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Abdul Rahman Katanani

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Abdul Rahman Katanani (also Abdulrahman Katanani; Arabic: عبد الرحمن قطناني, romanizedʻAbd al-Raḥmān qṭnāny) is a Palestinian sculptor. He was born and living in Sabra refugee camp near Beirut, Lebanon. Katanani is a third generation Palestinian refugee; his grandparents left Yazour—a small town now called Azor—in Jaffa during the 1948 Palestinian exodus.[1]

Early life

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Abdul Rahman Katanani was born in 1983, nine months after the Sabra & Shatila massacre.[2] His first works of art were political cartoons, much inspired by Palestinian cartoonist and political critic, Naji al-Ali. In 2008 he received a Special Mention and in 2009 he received the Young Artist Prize during Salon d'Automne held by Sursock Museum in Beirut.[3]

Education

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Katanani attended the Lebanese University in Beirut where he received a Diploma and Masters of Fine Arts. He has been a resident artist at Cité internationale des arts in Paris, France.[4] In 2016, he was a resident artist at Centre d'Art de Nanterre in Paris, France.

Work

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Katanani makes his art out of various materials such as scrap metal and barbed wire that he sources from within the camp. His artwork has sold in auctions by Christie's.[5]

In 2016, Artnet News called Katanani one of "the strongest mid-career artists in the Arab world".

In 2012 AbdulRahman Katanani and his work were featured in Christophe Donner's French documentary “Le Lanceur de Pierres رامي الحجارة” (The Stone Thrower).[6]

Collection

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Katanani's piece, "With Her Nephew, Ahmad" is a part of the permanent collection of Barjeel Art Foundation.[7]

Exhibitions

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Katanani has held solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions in multiple countries. Some of them include:

Solo exhibitions

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  • 2016 "Children, Olive Trees & Barbed Wire", Al Markhiya Gallery; Doha, Qatar[8]
  • 2015 "Softness of a Circle, Knife Edge of a Straight Line", Agial Art Gallery; Beirut, Lebanon[9]
  • 2014 "Kids, Barbed Wire, and a Dream", Tanit Gallery; Munich, Germany[10]
  • 2012 "No Address", French Institute, Beirut, Lebanon.[11]
  • 2011 "Zinc, Barbed Wire, and Freedom", Agial Art Gallery; Beirut, Lebanon[12]

Group exhibitions

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References

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  1. ^ Square, Palestine (2015-05-27). "A Refugee Artist, Interview With Abdulrahman Katanani". Palestine Square | ميدان فلسطين. Archived from the original on 2016-05-01. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  2. ^ Ayad, Myrna (2015-09-14). "Migrant Crisis Finds Resonance in Palestinian Refugee Abdel Rahman Katanani's Work". Artsy. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  3. ^ "Abdul Rahman Katanani".
  4. ^ "A Refugee Artist, Interview with Abdulrahman Katanani". Archived from the original on 2016-05-01.
  5. ^ "La fabuleuse histoire d'un artiste palestinien à Paris".
  6. ^ "FEATURE: PALESTINIAN ARTIST ABDULRAHMAN KATANANI", Isqineeha, feb. 2014, https://isqineeha.tumblr.com/post/75295468939/feature-palestinian-artist-abdulrahman-katanani
  7. ^ "With Her Nephew Ahmad". Google Arts & Culture.[dead link]
  8. ^ "Children and the olive trees". Gulf-Times. 2016-03-07. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  9. ^ "Repurposing displacement as art". The Daily Star Newspaper - Lebanon. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  10. ^ "Kids, Barbed Wire and a Dream - Galerie Tanit". www.galerietanit.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  11. ^ "Abdulrahman Katanani". Archived from the original on 2016-10-05. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  12. ^ Tohme, Nicolas. "Multiple Exhibitions- Beirut Artistic Visions".
  13. ^ JARDIN, PARIS, de Philippine (2016-05-22). "Une histoire de verts paradis d'Orient à l'Ima... - PARIS, de Philippine JARDIN". Retrieved 2016-08-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  14. ^ ""My Beautiful Laundrette" à la Cité internationale des arts, 18 rue de l'Hôtel de Ville 75004 Paris". www.institut-icfp.info. Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2016-06-02.
  15. ^ "New Gallery at The Pearl-Qatar". www.animagallerylounge.com. Retrieved 2016-06-02.[permanent dead link]
  16. ^ Faruqi, Daanish. "Art and the Arab Spring". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2016-08-01.
  17. ^ "Art, Peace and the Global Village - Against Violence".