{"product_id":"9781839989636","title":"Lebanon and the Split of Life","description":"Author: Meriam Soltan\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781839989636\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Anthem Press\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 14 May 2024\u003cbr\u003ePages: 68 \u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis scholarly biography traces the life and art of Lebanese-American neo-expressionist, Nabil Kanso (1940-2019).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt explores key moments across the artist's transnational career by foregrounding his longest-running, internationally toured exhibition, the Journey of Art for Peace (1985-1993). More specifically, it traces the historical trajectory of his 10'  28' mural-scale painting, Lebanon, from the circumstances of its production at the height of the Lebanese Civil War in 1983, through its short-lived exhibition history with the \u003ci\u003eSplit of Life\u003c\/i\u003e series in the few years that followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book scaffolds an understanding of the artist as an activist and works toward offering distinctly spatial readings of his painterly practice, of which the act of bearing witness is highlighted as permeating the entirety of his oeuvre. It concludeswith a contemporary recontextualisation of Lebanon in the country's current social, political, and cultural climate, and emphasises the artist's work as essential to the theorisation of larger traditions of political and protest art.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47924914028702,"sku":"ING-9781839989636","price":41.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781839989636.jpg?v=1782955788","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781839989636","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}