Ziad Antar
Products of War
2006 |
C-prints mounted on aluminum dibond | 49 x 72 cm
Products of War is a series of photographs that
record the actuality of everyday life in a war situation by
taking stock of basic items that are integral to survival.
Antar collected these products both during and in the
aftermath of the 2006 war; they include cans of vegetarian
spread left over by Israeli soldiers, which the artist found
in the southern town of Ayta El Chaab on the day the war
ended.
Veil Series
2007 |
C-prints mounted on aluminum dibond | 32 x 50 cm
Veil Series touches on the recent phenomenon of religious
radicalism and the surge in the popularity of the headscarf
or veil. Ziad Antar spent a month working on an art project
with young girls from the Ein al-Hilwé camp near Saida. The
girls were asked to bring headscarves with them from their
homes and to create any shape they desired using them. Veil
Series is a photographic exposé of the end products of this
art venture.
UN Tank
2006 |
C-print mounted on aluminum dibond | 78 x 119 cm
This photograph of a UN tank that is parked at a perfect viewpoint
in front of a picturesque countryside which is untainted by
signs of destruction leads the viewer to question the tank’s
role.
Born in Lebanon in 1978, Ziad Antar, who lives between Lebanon
and France, has been working in photography and video since
2002. Although Antar grew up in the south during the civil
war, where he observed what was happening on the ground on
a daily basis, his works exhibit a nonchalant objectivity
towards their divisive subject matter, leaving it up to the
viewer to find meaning and take a position.
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