âComeback 2020â Exhibit Marks Four Months on The Beirut Blast
Published December 16th, 2020 - 07:54 GMT
This exhibition marks gallery owner Noha Moharramâs determination to continue engaging with the local art community. (Instagram)
Four months after the Aug. 4 blast wrecked Art on 56th, the small Gemmayzeh gallery has reopened with a commemorative exhibition titled âComeback 2020.â
Tucked away in a 100-year-old building severely damaged by the explosion, and with several team members wounded, it was uncertain whether the space would reopen. This exhibition marks gallery owner Noha Moharramâs determination to continue engaging with the local art community.
âAfter the explosion we thought about packing up and leaving but then I thought, âI donât want to leave.â I love Beirut and personally put in a lot of effort to move back here after studying abroad when I was younger because I was attached to the place,â Moharram told The Daily Star. âThis exhibition is a bit of resilience to say we must stay and that the cultural landscape of Gemmayzeh would be a great loss if we gave up. A lot of galleries suffered here.