2 March- 18 April 2016
Children, Olive Trees and Barbed Wire revolves around the olive harvest in Palestine, with the olive tree symbolizing Palestinian history and culture. The risks to this tree through the occupation, bulldozing and uprooting are like those facing the Palestinian people as they are encircled by barbed wire and dispossessed of their land.
Palestinian Artist:
Abdul Rahman Katanani
Abdulrahman Katanani was born in 1983 in Beirut, Lebanon. He earned both a BFA (2007) and an MFA (2013) from the Lebanese University in Beirut. Most recently he completed a fifteen-month artist’s residency at Cites International des Arts in Paris, France. Abdulrahman currently lives and works in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp in Beirut.
Abdulrahman Katanani works across several mediums, including painting, sculpture, installation, collage, and mixed media. He is especially known for using materials collected from refugee camps such as barbed wire, corrugated metal, wood, and found objects to create works that explore themes of displacement, memory, identity, and resilience.
