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Repairs and Stitches Exhibition, Paris: 1 April to 10 July 2021


 

Curated by Nora Philippe, the exhibition Repairs and Stitches (Répare Reprise – Tafkik: "deconstruct, decompose and analyse") at the Cité Internationale des Arts (CIA) provides a platform for artists from the Middle East and Africa. Most of the artists have experienced exile and live today in Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Iraq, Iran, the Golan Heights, DRC Congo, Ethiopia, Algeria, Tunisia, and France. 

 

The Cité Internationale des Arts has welcomed international artists in residence since 1965. Not concerned with the theme of migration as such, the artists in the current exhibition Répare Reprise / Repairs and Stitches are endeavouring to recompose political ideas and ideals and repair all things related to their personal domain. These expressions of personal life start in the home, a place of refuge, where the artists reinterpret objects and practices associated with domesticity (such as sewing, weaving, and embroidery) before they encompass larger spaces. 

 

The art works in Répare Reprise / Repairs and Stitches cover different disciplines: sculpture, video installation, painting, engraving, textile art, and photography. They take the visitor to view ruins, flags, linen, newspapers, and landscapes, as well as experiencing trauma and shock waves.

 

Participating artists: Majd Abdel Hamid, Azza Abo Rebieh, Kader Attia, Sammy Baloji, Yacob Bizuneh, Bady Dalloul, Khaled Dawwa, Kholod Hawash, Katia Kameli, Farah Khelil, Randa Maddah, Sara Ouhaddou, Khalil Rabah, RAMO, and Maha Yammine.

 

The Cité Internationale des Arts’ at the Marais site is a 3-floor gallery with seven rooms with views of the river Seine. 



Katia Kameli (video and paintings Welcome 2018)  

Farah Khelil (Bedside Notes 2017-2020)

Farah Khelil (Bedside Notes 2017-2020)

Kholod Hawash (Fear 2020)

Khaled Dawwa (Behold My Heart 2018-2021)

Azza Abo Reibe (Plates 2018)

Azza Abo Reibe (Plates 2018)

Sara Ouhaddou (Titaween 2013)

Azza Abo Reibe (Plates 2018)

Majd Abdel Hamid (Borderlines Tripoint 2020)

Farah Khelil (Excavations 2019)

Farah Khelil (Excavations 2019)

Maha Yammine (In Reverse 2018)

Maha Yammine (Calendar 2019-2020)





 

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MARTINA NICOLLS is an international aid and development consultant, and the author  of: The Paris Residences of James Joyce  (2020), Similar But Different in the Animal Kingdom (2017), The Shortness of Life: A Mongolian Lament (2015), Liberia’s Deadest Ends (2012), Bardot’s Comet (2011), Kashmir on a Knife-Edge (2010) and The Sudan Curse (2009).

 

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