On Art and the public space
Jad El-Khoury |
TEDxLAU
• June 2018
Lebanon’s war ended in 1991, yet those scars continue to haunt its abandoned buildings. Public art plays a role here to highlight these wounds, to refocus and reshape them, and this is where Jad’s work comes into the picture.
Bio:
Jad El Khoury is an artist, currently living and working in Beirut. He holds a degree in interior architecture from the Lebanese University. His goal is to shed light on social and political issues through public art installations. His latest projects included WAR PEACE, 2015-17 and BURJ EL HAWA 2018. Jad strongly believes that urban art interventions can make the city dream.
You can reach him via email on: jadelkhoury@hotmail.com.