{"id":10514,"date":"2018-10-14T11:36:21","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T07:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/?p=10514"},"modified":"2018-10-14T11:36:21","modified_gmt":"2018-10-14T07:36:21","slug":"141020184","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alowais.com\/en\/141020184\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern art, antiques on show at Lebanon cube museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0At a new private museum in Lebanon, a contemporary sculpture of a mortar missile is displayed alongside millenia-old statues retrieved from the bottom of the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Named after the Mesopotamian deity of wisdom, the Nabu Museum opened in late September to showcase the cultural wealth of an ancient region devastated by conflict.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Its inaugural exhibition includes 60 contemporary works, as well as around 400 antiquities from Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, Egypt and Yemen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe have a more or less complete picture of what was once the cradle of civilization,\u201d says French curator Pascal Odille.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Next to a private beach in the village of El-Heri in Lebanon\u2019s north, the museum\u2019s collection sits in an impressive futuristic cube of steel, coated with a rusty orange patina.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">A tall glass opening in the metal and concrete structure provides a view straight through the museum\u2019s interior and out to the sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Designed by Iraqi artists, the museum for the first time opens up the private art and antiquities collections of wealthy businessmen to the public for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Drawn from the homes and warehouses of its patrons, the exhibits are displayed on two floors, floodlit by the sunlight streaming through the tall windows.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">There are \u201cushabti\u201d from Ancient Egypt, finely carved turquoise figurines traditionally placed in coffins to ensure passage to the afterlife.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Nearby, a contemporary sculpture of a mortar missile by Lebanese artist Katya Traboulsi is adorned with hieroglyphs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The artwork is topped by a sculpted bust of the Ancient Egyptian god of the sky, Horus, instead of a warhead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Visitors can see Lebanese artist Saliba Douaihy\u2019s abstract landscape paintings, one largely red, the other bright blue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But they can also admire terracotta statues harking back to the Phoenician period found during marine excavations off the southern coast of Lebanon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cYou can see the seashell and limescale deposits on them,\u201d says Odille, of the figures from the sixth or seventh century BC.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The museum\u2019s founders \u2014 two Lebanese and a Syrian \u2014 want it to be a beacon of hope in a region scarred by conflict and the brutality of jihadists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cNabu is the god of writing and wisdom. Not the god of war,\u201d says Lebanese cofounder Jawad Adra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe\u2019re a ray of optimism in this region, amid all this obscurity,\u201d says the 64-year-old, whose colorful, modern-art inspired tie contrasts with his grey suit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The project cost $7 million, the organizers say.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">But the works on show only represent a fraction of its founders\u2019 private collections, and there are plans to switch the exhibits every few months.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Adra\u2019s personal collection includes 2,000 items from the Levant and Mesopotamia regions, according to the exhibition\u2019s catalogue.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The businessman says his hobby dates back to his childhood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI\u2019ve been collecting stamps and coins since I was 10,\u201d says Adra, who now heads a Beirut-based polling company and owns quality control labs in the Gulf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">He says it is time to give back.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To set up the museum, he banded together with Syrian business partner Fida Jdeed, and fellow Lebanese entrepreneur Badr El-Hage, who runs a rare book firm in London.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe\u2019ve all reached an age where we\u2019re starting to ask ourselves, \u2018What have you done? What have you given your country?\u2019,\u201d he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Lebanon\u2019s interior minister recently attended an evening inauguration ceremony at the Nabu Museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In Lebanon, a 2016 law demands all private owners of antiquities register their items with the ministry as part of its efforts to combat illegal trafficking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Adra says that \u201ca large part\u201d of his collection has been declared to the authorities, and he is registering the rest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">In recent years, part of the region\u2019s cultural heritage was damaged, destroyed or looted by armed groups including jihadists.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Daesh in particular swept across large parts of Syria and neighboring Iraq in 2014, wrecking countless historical sites in territory it controlled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Mahmud Al-Obaidi, who designed the museum building with fellow Iraqi artist Dia Azzawi, sees the project as compensation for years of loss.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cI feel this place is payback for everything that has been destroyed,\u201d says the 53-year-old, who left Iraq in 1991 for Canada.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">With governments in the region busy battling troubled economies and poverty, personal initiatives are key to preserving culture, he says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cOur states don\u2019t take culture seriously,\u201d says the artist, dressed in a light blue linen shirt and dark blue jacket, whose work is on show inside the museum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Yet, passing civilizations live on in their art, Obaidi says.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cThey don\u2019t realise that everything fades away, but it\u2019s the books, paintings and antiquities that remain,\u201d he adds.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>www.arabnews.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0At a new private museum in Lebanon, a contemporary sculpture of a mortar missile is displayed alongside millenia-old statues retrieved from the bottom of the sea. 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