Round table | Creativity of artists in exile. Art as a means of resistance
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The distance with the chosen or suffered homeland is always an exile, it gives rise in many artists the need to create differently. This question of exile in the artistic field is not new and has inspired many artistic currents. Today, the resurgence of international conflicts, particularly in the Middle East, has led to the emergence of a generation of exiled artists, often refugees, who question how to inhabit the creative process. If exile is a source of inner torment, it can also be a powerful lever for creativity and also a means of resistance.
What is being an artist in exile? What place for creation in exile? How can art be a means of resistance? So many questions that we will try to answer in the presence of our three speakers.
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Writer, poet, translator of the poet Mahmoud Darwich, member of the Palestinian Parliament in exile, and former ambassador of Palestine to UNESCO from 2006 to 2022. He is the director of the collection of the future National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art in Palestine.
May Murad Arrived in France in 2019, May Murad is a refugee artist from Gaza. From figurative to abstract, May Murad is interested in faces, bodies, man and his inextricable link to the earth.Her art, a true field of expression of reality tells the story, the banality and the daily life under the yoke of occupation. Life is tirelessly present as an act of faith.
Graphic artist, originally from Homs, Syria, Fares Cachoux arrived in France in 2013 for his studies. He works mainly on political, social and environmental issues. Minimalist but bold, his work depicts the people’s struggle for freedom and dignity using strong and striking colors and simple silhouettes.
