Installation view from Ziad Antar’s anemones series (acrylic on linen) in "A Time of Flowers" at PSLab (Credit: Christopher Baaklini)
BEIRUT — The sole sculptural work on show at PSLab is “Cactus.” The yellow-and-green piece is installed adjacent to an orphaned interior wall amid a trampled-down patch of turf overgrown with grass.First exhibited in Sanayeh Garden in 2015, Ziad Antar’s resin-and-concrete work might be mistaken for a cactus, though it lacks needles. Human forms might also be discerned in its outstretched limbs, dancing, perhaps writhing.Installation view of "A Time of Flowers" and "I Saw it in a Cave," at PSLab. (Credit: Christopher Baaklini) “Cactus” is among the host of works currently on show at PSLab. The site of a former lighting company, it remains hollowed out by the 2020 port blast. Its scourged and exposed interiors squat in startling incongruity to the lush foliage inhabiting the grounds.This location — exterior walls,...
BEIRUT — The sole sculptural work on show at PSLab is “Cactus.” The yellow-and-green piece is installed adjacent to an orphaned interior wall amid a trampled-down patch of turf overgrown with grass.First exhibited in Sanayeh Garden in 2015, Ziad Antar’s resin-and-concrete work might be mistaken for a cactus, though it lacks needles. Human forms might also be discerned in its outstretched limbs, dancing, perhaps writhing.Installation view of "A Time of Flowers" and "I Saw it in a Cave," at PSLab. (Credit: Christopher Baaklini) “Cactus” is among the host of works currently on show at PSLab. The site of a former lighting company, it remains hollowed out by the 2020 port blast. Its scourged and exposed interiors squat in startling incongruity to the lush foliage inhabiting the grounds.This location —...
