Date: Friday 22 September 2023

Hour: 5 pm

Place: Zalfa Halabi Art Gallery - Saidi Bldg., Saeb Salam, Unesco, Beirut

Language: English and arabic

Duration: 1h00

Registration: (78) 959670 ; visites@agendaculturel.com

The visit is free of charge - Booking is required.

Number of participants is limited.

The visit will be guided by Yasmina Hilal.

Featuring yet unseen works, the collection has been curated to take viewers on a journey through Hilal’s artistic process all the while paying homage to the women in our society that were/are empowering figures in our lives.

In 2022, Hilal had her first solo show with the gallery entitled Trial & Error; which featured a collection of her collages using photographs from her fashion shoots. I see me in you combines dark room prints, collage work, video work, and installations in a single project that is relatable to a Lebanese audience and deeply rooted in their culture and traditions.

Yasmina Hilal, who has participated in 6 collective exhibitions and has had 2 solo shows in the past couple of years, enjoys working with her hands and firmly believes that in order for a photograph to be complete it has to be manipulated and/or deconstructed. This is where a meticulous cutting process takes place as the artist takes the image apart and then puts it back together almost as if forming a puzzle. Another added layer to this process is the type of film Yasmina favors, 35 or 120 mm, in order to give the shots a relevant vintage feeling.

This new exhibition begins with a series of unique dark room prints, from which Hilal created the body of collages. More recently, she collaborated with artists and creatives to make a video and a holographic work alongside a life-size mirror installation that breakdown and scatter these beliefs that get passed down from generation to generation that resemble her collages, giving room for a more modern version of womanhood. For more info, click here

Location Zalfa Halabi Art Gallery