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The 1980s in Lebanon were marked by the ups and downs of its civil war that had officially started in April 1975 and lasted throughout the decade with varying intensity. Artistic production and exhibition practices have largely been overlooked for this conflicted period. While ... See the full issue

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Nadia von Maltzahn

Introduction: Lebanon’s Visual Arts in the 1980s Defying the Violence
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Monique Bellan

Ruptures and Continuities: Lebanon’s Art Galleries in the 1980s with a Focus on Galerie Damo (1977–88)
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Ashraf Osman

Beirut’s Sursock Museum in the 1980s: Inclusion and Exclusion in a Decade of Conflict
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Flavia Elena Malusardi

The House Stands Tall: The Social Dimension of Dar el Fan and Janine Rubeiz’s Curatorial Activities during the Civil War in Lebanon
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Çiğdem İvren

Against the Current: War Motifs and the Medium of Printmaking in 1980s Lebanon
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Jessica Gerschultz

Tracing Lines, Forging Connectivity: The Tapestries of Amine El Bacha and Antoine Saadé (1984–1985)
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Nadia von Maltzahn

Fadi Barrage, an Artist’s Diary: “To Think Things Out in Painting”
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Joan Grandjean

Mona Hatoum’s Other Story: “Third World Post-modernism” in 1980s Britain
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Nadia von Maltzahn

“I Have a Friend Named Time”: Interview with Greta Naufal
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Nadia von Maltzahn

Roundtable Discussion with Rose Issa and Mohammad El Rawas on the Exhibition Contemporary Lebanese Artists at London’s Kufa Gallery in Early 1988
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Manazir Journal is a peer-reviewed academic Platinum Open Access journal dedicated to visual arts, architecture and cultural heritage in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA)

Volume 7Defying the Violence: Lebanon’s Visual Arts in the 1980s

Issue description

Full Issue

Introduction

Introduction: Lebanon’s Visual Arts in the 1980s Defying the Violence

Articles

Ruptures and Continuities: Lebanon’s Art Galleries in the 1980s with a Focus on Galerie Damo (1977–88)

Beirut’s Sursock Museum in the 1980s: Inclusion and Exclusion in a Decade of Conflict

The House Stands Tall: The Social Dimension of Dar el Fan and Janine Rubeiz’s Curatorial Activities during the Civil War in Lebanon

Against the Current: War Motifs and the Medium of Printmaking in 1980s Lebanon

Tracing Lines, Forging Connectivity: The Tapestries of Amine El Bacha and Antoine Saadé (1984–1985)

Fadi Barrage, an Artist’s Diary: “To Think Things Out in Painting”

Mona Hatoum’s Other Story: “Third World Post-modernism” in 1980s Britain

Perspectives

“I Have a Friend Named Time”: Interview with Greta Naufal

Roundtable Discussion with Rose Issa and Mohammad El Rawas on the Exhibition Contemporary Lebanese Artists at London’s Kufa Gallery in Early 1988

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