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A Monument for the Living, 2000
A Monument for the Living2000 A building located on the outskirts of the Central District Beirut. It is a landmark, one of the tallest high-rise blocks in the city. Although the building was never completed, it was originally built as a commercial center and eventually served as a jail during the Lebanese civil war. The cells where the hostages were held were on the lower levels and guarded by various militias - whichever was in control of the building at the time. Being a highly strategic point, the upper levels were used by snipers? Ten years after the cease-fire, the building is still unusable due to structural defects.
Marwan Rechmaoui studied Fine Arts (Painting and Sculpture) in the United States. He lives and works in Beirut. He has taken part in many exhibitions and projects, including: Missing Links, Art Practices from Lebanon, Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Cairo, 2001; Mediterranean Metaphors II, Contemporary Art from Lebanon, The Borusan Center for Culture and Arts, Istanbul, 2000; Goethe Institut. German Cultural Center, Damascus, 1999; The French Cultural Center, Beirut, 1998; The Casula Power House, Sydney, 1998; The Cairo International Biennial, Egypt - UNESCO Prize, 1998; Château De Serviers, Marseille, 1996.
