Archeology, 2017
On the main space of the ground-floor, are works that engage directly with the archeological gesture of digging earth looking for finds, and the excitement that accompanies their first contemplation. Archeology, 2017, consists of a large glass piece that is meant to represent a replica of a small photographic glass plate that Zaatari had collected for the AIF in the late 1990s. The negative plate, which was originally exposed by Antranick Anouchian, shows an athlete posing nude, but found missing major parts. Its replica was enlarged way beyond its original size to match Zaatari’s thrill at the plate’s first encounter.
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Akram Zaatari, Archeology, 2017, Pigment inkjet print on gelatin treated glass and mixed media, Pigment inkjet print on gelatin treated aluminum sheet, Floor standing preservation flood light, 210 x 160 cm