Rafik Majzoub

Articles on Rafik Majzoub:

With Hands Unfolded: Public Portraits and Majzoub’s Outsider Art
by Kirsten Scheid
     Every few years Lebanon’s apartments and office buildings become a vast outdoors portrait exhibition, as candidates for parliamentary elections wage their campaigns by vying for virtual presence in the form of acrylic hand-painted on plywood. Local residents announce their support for a candidate by commissioning these likenesses and hanging them from their balconies. The greater the urban space covered by a candidate’s face, the more his chances of winning seem to be. Given that people generally cast their votes in terms of the what is assumed possible and sensible, a candidate’s actual presence in the forthcoming parliament is secured in advance by his ability to mobilize sufficient virtual presence in terms of enough plywood mounts, acrylic paints, willing brushes, and available balconies. (more...)

The John of Icarus - or the Mask of Zorro
by Joe Tarrab, translated from the French by ArteEast
     Bearing the nickname “The Screw”, which fits perfectly with his emaciated physique and his ability to pierce through situations and beings, Rafik Majzoub migrated from Amman to Beirut in search for more breathing freedom. (more...)

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Born in 1971, Rafik Majzoub works and resides in Beirut, Lebanon.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2005
 One man show at Galerie Janine Rubeiz, Beirut
2004
 Open House
2002
 The Departure of the Little Prince, Zico House, Beirut, Lebanon
The Little Prince, Zara Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2001
 Open House
2000
 Paranoia, French Cultural Center, Beirut, Lebanon
Atelier du Plateau, Paris, France
1998
 His Rough Face, Lagos Cultural Center, Portugal
1997
 Silence, Address Cafe, Beirut, Lebanon
1996
 Mairie du 7eme secteur. Bastide Saint Joseph, Marseille, France
French Cultural Center, Amman, Jordan
Chawraba, Zico House, Beirut, Lebanon
GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2004
 Lebanon: The Artist’s View II, London
2003
 Biennal for Arab Artists, Latakia, Syria
  Young Arab Artists, Zara Gallery, Amman, Jordan
2002
 Expression plurielle en Francophonie: L’art contemporain entre tradition et modernité. Atelier ”Artistes en création”, Saida, Liban
Open studio project, copy-paste, Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
1998
 Sydney-Beirut, Beirut-Sydney. Casula Powerhouse Arts Center, Australia
1995-1996
 Pos Gioconda-Arte-Café & Moira, Lisbon Portugal
1994-2004
 Salon de l’Automne, Sursock Musem, Beirut, Lebanon
PUBLICATIONS:
2004
 Marhaba (Hello), series of 6 colored Postcards inspired by Beirut
Mouzakkarat Ibs el Bourghy, an illustrated diary about ones day
2003
 7am blink a collaborative work with Darine Hamze: www.111101.com
2000
 Marhaba (Hello), series of 6 colored Postcards inspired by Beirut
PRIZES:
2003
 Bronze Trophe, the Biennal for Arab Artists, Latakia, Syria
1998
 Selected by UNESCO for “Sarwat Al Hassan borsery for culture and art”,
3 months residency at the lagos culturel center.

Contact: rafikmajzoub@yahoo.com

Read more about Rafik's work at:
http://dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=4&article_id=12976

See the full online version of 7am blink, his collaborative book with Darine Hamze at:
http://www.111101.net/Writings/index.php?http://www.111101.net/
Writings/Stories_Poems/darine_rafik/index.php