Abdelkader Benchamma. Residency. Beirut Art Residency (Beirut, Lebanon). February 2017

Abdelkader Benchamma at the residency program Beirut Art Residency, Lebanon. February 2017.

 

Benchamma investigates how to transform a space through manipulating his drawings into a celestial dome-like structure, in preparation for his upcoming installation at the 13th Sharjah Biennial. In parallel he continues to question the 'religious imaginary' as he begins a new series of drawings "Book of Miracles" recreating and interpreting illustrations inspired by rumors and mythologies in Islam.

 

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