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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Folding screen - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Liliane Karnouk
Folding screen
1997
Acrylic on fiberboard
Lent by the artist

Two folding screens and a coffee table - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Liliane Karnouk
Two folding screens and
a coffee table

1997
Acrylic on fiberboard, glass
Lent by the artist

... and at night we leave our dreams on window sill, memory of a place. (détail) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Farouk Kaspaules
... and at night we
leave our dreams on window sill,
memory of a place. (detail)

2000
Wall installation: mixed media on BFK Rives paper
Lent by the artist

... and at night we leave our dreams on window sill, memory of a place. - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Farouk Kaspaules
... and at night we
leave our dreams on window sill,
memory of a place

2000
Wall installation: mixed media on BFK Rives paper
Lent by the artist

La vache des orphelins (The Orphans' Cow) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Ali Kichou
La vache des orphelins (The Orphans' Cow)
2000
Installation: pigments on woven and stuffed jute canvas, wood
Lent by the artist

La vache des orphelins (detail) (The Orphans' Cow) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Ali Kichou
La vache des orphelins (detail)
(The Orphans' Cow)

2000
Installation: pigments on woven and stuffed jute canvas, wood
Lent by the artist

A Place for Rose (detail) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Bernice Lutfie Sorge
A Place for Rose (detail)
2000-2001
In collaboration with Julien Sorge Geoffroy and Gloria Sorge.
Mural work with sound: intaglio, silkscreen printing on Arches vellum, frame of California redwood, audio component (recorded narration)
Lent by the artist

A Place for Rose - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Bernice Lutfie Sorge
A Place for Rose
2000-2001
In collaboration with Julien Sorge Geoffroy and Gloria Sorge.
Mural work with sound: intaglio, silkscreen printing on Arches vellum, frame of California redwood, audio component (recorded narration)
Lent by the artist

Jewellery - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Nihal Mazloum
Jewellery
2000
Sterling silver, cornelian,
14k and18k gold, rubies
Lent by the artist

Brooch - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Nihal Mazloum
Brooch
2000
Calligraphy: "In the name of God, the Lenient, the Merciful" Sterling silver, 14k gold
Lent by the artist

Québec, la cinquième saison  (Quebec City, the Fifth Season) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Joseph Moukhtar
Québec, la cinquième saison (Quebec City, the Fifth Season)
1996
Oil on canvas
Lent by the artist

Montréal, St-Denis en hiver (Montreal, St. Denis in Winter) - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Joseph Moukhtar
Montréal, St-Denis en hiver (Montreal, St. Denis in Winter)
1995
Oil on canvas
Lent by the artist

Houria - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Hadjira Preure
Houria
2000
Oil, acrylic and gold leaf on cotton duck
Lent by the artist

Houria detail - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Hadjira Preure
Houria (detail)
2000
Oil, acrylic and gold leaf on cotton duck
Lent by the artist

Calligraphy in Thuluth style - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Aldin Rashid
Calligraphy in Thuluth style
1990
Ink and gold leaf on paper
Lent by the artist

Calligraphy in Nisaburi Kufic style - Photo: Harry Foster -  © Canadian Museum of Civilization Corporation   Aldin Rashid
Calligraphy in Nisaburi Kufic style
1996
Ink and gold leaf on paper
Lent by the artist