Hazem HARB

IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME IN GAZA? An Exhibition of work by Hazem HARB, 2006-2009 Private View: Thursday 25th February 2010, 6:30 - 8:30pm RSVP 0207 370 9990 or info@mosaicrooms.org Exhibition: 26th February till 25th March 2010 Mon - Fri 11 - 6pm, Sat 11 - 4pm The Mosaic Rooms, A.M. Qattan Foundation, Tower House, 226 Cromwell Road, London SW5 0SW IS THIS YOUR FIRST TIME IN GAZA? is the first solo UK exhibition by Hazem Harb, one of the most interesting young artists to have emerged from the brutalized Gaza Strip in the last few years. In this selection dating from 2006 to 2009, Harb presents works executed in a number of different formats, ranging from large-scale painting to digital photography, video art and installation. The works develop a number of different themes, one of which is the checkpoint and the suffering it inflicts on the Palestinian traveler. The exhibition consists of 32 works which include Is This Your First Time in Gaza? (digital photography and video-art), Untitled (six mixed media works on paper), Dance Escape (mixed media on canvas), composed of four “acts” which echo the Israeli war on Gaza in early 2009, Empty Spaces and Erosion Factors (digital photography), as well as a number of large scale paintings. “Burned Bodies” video installation 2008 Città dell'Altra Economia Roma-Italy photo by: © Max Bienati