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 Origin of the World
Gilbert Hage
Gilbert Hage’s intervention stages a photograph that refers back to one of the most censored artworks of all time by Gustave Courbet. His work comments on the mechanisms of self-censorship and how they function to maintain the necessary balance between prohibition and transgression, erotic impulses and social control.
| Date: | 2016 |
| Location: | Daily Local Newspaper / Al-Akhbar |
| Medium: | Publication |
| Material: | N/A |
| Section: | Contemporary |
| Duration: | Ephemeral |
| Tags: | Site-specific intervention |
| Framework: | Works on Paper |
| Authorizations: | Al-Akhbar |
| Commissioner: | TAP & APEAL |