The Lands within Me features the works of 26 Canadian artists of Arab origin. The immigrant experience and métissage, or cultural intermixing, are explored through the works, experiences and commentary
of the artists.
 
The Lands within Me
A Message from the Curator
Curator's Biography
Credits

Visit of the Exhibition
  Introduction
Traces of Images
Where Am I From
Dialogue
All these Countries...
The Third Place
Artists' Portraits
Text of the Video
Conclusion: Mixed Space



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Gamilie Akeeagok - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Karim Rholem
Gamilie Akeeagok
66 years old, died in 1997
Aujuittuuq (Grise Fiord), N.W.T., July 1996
From the series Uvagut : Portrait d'un peuple
(Uvagut: Portrait of a People) 1996
Gelatine silver print
Lent by the artist
With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts

Les Giroux (detail) (The Giroux Family) - Photo: Harry Foster - © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Karim Rholem
Les Giroux (detail)
(The Giroux Family)

Marie-Claire, 46 years old; Michel, 52 years old;
11 children, 7 to 24 years old
Ste-Rose de Laval, Quebec, May 2000
From the series Un air de famille (A Family Likeness)
Colour print
Lent by the artist
With the support of the Canada Council for the Arts

Shadow - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Ishrak Sahar
Shadow
1995
Mixed media on wood
Lent by the artist

Djanadjil (Children's bangle) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Ishrak Sahar
Djanadjil
(Children's bangle)

1997
Mixed media on wood
Lent by the artist

Everything and nothing - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Jayce Salloum
Everything and nothing (from the ongoing project, "untitled")
1999-2001
Video installation
Lent by the artist

Fresque no 1 (detail), (Fresco no. 1) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Taouffik Semmad
Fresque no 1 (detail)
(Fresco no. 1)
From the series L'Avant-Babel (Before Babel)
2000
Silkscreen prints on fabriano paper
Limited edition of six numbered copies
Lent by the artist

Artist's book - Les Mille et une nuits : Histoire de Sindbad le marin, premier voyage. (The Arabian Nights:  Story of Sindbad the Sailor, Maiden Voyage) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Taouffik Semmad
Artist's book - Les Mille et une nuits : Histoire de Sindbad le marin, premier voyage (The Arabian Nights: Story of Sindbad the Sailor, Maiden Voyage)
1999
Aquatints on holland simili japan paper, silkscreen prints on holland simili japan paper and translucent drawing paper
Copy no. 1 in a case handmade by the artist
Limited edition of seven numbered copies
Lent by the artist

No credit, no hard feelings; God gives to everyone - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Shwan
"No credit, no hard feelings; God gives to everyone"
Expression from Arab popular culture
1995
Mixed media on vinyl tile
Collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Expression from Arab popular culture, 'A lover leaves, and a thousand others show up'   Shwan
"A lover leaves, and a thousand others show up."
Expression from Arab popular culture
1995
Mixed media on paper
Collection of the Canadian Museum of Civilization

Pink coffeepot with verses from the Koran - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Sanaa M. Wassef
Pink coffeepot with verses from the Koran
1980
Earthenware
Lent by Zalina Ali

Memories of El Eid - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Sanaa M. Wassef
Memories of El Eid (Memories of the Feast)
1995
Earthenware
Lent by Zalina Ali

Lebanon-Canada, via Bahrain - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Camille Zakharia
Lebanon-Canada,
via Bahrain

1998
Photo-collage and gouache on paper, mounted on triangular wooden columns
Lent by the artist

Le Regard (The Look) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Nicolas Zeitouni
Le Regard (The Look)
1995
Gouache on paper
Lent by the artist

L'Apprentissage (The Apprenticeship) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Nicolas Zeitouni
L'Apprentissage
(The Apprenticeship)

1995
Gouache and watercolour
on paper
Lent by the artist

Jerusalem: A Gate of Hope - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Sami Zubi
Jerusalem: A Gate of Hope
2000-2001
Wall installation: molded acrylic resin mounted on a wooden structure, plastic sheet
Lent by the artist