1 / 39 Charbel-joseph H. Boutros, Neon Light, 2018 – ongoing series. Gallery’s neon light, votive candles’ wax, exhibition. Variable dimensions. Unique (ongoing series)
Exhibitions
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Much Ado About Nothing – Group exhibition curated by Vasa J. Perović, Galeria Vera Cortês, 2023
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I stood in the middle of the Strait of Gibraltar and I dropped my left tear in the Atlantic Ocean and my right tear in the Mediterranean Sea., Galeria Vera Cortês, 2023
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The Sun Is My Only Ally, La Criée Centre d'art contemporain, Rennes, France, 2022
Bio
Charbel-joseph H. Boutros was born in Lebanon in 1981 and lives and works between Beirut and Paris.
In his work invisibility is charged with intimate, geographical and historical layers; finding poetic lines that extend beyond the realm of existing speculations and realities. Being born in the middle of the Lebanese war, his art is not engaged in an explicit political and historical reflection, but is more accurately haunted by the said political and historical reflection.
For H. Boutros, each exhibition is a new geography that reformulates reality.
H. Boutros was a resident at Le Pavillon, Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France) and a researcher at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (The Netherlands). In 2020, the S.M.A.K. Museum in Ghent (Belgium) hosted his first institutional exhibition in Europe, “The Sun Is My Only Ally”, later presented at the contemporary art center La Criée (2022). His first monograph, jointly prepared by S.M.A.K Ghent and La Criée centre for contemporary art, published by Mousse Publishing was released in 2022.
His work has been shown internationally at: The 12th International Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, Turkey; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France; Punta della Dogana, Venice, Italy; Centre Pompidou – Metz, France; S.M.A.K. Museum, Gent, Belgium; Home Works 8, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut; CCS Bard College, New York, USA; 3rd Bahia Biennial, Salvador, Brazil; 1st Yinchuan Biennale, Yinchuan, China; CCA, Warsaw, Poland; Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE; Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Lebanon; La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, France; Marres, Maastricht, The Netherlands. A permanent installation ‘Sueur d’étoile’, that he realized with the French étoile dancer Marie-Agnes Gillot, inaugurated in 2016 remains on view at Palais de Tokyo, Paris (France).
His first monograph jointly prepared by S.M.A.K Ghent and La Criée Centre for Contemporary Art, Rennes, published by Mousse Publishing was released in 2022.
His works are in the collections of S.M.A.K. Museum, Ghent / CNAP, Paris, France / Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, UAE / SAMoCA Saudi Ministry of Culture.
Charbel-joseph H. Boutros nasceu no Líbano em 1981 e vive e trabalha entre Beirute e Paris.
Na sua obra, a invisibilidade reveste-se de camadas íntimas, geográficas e históricas, encontrando linhas poéticas que se estendem além do domínio das especulações e realidades existentes. Tendo nascido durante a guerra do Líbano, o seu trabalho não assenta sobre uma reflexão histórica e política explícita, mas antes sobre o assombramento desta eventual reflexão histórica e política.
Para H. Boutros, cada exposição é uma nova geografia que reformula a realidade.
H. Boutros foi artista residente no The Pavillon do Palais de Tokyo, Paris (França) e investigador na Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht (Países Baixos). O museu S.M.A.K. Museum em Ghent (Bélgica), acolheu em 2020 a sua primeira grande exposição institucional na Europa, “The Sun Is My Only Ally”, de seguida apresentada no centro de arte contemporânea La Criée. Em 2022, em conjunto com estas duas instituições, o seu primeiro livro monográfico foi publicado pela Mousse Publishing.
O seu trabalho tem sido apresentado internacionalmente em: 12ª Bienal Internacional de Istambul, Istambul, Turquia; Palais de Tokyo, Paris, França; Punta della Dogana, Veneza, Itália; Centre Pompidou – Metz, França; S.M.A.K. Museum, Gent, Bélgica; Home Works 8, Ashkal Alwan, Beirute; CCS Bard College, Nova Iorque, EUA; 3ª Bienal da Bahia, Salvador, Brasil; 1ª Bienal Yinchuan, Yinchuan, China; CCA, Varsóvia, Polónia; Barjeel Art Foundation, Sharjah, EAU; Beirut Art Center, Beirut, Líbano; La Criée Centre d’art contemporain, Rennes, França; Marres, Maastricht, Países Baixos. A instalação permanente ‘Sueur d’étoile’, que realizou junto com a bailarina francesa Marie-Agnes Gillot, inaugurada em 2016, continua exposta no Palais de Tokyo, Paris (França).
A sua primeira monografia, preparada conjuntamente pela S.M.A.K Ghent e pelo Centro de Arte Contemporânea La Criée, Rennes, publicada pela Mousse Publishing, foi lançada em 2022.
As suas obras encontram-se nas coleções do Museu S.M.A.K., Gent; CNAP, Paris, França; Fundação de Arte Barjeel, Sharjah, EAU, SAMoCA Saudi Ministry of Culture.
