A retroactive monument
A retroactive monument
Tony Chakar
A Retroactive Monument for a Chimerical City is a ready-made statue of a Grecian-robed woman, painted in gold, and placed on on a red carpet and surrounded with red-velvet-covered benches. The scene created was intended as a satirical comment on the pervasive public recollection of Beirut’s “golden age” in the 1960s. The rented sculpture was vandalised by a man who jusdged it very provocative facing the mosque as the bachante was showing a women’s body. It was taken down into pieces.
The Corniche Project was one of the earlier initiatives by Ashkal Alwan: The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts. Art works were exhibited all along Beirut’s famous seaside promenade – known colloquially in its French form “corniche” – featuring installations, sculptures and performances. - Mind the Gap Agency Participating Artists: Marwan Rechmaoui, Rana Haddad, Pierre Hage Boutros, Nasser Soumi, Nagi Assi, Nabil Helou, Rabih Zeidan, Konglomerat, Silia Abou Arbid, Ghassan Maasri, Nelly Chemaly, Tony Chakar, Samer Chalfoun, Mohamed Chamseddine, Akram Zaatari, Cherine Fahd
Year: 1999
Location: Beirut, Lebanon
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Date: 1999
Location: Corniche El Manara
Medium: Sculpture
Material: Ready-made
Section: Contemporary
Duration: Temporary
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Public Sculpture
Public Sculpture
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Site-specific Intervention
Site-specific artworks / projects take into consideration the location where it is to be exposed, with regard to both space and community. In other words, it is marked with the site’s history, physical elements, topographical features, socioeconomic factors and/or other significant elements, which make the work impossible to displace, or, at the least, less relevant if not apprehended within this site.
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Site-specific artworks / projects take into consideration the location where it is to be exposed, with regard to both space and community. In other words, it is marked with the site’s history, physical elements, topographical features, socioeconomic factors and/or other significant elements, which make the work impossible to displace, or, at the least, less relevant if not apprehended within this site.
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Framework: The Corniche Project
Authorizations: Ready-made
Commissioner: Ashkal Alwan
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