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.
The Mutations of Women and Sardines
Mohamed Chamsedine
Mohamed Chamsedine addresses the “evolution of the masculine Lebanese dream from sperm to fish to woman” in the white plaster cast of a woman looking out to sea, with photographic murals of canned sardines trailing on the sidewalk behind her.
| Date: | 1999 |
| Location: | Corniche El Manara |
| Medium: | Installation, Sculpture |
| Material: | White plaster cast |
| Section: | Contemporary |
| Duration: | Temporary |
| Tags: | Site-specific intervention |
| Framework: | The Corniche Project |
| Authorizations: | Municipality of Beirut |
| Commissioner: | Ashkal Alwan |