Ashkal Alwan
Ashkal Alwan, The Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts is an association promoting and producing contemporary art practices in Lebanon.
History
Ashkal Alwan was founded in 1994 by Christine Tohmé, Marwan Rechmaoui, Rania Tabbara, Mustapha Yamout and Leila Mroueh. Ashkal Alwan was created in the aftermath of the Lebanese war. It is nowadays an informal and alternative platform that helps a new generation of Lebanese artists to produce and exhibit their artwork.Building a large network of local and international partner institutions, Ashkal Alwan became a major and influential actor on the regional art scene, exhibiting the work of local and international artists such as Jalal Toufic, Akram Zaatari, Lamia Joreige, Walid Raad, Rabih Mroué and many others. Its director, Christine Tohmé, is regularly ranked among the 100 most powerful people in the art world.
In 2011, Ashkal Alwan inaugurated the Home Workspace in a former industrial building neighboring Beirut Art Center. The venue hosts cultural events and the Home Workspace Program, a 10 months educational program run under the direction of a different resident professor. The 2011-2012 inauguration year was under the direction of Emily Jacir.
Public Programming, Workshops and Curated Projects
2019- Home Works 8. A Forum on Cultural Practices, Beirut
- Upon a Shifting Plate, an off-site project of the Sharjah Biennial 13, co-organized with the Sharjah Art Foundation
- Parallel Modernities: A Sweet Sixties Conference
- Workshop with Hu Fang and Tarek Atoui
- How Soon Is Now: A Tribute to Dreamers, an exhibition by Joana Hadjithomas and Khalil Joreige
- Love at First Sight: The Arabic Digital Book
- Sensibilities, Experiences: Going Beyond the Surface with Laurence Leblanc
- Video Works 2009
- Video Avril
- Meeting Points 5 Festival
- Most Probably I Will Be Performing this Dream Tonight
- Travelling Is Impossible: Harun, Kodwo and I
- Laughter, in collaboration with LIFT
- My Neck Is Thinner than a Hair, a presentation by the Atlas Group
- Possible Narratives, as part of Videobrasil
- Audio Workshop with the British Council
- Missing Links at the Townhouse Gallery in Cairo, Egypt
- Hamra Street Project
- Contemporary Art from Lebanon at the Borusan Sanat Gallery in Istanbul, Turkey
- Corniche Project
- Sioufi Garden Project
- Sanayeh Garden Project