Nour Abu Arafeh

An exhibition dealing with the representation of history and, specifically the history of art and artistic institutions as relates to Palestine. In this unique artistic endeavor, the artist investigates two historical exhibitions of works by Palestinian artists that took place in Switzerland, but the artworks never returned and their fate still remains a mystery. The project examines how it is possible to write about and document a historical event when the documentary sources are missing. Shifting between an academic and an artistic approach, the artist attempts to forge a historical account of an unrecorded art history (the loss wasn’t recorded, although it is the most important thing to be recorded), following an oral narrative that generally straddles the boundary between truth and fiction. The project will culminate in the production of a video installation and booklet that will be displayed together with other works by the artist in this one-person exhibition that will take place in Jerusalem and Cairo. Lara Khaldi will curate the exhibit in both cities.