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Dor Guez: the Sick Man of Europe 3 February – 12 April 2015 ICA Press release: 13 January 2015 Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe 3 February – 12 April 2015 Dor Guez, The Sick Man of Europe: The Painter, 2015. Video still, colour, sound, 20 min. Courtesy the artist In February 2015, ICA will present the first UK institutional solo exhibition of artist Dor Guez in collaboration with The Mosaic Rooms. As an artist of Christian Palestinian and Jewish Tunisian descent, living in Jaffa, he is considered a leading and critical voice from the Middle East whose practice questions contemporary art’s role in narrating unwritten histories. Entitled ‘The Painter’ this new installation is the first of five from a new body of work, The Sick Man of Europe. Guez's most ambitious project to date, it reflects on the military history and current political climate of the Middle East through the creative practices of individual soldiers from the region. The installation presents the story of a painter-turned-soldier, a Jewish Tunisian who immigrated to Israel. The ’painter’ was conscripted to the Yom Kippur War as a reservist soldier in 1973 and, in recent years, has undergone psychiatric treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder, part of which consists of repeatedly recording his memories of the war. These recordings are central to Guez’s new work, and relate directly to his artistic strategy of repetition and storytelling in re-evaluating accounts of the past. Dor Guez (b.1983 Jerusalem) is an artist, scholar, and founder of the Christian Palestinian Archive (CPA). In March 2014, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design Jerusalem appointed Guez as Head of the Photography Department, making Guez the youngest department head in the history of the academy. His latest research project, Pre-Israeli Orientalism, examines the history and politics of archives and is due to appear this year. Guez's work has been the subject of over 20 solo exhibitions. In 2010, the KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, held his first European solo exhibition, making Guez the youngest artist to have had a solo show in the institute's history. In 2012, The Rose Art Museum in Boston hosted Guez's first Overview show. Guez presented in numerous international exhibitions and biennials including the 12th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul; 17th and 18th International Contemporary Art Festival, Videobrasil, São Paulo; the 3rd Moscow International Biennale, Moscow; Biennale Benin, Cotonou; Palais de Tokyo, Paris; Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography; Maxxi Museum, Rome, and more. Guez’s most recent installation, 40-Days was exhibited at The Mosaic Rooms, London. Accompanying the exhibition will be an exhibition catalogue, published in collaboration with The Mosaic Rooms, designed by Koby Barhad and including an essay by Achim Borchardt-Hume, Head of Exhibitions, Tate Modern. In collaboration with The Mosaic Rooms, with support from the A M Qattan Foundation. Events: Wednesday 4 February, 6.30pm Artist’s Talk: Dor Guez Wednesday 4 February, 5pm Educator’s Tour: Juliette Desorgues Friday 27 February, 5pm Gallery Tour with View Festival: Juliette Desorgues Thursday 26 March, 6.30pm Gallery Tour: Astrid Schmetterling Wednesday 8 April, 7pm Panel Discussion at The Mosaic Rooms Saturday 11 April, 2pm Artist Film Screening: Dor Guez Press contact: Naomi Crowther | Press Manager ICA | [email protected] | +44 (0)20 7766 1407 Listings information: Dor Guez: The Sick Man of Europe, exhibition: 3 February – 12 April 2015 Gallery opening hours: Tues - Sun 11am – 6pm, except Thurs, 11am – 9pm. Closed Mon. Day Membership priced at £1 now applies during gallery opening hours Wed-Sun, 11am-6pm, until 9pm on Thursdays. No Day Membership will be charged on Tuesdays. Ticket prices for day time films, talks, music events and other performances will include Day Membership. ica.org.uk | Twitter @icalondon | facebook.com/icalondon Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall, London, SW1Y 5AH, Tel: +44 (0)20 7930 3647 About the Mosaic Rooms: The Mosaic Rooms are a vibrant non-profit cultural space and bookshop in West London dedicated to supporting and promoting contemporary culture from and about the Arab world. They provide an international platform for the arts, particularly new work, and create opportunities for collaboration and professional development between artists, collectives and organisations from the Arab world and the UK. They do this through their free entry contemporary art exhibitions, their multidisciplinary events, artist residencies and learning and engagement programme. They work in partnership with national and international organisations to disseminate their combined arts programme to the widest possible audience. The Mosaic Rooms’ programme is run by Rachael Jarvis, Director. The Mosaic Rooms form part of the A.M. Qattan Foundation. mosaicrooms.org Press contact: Rosa Attwood | PR & Marketing Coordinator | [email protected] | + 44 207 370 9990 .
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