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Nadim Karam
Hannibal on an Elephant

2022

About the Item

Nadim Karam is a Lebanese artist, architect, and urban planner known for his diverse body of work that includes sculpture, painting, installations, and urban interventions. Born in 1957 in Senegal, he spent his early childhood in West Africa before moving to Lebanon. Karam received his education in architecture from the American University of Beirut and later pursued further studies at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London. He has since established himself as a leading figure in the field of contemporary art and urban design. Karam creates narratives engaging with cities and landscapes through large-scale sculptures. Based on his conviction that cities should dream, Karam’s art practice in the public sphere responds to contemporary challenges, social realities, and eternal quests of identity. His site-specific projects engage in re-examining contextual issues and enhancing perceptions of diversity within society, taking a playful and often absurdist approach even when addressing the most critical issues. Karam’s formative years in Lebanon and his doctoral studies in Japan are defining influences in his work. Studying under prominent Japanese architects Hiroshi Hara, Fumihiko Maki and Tadao Ando, he approached architecture through philosophies of eastern thought and concepts of space. From his early projects of performance art in Tokyo, he developed a language of forms relating to spaces, memories, and peoples. His public art projects emerged as a natural synthesis of his architectural affinity for urban contexts and his auto-didactic artistic output.
  • Creator:
    Nadim Karam (1957, Lebanese)
  • Creation Year:
    2022
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 35.44 in (90 cm)Width: 21.66 in (55 cm)Depth: 4.93 in (12.5 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
  • Gallery Location:
    PARIS, FR
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU2506214214262

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BORN • Baghdad, 1963 EDUCATION • 1987 B.A. in Painting, Academy of Fine Arts, Baghdad SOLO EXHIBITIONS • 1994 Graphic Expiation, Riwaq Gallery, Baghdad • 2000 French Cultural Centre, Amman • 2001 French Cultural Cnetre, Doha • 2002 Steel and Asphalt Memory, French Cultural Centre, Doha • 2004 Blocks, Orfali Gallery, Amman • 2007 Beard Land, Karmin Gallery, Amman • 2008 Beard Code, Sultan Gallery, Kuwait • 2011 Yusuf, Al Bareh Art Gallery, Bahrain • 2012 Rosewater, Wade Wilson Art Gallery, Houston Texas • 2014 The Truth, Wade Wilson Art Gallery, Houston Texas • 2015 Reconquista, Meem Gallery Dubai • 2016 Criterion, Albareh Gallery, Manamam Bahrain GROUP EXHIBTIONS • 1985 Fredrickstad Biennale, Fredrickstad • 1997 Environment and Surroundings in Iraqi Art, Jordan National Gallery of Fine Arts • 1997 Amman Homage to Jawad Selim...
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