TAP's Database of Public Art Practices in Lebanon
Our Database of Public Art Practices is an on-going research project archiving public art interventions that have taken place in Lebanon from 1980 to present day.
Art is / Al Fan Houwa
Maxime Hourani
Art is is an installation of thirty banners on which The Popular Front for the Liberation of Art (a fictive froup initiated by Hourani) inscribed the words ”Art is” followed by phrases inspired by political and religious banners commonly found in public space in Lebanon.
| Date: | 2013 |
| Location: | Downtown |
| Medium: | Performance, Campaign |
| Material: | Banners |
| Section: | Contemporary |
| Duration: | Temporary |
| Tags: | Site-specific intervention Participatory art |
| Authorizations: | N/A |
| Commissioner: | Beirut Art Center |