Gilbert Hage (born in

Beirut Beirut ( ; ) is the Capital city, capital and largest city of Lebanon. , Greater Beirut has a population of 2.5 million, just under half of Lebanon's population, which makes it the List of largest cities in the Levant region by populatio ...

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, 1966) is a Lebanese photographer. He studied at the Université Saint-Esprit de Kaslik and teaches there since 1990. He also teaches at the Académie Libanaise des Beaux-Arts ALBA. He sometimes collaborates with curator and researcher Ghada Waked, his wife, and is co-publisher and co-editor, with

Jalal Toufic Jalal Toufic is a Lebanese artist, filmmaker, and author of various publications. Born to an Iraqi father and a Palestinian mother, he has lived in Lebanon, and his work often reflects his heritage. He is co-publisher and co-editor, with Gilber ...

, of Underexposed Books.

Work

In 2004, he introduced ''Ici et Maintenant'' (Here and now), an encyclopedia like collection of large scale portraits of Lebanese citizens aged 18–30, all posing in the same position and looking directly at the camera. Gilbert Hage took advantage of cell phones cameras to take shots of women’s cleavage in his series ''Phone thics' that was part of the 2011

Rencontres d'Arles The Rencontres d'Arles (formerly called ''Rencontres internationales de la photographie d'Arles'') is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historian ...

. In the Aftermath of the

2006 Lebanon War The 2006 Lebanon War was a 34-day armed conflict in Lebanon, fought between Hezbollah and Israel. The war started on 12 July 2006, and continued until a United Nations-brokered ceasefire went into effect in the morning on 14 August 2006, thoug ...

, Hage documented buildings in Beirut's southern suburbs that were bombed, in a frontal and monumental framing. In 2009, Gilbert Hage produced a series of Eleven Views of

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. Referring to

Hokusai , known mononymously as Hokusai, was a Japanese ukiyo-e artist of the Edo period, active as a painter and printmaker. His woodblock printing in Japan, woodblock print series ''Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji'' includes the iconic print ''The Gr ...

’s ''

Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji is a series of landscape prints by the Japanese ukiyo-e artist Hokusai (1760–1849). The series depicts Mount Fuji from different locations and in various seasons and weather conditions. The immediate success of the publication led to anothe ...

'', the photos depict representations of the famous mountains in homes of the Armenian community in Lebanon. In 2018, Gibert Hage was selected to be part of ''The Place That Remains'', the first national Pavilion of Lebanon curated by Hala Younes at the

Venice Biennale of Architecture The Venice Biennale of Architecture ( Italian: ''Mostra di Architettura di Venezia'') is an international exhibition showcasing architectural works from around the world, held in Venice, Italy, every other year. Originally held in even-numbered ...

Publications

* Here And Now (Alba University of Balamand, 2017) * Ana, Berthe, Emmanuelle...... (Underexposed, 2013) * I Hated You Already Because Of The Lies I Had Told You (Underexposed, 2013) * 242cm2 (Underexposed, 2012) * With Strings Attached (underexposed, 2012) * Toufican Ruins? With

(Underexposed, 2010) * Screening Berlin (Underexposed, 2010) * Eleven views of Mount Ararat (Underexposed, 2009) * Ici et maintenant (Galerie Tanit, 2005) * Beirut (Galerie Alice Mogabgab, 2004) * 28 Roses b/w (Galerie Alice Mogabgab, 1999)

Selected exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

* Galerie Tanit, Beirut, 2017 *Galerie Tanit, Munich, 2012 * Espace Kettaneh Kunigk, Beirut, 2012 * French Cultural Center, Beirut, 2010 * Espace Kettaneh Kunigk, Beirut, 2009 * University of Balamand, 2006 * Espace SD, Beirut, 2004 * Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beirut, 2004 * Galerie Tanit, Munich, 2004 * Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beirut, 2002 * Galerie Alice Mogabgab, Beirut, 1999

Group exhibitions

* Third Biennale of Contemporary Arab Photographers,

Arab World Institute The Institut du Monde Arabe (, ''Arab World Institute''; abbr. IMA) is an organisation founded in Paris in 1980 by France with 18 Arab countries to research and disseminate information about the Arab world and its cultural and spiritual values. ...

, Paris, 2019 * Across Boundaries. Focus on Lebanese Photography, curated by Tarek Nahas, Beirut Art Fair 2018 * The Place that Remains, Lebanese Pavilion, 16th

, 2018 * Arts Santa Monica, Barcelona, 2013 * Katara, Doha, 2012 * Foto Museum, Anvers, 2012 * Subtitled-Royal College Of Art, London, 2011 * Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Thessaloniki, October 2011 * Rencontres d'Arles, Arles, 2011 * Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah, 2011 * White Box, Munich, 2010 * Kunsthal_Rotterdam, 2009 * Kunsthalle, Vienna, 2007 * Casa arabe, Madrid, 2007 * Institute of contemporary art, Dunaujvaros, 2007 * Arabise me, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, 2006 - * Out of Beirut, Modern Art Oxford, 2006 * Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, 2005 * Mantes la jolie, 2004 * Vidéo Brazil, São Paulo, 2003 * Galerie V+A, Berlin, 2002

References

External links

Website of Gilbert Hage
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hage, Gilbert Lebanese photographers Artists from Beirut 1966 births Living people Holy Spirit University of Kaslik alumni Academic staff of the Holy Spirit University of Kaslik Mount Ararat