商品描述
The story of Helen Khal and the artists who altered the course of modern and contemporary art in the Middle East and beyond. Helen Khal: Gallery One and Beirut in the 1960s is a reflective exhibition catalogue, part archive, as well as a living testament to the late Helen Khal (1923-2009). A polymath, artist, educator, and writer, Khal was also the cofounder of Gallery One, the first modern and contemporary art gallery in Lebanon, which opened its doors to the public in Beirut in 1963.
The catalogue follows an exhibition initiated by Carla Chammas and curated by Chammas and Rachel Dedman as part of
Home Works 8: A Forum on Cultural Practices, which opened its doors at the Sursock Museum, Beirut in October 2019. The exhibition, like the catalogue, detailed Helen's life and practice as a catalytic lens through which to explore the work of a group of artists whom she was close to, in life and in art, including: Chafic Abboud, Yvette Achkar, Etel Adnan, Huguette Caland, Simone Fattal, Farid Haddad, Helen Khal, Saloua Raouda Choucair, Aref El Rayess, and Dorothy Salhab-Kazemi.
From here, the publication seeks to address the exhibition's themes of love, sex, and motherhood, the relationship between visual art and the literary landscape of 1960s and 1970s Beirut, and the galleries and studios in which public collaborations and private kinships were forged. Taking an intimate approach to a fabled period,
Helen Khal: Gallery One and Beirut in the 1960s unfolds a rich picture of the friendships, connections, modes of exchange, common concerns, and differing approaches of some of the best-known and least-remembered artists of the mid-twentieth century in Lebanon.
Copublished by artPost21
商品描述(中文翻譯)
《海倫·卡爾：Gallery One和1960年代的貝魯特》是一本反思性的展覽目錄，既是一部檔案，也是對已故的海倫·卡爾（1923-2009）的生動見證。卡爾是一位博學多才的藝術家、教育家和作家，也是黎巴嫩第一家現代和當代藝術畫廊Gallery One的共同創辦人，該畫廊於1963年在貝魯特向公眾開放。
該目錄記錄了由卡拉·沙瑪斯發起、由沙瑪斯和瑞秋·戴德曼策展的展覽，作為「文化實踐論壇第八屆：家庭作品」的一部分，於2019年10月在貝魯特的蘇爾索克博物館開幕。這個展覽和目錄詳細介紹了海倫的生活和創作實踐，作為一個催化鏡頭，通過她與一群藝術家的關係，探索他們的作品，這些藝術家在生活和藝術上與她有著密切的聯繫，包括：夏菲克·阿布德、伊薇特·阿赫卡爾、埃特爾·阿德南、休蓋特·卡蘭、西蒙·法塔爾、法里德·哈達德、海倫·卡爾、薩魯娃·勞達·舒凱爾、阿雷夫·埃爾·雷耶斯和多羅西·薩爾哈布-卡澤米。
從這裡開始，這本出版物試圖探討展覽的愛情、性愛和母性主題，1960年代和1970年代貝魯特的視覺藝術與文學景觀之間的關係，以及公共合作和私人友誼在畫廊和工作室中的形成。《海倫·卡爾：Gallery One和1960年代的貝魯特》以親密的方式呈現了黎巴嫩二十世紀中葉最著名和最不被人記得的藝術家之間的友誼、聯繫、交流方式、共同關注和不同的創作方法。
由artPost21共同出版。
作者簡介
Carla Chammas is an independent curator and advisor. She cofounded the CRG Gallery, New York in 1991 alongside Richard DesRoche and Glenn McMillan, hosting prominent artists from the Middle East to South America for twenty-seven years. She has worked with Christie's, New York (1984); Marisa del Re Gallery, Monte Carlo, and New York (1985-88); and Hirschl and Adler Modern, New York (1988-1990).
Rachel Dedman is a curator and writer based between Lebanon and the UK. Current and recent work includes exhibitions for Kettle's Yard, Cambridge; the Whitworth Museum, Manchester; Beirut Art Fair; the Tricycle Theatre, London; and the Jerusalem Show iX. Dedman was curator at the Palestinian Museum, Ramallah, where she developed three exhibitions and authored two books on the politics of Palestinian embroidery, textiles, and dress. Dedman is coeditor of polycephaly.net, and one third of Radio Earth Hold.
Dr. Omar Kholeif, a leading figure in contemporary visual culture--author, curator, broadcaster, and cultural historian, is Director of Collections and Senior Curator at Sharjah Art Foundation, UAE. They have curated more than 70 exhibitions and authored or co-authored more than 40 books on contemporary art. Dr. Kholeif is the founder of artPost21, a cultural agency that supports creative practices at the nexus of art and social justice.
Christine Tohmé is the Founding Director of Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts, a non-profit organization established in 1993. Tohmé curated Sharjah Biennial 13: Tamawuj (2017), and is on the boards of Marsa, a sexual health center in Beirut that provides specialized medical services for at-risk youth and marginalized communities, and SAHA, an association in Istanbul that supports contemporary art from Turkey.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Carla Chammas是一位獨立策展人和顧問。她於1991年與Richard DesRoche和Glenn McMillan共同創辦了CRG Gallery，該畫廊在過去的27年中展示了來自中東到南美的知名藝術家作品。她曾在紐約的Christie's（1984年）、Marisa del Re Gallery（1985-88年）和Hirschl and Adler Modern（1988-1990年）工作。
Rachel Dedman是一位策展人和作家，居住在黎巴嫩和英國之間。她目前和最近的工作包括為Kettle's Yard（劍橋）、Whitworth Museum（曼徹斯特）、Beirut Art Fair（貝魯特藝術博覽會）、Tricycle Theatre（倫敦）和Jerusalem Show iX（耶路撒冷展覽）策劃展覽。Dedman曾擔任巴勒斯坦博物館（拉馬拉）的策展人，在那裡她策劃了三個展覽，並撰寫了兩本關於巴勒斯坦刺繡、紡織品和服裝政治的書籍。Dedman是polycephaly.net的共同編輯，也是Radio Earth Hold的三分之一成員。
Dr. Omar Kholeif是當代視覺文化的領先人物，是作家、策展人、廣播人和文化歷史學家，目前擔任阿聯酋薩爾詹藝術基金會的藏品總監和高級策展人。他策劃了70多個展覽，並撰寫或合著了40多本關於當代藝術的書籍。Dr. Kholeif是artPost21的創始人，這是一個支持藝術和社會正義交匯處的文化機構。
Christine Tohmé是黎巴嫩塑膠藝術協會Ashkal Alwan的創始主任，這是一個成立於1993年的非營利組織。Tohmé策劃了第13屆薩爾詹雙年展：Tamawuj（2017年），並擔任Marsa（貝魯特的性健康中心，為風險青少年和邊緣社群提供專業醫療服務）和SAHA（伊斯坦布爾的一個協會，支持土耳其的當代藝術）的董事會成員。
