten People portraying life in the decaying Palestinian refugee camps of Lebanon; and from her most recent work, Christian Faith, focusing on a still very potent Christian life in Lebanon.
Matar says her images do not have the intention of representing Lebanon as a country or to be political, but to focus on the universality of being human no matter what the circumstances are, on lives that are just ordinary in a country that is anything but.
Exhibit: March 2 through March 31
Vernissage: Wednesday, March 25 - 6:00 to 8:00 PM - See Une Soirée au Liban for more information.
About the artist:
Rania Matar was born and raised in Lebanon and moved to the US in 1984. She currently works full-time as a photographer. Matar was a finalist for the James and Audrey Foster award at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, where her work is on display.
For more information: www.raniamatar.com
To learn more about La Semaine de la Francophonie celebrated throughout New England, click here.
