Akram Zaatari: The Uneasy Subject

by Juan Vincente Aliaga

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This title offers an exhaustive and insightful overview of the work of Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari. This is the first comprehensive publication dedicated to Lebanese artist Akram Zaatari, addressing the subject of desire and the depiction of the human body in photography and popular culture. Zaatari (b. 1966) gained his Bachelor of Archaeology degree from The American University in Beirut in 1989 and his MA in media studies in 1995. He is a founding member of the Arab Image Foundation and the Lebanese Association for Contemporary Art. He uses the world around him as an ultimate archive, unearthing all sorts of hidden objects, documents and stories, and using them to study a multitude of situations related to image-making and modern times - as displayed in this important book.
  • ISBN10 888158817X
  • ISBN13 9788881588176
  • Publish Date 15 March 2012
  • Publish Status Unknown
  • Out of Print 18 June 2014
  • Publish Country IT
  • Imprint Edizioni Charta Srl
  • Format Paperback
  • Pages 160
  • Language English