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Shadi Alzaqzouq

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Shadi Alzaqzouq
شادي الزقزوق
Born1981 (age 43–44)
Benghazi, Libya
Other namesShadi Al-Zaqzouq
EducationPalestine Technical College, Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis (BFA)
Occupation(s)Visual artist, activist, musician
Known forPainting
Notable workAfter the Wash

Shadi Alzaqzouq (Arabic: شادي الزقزوق; born 1981), also known as Shadi Al-Zaqzouq, is a Libyan-born Palestinian visual artist, activist, and musician. His hyperrealist paintings focus on themes of evolution and land occupation. Alzaqzouq has lived in France since 2007.[1]

Early life and education

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Shadi Alzaqzouq was born in 1981, in Benghazi, Libya.[2] His parents immigrated to Libya from Jaffa, Palestine.[3] The family moved in 1995 to Gaza in Palestine, after the 1995 Oslo II Accord.[3]

He studied music at the Palestine Technical College in Deir al-Balah, where he graduated.[3] He moved to Paris in 2007 to continued his studies in painting at Paris 8 University Vincennes-Saint-Denis, where he graduated with a BFA degree in 2009.[3]

Career

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He taught music for the next five years in a primary school in Gaza.[3] In 2002, Alzaqzouq joined an artist collective known as Shababeek (Arabic: شبابيك, lit. 'windows'), in Gaza.[3] He won the art residency award at the "International City of Arts" in Paris from the Abdul Mohsen Qattan Foundation and the French Consulate in 2006.[4]

Alzaqzouq's work After the Wash was one of four works removed from the 2012 Art Dubai art fair for supporting the Arab Spring protests.[5] The work in question was titled After the Wash, and is a circular canvas with an oil painting depicted a veiled girl with a bandana carrying underwear, that has a word in Arabic meaning "leave".[5][6]

In 2015, Alzaqzouq was initially removed from Banksy’s Dismaland exhibition after he protested in support of the boycott of Israel and the three Israeli artists participating in the show, which included a former Israel Defense Forces (IDF) member.[7][8][9][10] Afterwards he covered his artwork After Washing #3 with a bedsheet with the words "RIP Gaza: Boycott Israel" written on it, and laid down in front of the display during the Dismaland exhibition.[9] Days later his artwork was returned to the exhibition.[11]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Shadi Alzaqzouq: Resisting Israeli occupation through 'devolution'". The New Arab. Archived from the original on 2024-11-06. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  2. ^ Radhi, Lamia (October 7, 2012). "فن الثورات ينشر غسيل الديكتاتورية" [The art of revolutions airs the dirty laundry of dictatorship]. Sky News Arabia (in Arabic). Archived from the original on August 6, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f "Shadi Alzaqzouq". Dalloul Art Foundation. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  4. ^ "شادي الزقزوق يحتج على "بانسكي"" [Shadi Al-Zaqzouq protests against "Banksy"]. MC Doualiya (in Arabic). August 28, 2015. Archived from the original on August 6, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Mirgani, Suzi (2019-10-23). Art and Cultural Production in the Gulf Cooperation Council. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-14218-2.
  6. ^ Lord, Christopher. "Faceless but not voiceless: Shadi Alzaqzouq at Artspace". The National. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  7. ^ Neuendorf, Henri (August 27, 2015). "Palestinian Artist Removed From Banksy's Dismaland". Artnet News. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  8. ^ Wright, Alex. "Palestinian artist booted from Banksy's Dismaland for anti-Israel protest". The New Arab. Archived from the original on 2024-11-24. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  9. ^ a b Weinstein, Jessica (2015-08-26). "Palestinian artist banned from Banksy's Dismaland after anti-Israel protest". The Jewish Chronicle. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  10. ^ Cascone, Sarah (2015-09-25). "Banksy's Dismaland Earns Town $30 Million". Artnet News. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
  11. ^ Horton, Helena (August 29, 2015). "Israel protest artist's work stays at Dismaland". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2025-02-02.
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