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Artémed is an association founded in France in 2001 to develop artistic, creative and cultural exchange in the visual arts and beyond, particularly with the countries of the Mediterranean.

Exhibitions

Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris23 to 25 May 2003

As part of the “Fête de la Cité”, the exhibition was held at the Lebanese Pavilion of the Cité Internationale Universitaire de Paris. It presented the Artémed-Liban collection of artists’ kites, along with works by Lebanese artists living in Paris:

  • Ayman Baalbaki (wrapped patience – mixed media),
  • Taghrid El Moughrabi-Darghouth (cerf-collant – mixed media),
  • Omar Fakhoury (croisement génétique [genetic crossing] – mixed media),
  • Elias Dib (nuages de paradis [clouds of paradise] – acrylic on canvas – 200 × 120 cm),
  • Hanibal Srouji (books – 228 × 23 cm × 16)

Some 300 people saw the exhibition over the three days of the “Fête de la Cité”.

The exhibition encouraged the director of the Maison du Liban to invest in organising major exhibitions in its hall.

Media coverage:

The Cité U magazine, the magazine altérités.com, Radio-Orient (interview), posters, flyers, invitation cards, opening reception, etc.

Photos

Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003
Exhibition at the Cité Universitaire de Paris, 2003

Artémed sets out to develop its activities in the following ways:

  • Reflecting aspects of the art of these regions in today’s context
  • Fostering intercultural encounters
  • Bringing the work of artists from these countries to a wider public
  • Broadening the audience for the art of today

“Let me stress once again that there is no single Mediterranean culture – there are several within one Mediterranean. They are marked by traits that are at once alike and different, seldom united and never identical. Their similarities arise from the closeness of a shared sea and from the meeting, on its shores, of neighbouring nations and forms of expression. Their differences are shaped by origins and history, by beliefs and customs. Neither the similarities nor the differences are absolute or constant. Sometimes the former prevail, sometimes the latter. The rest is mythology.”

Predrag Matvejević (preface to La pensée méridienne by Franco Cassano)

“Where there is art, there is neither old age, nor loneliness, nor sickness, and even death is no more than half of itself.”

Anton Chekhov