Ahlam Shibli
Ahlam Shibli | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1970 |
| Occupation(s) | Artist, Photographer |
Ahlam Shibli (Arabic: أحلام شبلي, born 1970) is a Palestinian Bedouin photographer based in Haifa.[1][2][3] Her work explores themes of home and belonging and documents the life of the Bedouins of Palestinian descent in villages unrecognized by Israel in the Negev and northern Galilee regions.[2][4]
Biography
Shibli was born in the village of Arab al-Shibli in the Galilee.[5][6] Until the age of 18, Shibli tended the family goats after school. She now lives in Haifa.[1] The catalog for an exhibition she held in Italy stated that she defines herself as a "Palestinian from Israel."[7] At her "Goter" exhibit at the Tel Aviv Museum, the museum agreed to define Shibli as an "Israeli Palestinian" in the monthly notice of exhibitions, but refused to include this description in the exhibit catalog. Traditionally, Israel's art scene has tended to blur the identity of Palestinian artists in Israel under the label "Israeli Arabs", though it has begun to include "Palestine" in some form, within limits.[7]
Artistic career
Her artistic medium is photography.[8] Her work explores the life of what she describes as "her people," [9] Palestinians of Bedouin descent in Israel.[10] Adrian Searle describes her photographs as "unsentimental and undramatic...extremely moving."[1] In 2005, she photographed Israeli-Arab soldiers[11] who volunteer for military service in the Israeli Defense Forces Tracker Unit.[12]
She has also photographed lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in London, Zurich, Barcelona and Tel Aviv; foreigner caregivers and the elderly in Barcelona; and children in orphanages in Poland.[13]
Shibli was chosen as the first Artist-in-Residence for the city of Acre in a program sponsored by that city in conjunction with Israel's Culture and Sport Ministry. Her work, "Five Senses," was exhibited at the 2002 Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre.
She has participated in the 27th São Paulo Biennial (2006/7)[14] and documenta 12 (2008).[15]
Awards
In 2003, Shibli won the 9th Nathan Gottesdiener Israeli Art Prize.[16]
Works
Solo Exhibitions
2007
- Goter, and Trackers, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee[17]
2006
- Trackers, Max Wigram Gallery, London; Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, Herzliya; Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
2003
- Lost Time: Unrecognised, Self-Portrait, and Goter, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham [cat.][1]
- Goter, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv [cat.]
2002
- Positioning, Hagar Art Galley, Jaffa [cat.]
- Unrecognised, el Kahif Gallery, Bethlehem
- Five Senses, The Acco Festival of Alternative Israeli Theatre, Acre
2000
- Unrecognised, al Matal Cultural Center, Ramallah; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tel Aviv [cat.]
1999
- Wadi Salib in Nine Volumes, French Cultural Center, Ramallah; Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tel Aviv [cat.]
See also
References
- ^ a b c d Adrian Searle (7 October 2003). "What lies beneath". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ a b Photography Between Poetry and Politics: The Critical Position of the Photographic Medium in Art, Hilde Van Gelder, Helen Westgeestref, pp. xiv, 123-124.
- ^ When Art Imitates Life, Haaretz
- ^ Dateline: Israel: New Photography and Video Art, Susan Tumarkin Goodman, Andy Grundberg, Nissan Perez, p. 28.
- ^ "Ahlam Shibli". Séminaire Des territoires. 5 December 2007. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ Rachel Aspden (10 July 2006). "Between the lines". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
- ^ a b No longer given the brush-off, Haaretz
- ^ "Index of Artists:Ahlam Shibli - Biography". Retrieved 2008-03-24.
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- ^ Recognizing the unrecognized
- ^ Between the Lines, Jerusalem Post
- ^ http://www.hausderkunst.de/?id=83&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=2387 Hausderkunst: Ahlam Shibli]
- ^ A rock and a hard place: Ahlam Shibli
- ^ Christian Rattemeyer (2007). "27th Sao Paulo Bienal: Sao Paulo". ArtForum. Retrieved 2008-03-24.
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- ^ Recognizing the Unrecognized: The Photographs of Ahlam Shibli
- ^ Isla Leaver-Yap (12 February 2007). "Everyday war". Retrieved 2008-03-25.
External links
- Ahlam Shibli website
- [الوطن وأرض الوطن, سلسلة صور إيسترن إل جي بي تي من عمل أحلام شبلي. بقلم: ليسيت لاغنادو Error: {{Lang}}: text has italic markup (help) ]
- Time Out interview
- Ahlam Shibli, Arab al-Sbaih, purpose 7, spring 2008